Ian:

I personally don't see the value beyond Cat6.

Video? Multiple Cat6/Cat6a would work fine. An entire HDMI link @60i / 30p is < 2Gbits/second.

Speakerlink? Doesn't exceed 5 Mbits/channel (24*192000)

I seriously doubt you could hear or see any difference with the Cat7 cabling.




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