On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:
> It's *probably* just a marketing exercise, but this cable is for a
> proprietary interface (Denon Link), and not necessarily plain old IP
> over Ethernet.  Just perhaps standard cheap cables don't have tightly
> enough controlled parameters to be guaranteed to work correctly for this
> application?

If someones audio equipment has been designed so badly that standard cat5 
or cat6 is not good enough to deliver a clear data stream, then I think 
buying expensive Monster cabling for it is the least of their problems.
I can't imagine how big of a screw up an engineer has to make so that 
ethernet-style hardware is unable to function without magic cable.

I am quite familiar with ethernet and networking in large and cramped 
runs.  You really have to abuse the hell out of most cable before you 
actually start degrading the signal.  Well, aside from badly crimped 
connectors.

Monster cable is such a horrible rip-off that anything they do is 
automaticly suspect in my mind.  Like their audio cable with optical fiber 
interwoven into it to increase sound quality.  I think it highlights a 
major problem in our high-tech world.  Everything is so complicated that 
if you are not an expert in that exact field, it's easy to get duped.  

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