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squeezebox set up for audiophiles
After researching a bit and reading up on the forum, I would like to set up my squeezebox touch as follows and any input, criticism, guidance, etc to help all of us get on the right path would help. I...
Ethernet: using cat 5 cables right now. From what you are saying, upgrading to cat 6 should not matter...
Ermm... No, that's not quite correct.
Your networking equipment is all gigabit ethernet. The Gigabit Ethernet specification includes the specifications of the cables required to achieve full performance. CAT-5 will work, but they do not meet the gigabit ethernet specification with the net result being you will experience lower performance - though still far in excess of what is needs for transmission of audio data (The denon cable is CAT5!). You require CAT-5E or better for that full performance.
Let's leave SPDIF - it works for most users, but it has been criticised and there are hundreds if not thousands of forum threads on it all over the internet. Not all digital communication protocols are good, some are better designed than others, and SPDIF seems to not one of the better ones. (I don't use it so have never looked into it further)
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