Thanks for your very honest appraisal. With regard to ethernet cables, I do not know the configuration of those you have tried and compared. Have you tried a cable with "floating" construction? This is where the screen and shield are not connected at both ends. This type of cable is available for a modest price from designacable. And there are, of course, other cables using exotic materials and special anti-RFI treatments, but at a price.

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