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Literally, the only thing I know about "Denon" is that they once tried to sell a $500 Ethernet cable. https://www.cnet.com/culture/denons-500-ethernet-cable/ h
by Dwedit 1y ago
Literally, the only thing I know about "Denon" is that they once tried to sell a $500 Ethernet cable.
https://www.cnet.com/culture/denons-500-ethernet-cable/ https://www.cnet.com/culture/denons-500-ethernet-cable/
- chihuahua 1y agoBut the 0s and 1s are so much warmer with that cable! Well worth the price.
- magicalhippo 1y agoSlightly surprised I haven't seen a tube-based Ethernet preamp. You know, to take away the harshness of those digital square wave signals.
- maqp 1y agoSlightly unrelated, but the coolest audio-ethernet cable I've seen is one that goes inside an XLR shell Socket: https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Snake-Over-Ethernet/dp/B0CH3VJLCJ https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Snake-Over-Ethernet/dp/... Plug: https://www.gear4music.se/sv/G4M/Neutrik-NE8MC-1-EtherCON-RJ45-XLR-Style-Cable-Connector/2FJD https://www.gear4music.se/sv/G4M/Neutrik-NE8MC-1-EtherCON-RJ... Professional Audio has zero time for snake oil, I bet these will never suffer from broken clips.
- beAbU 1y agoThat "socket" you are showing is something else. It's an xlr to ethernet adapter. Cat5 cable, with it's 4x twisted pairs is an excellent cable for transmitting balanced audio signals over long distances. One ethernet cable can transmit 4 such signals. The signal running in the ethernet is still the analogue signal though. So it's quite popular these days do use ethernet cable for long signal runs in live audio installations. Much cheaper than traditional snakes too. Your second link is a rj45-in-xlr-shell plug. It's used where you need a robust and reliable rj45 connection that can withstand more abuse than a typical "naked" rj45. I think it's fairly popular in industrial computing and military settings. There are various types of plugs that are embedded in an xlr shell for the same robustness reason.
- maqp 1y agoYeah I mostly wanted to show the idea. Very interesting to hear it's used outside PA too. Thanks!
- notatoad 1y agospecifically, the first one is XLR to RJ45 - the cable could be cat5, cat6, cat7, etc depending on the standard it was manufactured to. and ethernet is the protocol for the digital signal those cables usually carry. as you say, it's common to use that cable for long analog audio runs, but when it is used that way it's not ethernet.
- trenchpilgrim 1y agoThey've made some really good A/V receivers over the years, I have one in my home theater.
- tptacek 1y agoThey're one of the major receiver brands.
- tsoukase 1y agoI remember the golden RCA cables (not by Debon). They used to sell them by the meter and people connected 7 channels in a 100 sq.m living room...