Snake oil or good upgrade?

[AudioPervert]

 

[Fernandodelae]

what the hell is that?

 

[AudioPervert]

what the hell is that?

Its a hifi quality ethernet cable for your wiim ultra, it reduces jitter

 

[hgo58]

Its a hifi quality ethernet cable for your wiim ultra, it reduces jitter

Jitter of what?

You can run a cheap CAT6 30m without any issues and for sure no impact on any type audio jitter.

CAT8 is used for high speed data transfer in data centers.

 

[jed1]

I rather use WiFi instead unless I can electronically isolate network cable between network switch / router and WiiM. If network switch and WiiM are plugged to different electric outlets, network cable can "potentially" cause ground loop.

 

[dangermouse]

Snake oil or good upgrade?

Snake oil, bordering on fairy dust. Did you really need to ask?

 

[jazzophile]

If you’re looking for a beefy looking CAT 8, this beefcake is sexy without breaking the bank. It has that $500 cable look and feel. Soundwise, I noticed no difference from the Monoprice and DH Labs CAT 8 I was using, but it’s so beefy. The pictures don’t do it justice.

 

[BowsAndArrows]

If the shop has a good return policy then no harm in trying it?

Feel free to check out the rabbit hole at ethernet-sound.com
That might be the way to go if you're interested in optimizing your LAN streaming chain...
I have not heard a difference between "regular" cables, but with the "throttle cable" (v2.5 from Ethernet sound) along with a tplink WLAN repeater I have noticed a decent improvement in SQ... out