On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> : Good point but I think it's like how much of 100Mhz a 100BaseTX
> :can push. If it pushes 100%, then it might be wise to have a little more
> :room for overhead. Kinda like a car, better to have reserve power when
> :you need it then pushing it to the max. In regards to 1000BaseT, I
> :thought there was no standards for that yet, atleast all the Gigabit stuff
> :is all fiber and not copper. Quality of cable does matter, atleast in
> :high-end audio/video it does and I'm sure data would be more picky than
> :human ears.
>
> The copper gigabit standard isn't out yet, but I was under the impression
> that they were pretty close.
>
> In regards to audio/video verses ethernet, you have to remember that
> audio and video are *analog*, not digital. The cable quality matters
> for analog, but it only needs to be "good enough" for digital. If you
> don't get any bit errors (and you shouldn't) then a better cable is not
> going to make a difference.
Actually, I was referring to *digital* Audio cables like those
used for CD Transports to Digital/Analog convertors such as Kimber Kable
would be higher grade compared to Monster Cable. You're correct about the
bit errors though.
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