Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion Meridian - Streaming RJ45 Cables (Ethernet and SpeakerLink Use Cases)

I have 10 meter length SpeakerLink cables, the distance between my DSP7200.2's is 2.4 meter, homerun from center positioned 818.2 it means a lot of unused SL length. Guess what, it lies coiled up under my cabinet.

Whilst I am making a new home network I bought some 100%copper, 26 AWG, Cat6a SSTP PiMF patch cables, thinking it may deteriorate the SQ a bit but at least clean up the cable clutter it is maybe the worthwhile to test the effect.

Ok, simple. It is a bad idea to use SpeakerLink coiled up due to much length. I can say that the difference with non coiled up, proper length Cat6a patch cable is "dramatic". Ok, well that is too much audiphile speak, but I do experience a more holographic music stage. The Black (!) tombstones vanish, eerie.

My next step is that I will now buy the correct length that I need and leave the SL as spare part collecting dust. Or I buy some Telegartner RJ45 connectors and patch them on my left over Cat7 home network orange colored cable. (I will call them Jenever, the better Dutch version of Vodka.)

Cheers!