Frustrated with Roon's sound quality vs Lunin Minimserver app

[Jose_Vita (jvvita)]

there are a lot of discussions about cat7 cables. look here, for example.

But I agree ethernet in cat5e or 6 is galvanically isolated. So you should not need to replace both cat7 runs.

CAT7 ethernet cable worth it?

I replaced some CAT 5 between the Core server and the Router with shielded advertised CAT 7 and didn’t notice any difference in SQ. YMMV. I think the main difference is that CAT 7 has heavier shielding. That might make a difference with long cable runs in a very RF noisy environment, but in the ordinary home it’s unlikely to matter. One thing if you do go for shielded cable generally (whether 6, 6a or 7) however, is that the shield can create a galvanic connection between components that can c…