The cost of a device isn't based solely on the cost of the parts put into it. Profit margin is pretty important to the manufacturer also. In the case of the MS600, a 10/100 port was more than sufficient to handle the streaming data, so they took those few dollars and either put them into better parts in other circuits or just put it in their pockets. What I'm getting at is that the MS600 would not perform any better even if it had a 1Gb port.

I can't remember the last time I bought anything with ferrite cores. They used to be on power cords and all sorts of other cables. I just think shielding has gotten better on cables and devices have better noise rejection capabilities. Why Meridian is using them on their LAN cables? I'll leave that alone as I believe it's an area that is as touchy as religion or politics.

QNAP, MS600, MS200, Anthem AVM 50v, B&W 804S, JL Fathom 113 (2)