CAN YOU USE ETHERNET CABLE AS AN AUDIO CABLE FROM A LAPTOP TO A STEREO RECEIVER? LETS FIND OUT!

Can you use a Cat 5/Cat 6 Ethernet cable as an audio cable? Lets find out.
It seems that it did work pretty good for my application.
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[@ClausenLT]

A retired engineer with a hi-end audiophile system, says you can use Cat5 and 5E, for RCA type interconnects and these sounds as good as $200 to $300 audiophile interconnects. And the thing to keep in mind is those cables start at that price, usually for half a meter. The solid core cables are better though for audiophile. That's why I'm here, I have some Cat5E cables and I need to make a couple RCA's for a hi-end Streamer I bought.

[@erancarlmixedvlogs3791]

Thanks for the great idea for best speakers cables remedy.

[@ThePreyMantas]

Little brick Dells are cheap and make good dedicated media boxes to integrate into audio/video/stereos systems if you want something permanent. Been doing that for a longtime now. Great for YT vids and they do a good job as PVRs and audio recorders as well.

[@jjohnson3600]

Now that's a good idea!!!!!!

[@tunderbird123]

Perhaps a CAT 6 or 7 cable with shielding is more suitable ... so when you hear the audio you will hear a lot of 60hz hummm that gets worse if you pass by transformers or electrical charges.

[@georgemartinezza]

ha ha ha for sure the terminal inside the Denon is CAT6

[@jimbanville]

Go to 7:00 in this video --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHq3ZaWXa7KiZtU . You should have put flux on the leads of the jacks and on the tips of the wires BEFORE you tinned them.

[@random401]

under rated comment right here.

[@johnshore3095]

Superb video 👍🏼 thank you

[@ThunderKat]

Missed opportunity to use the shielded CAT cable 😸🛡

[@petertate3436]

This will get you out of a spot... Don't do it for long runs or places where there is a lot of noise. This unbalances the cable and takes away 80% of it's ability to reject noise. Don't even do this if your neighbour is a Ham Radio operator or you live close to a radio station TX site!

[@FulvioGa]

I have got an external DAC (digital to analogic converter) connected to my PC via USB port and the analogic sound coming out from the DAC is considerably better than the one coming out from the internal PC DAC.

[@FulvioGa]

@@jasejj I am sorry I was not clear, I was talking about the DAC not the cable. I meant to say that an external DAC can be an actual sound improvement. On the other hand, a USB cable cannot be longer than a few meters/feet.

[@streamtabulous]

Handy. But I was hopeful that it was how to use the rj45 port on the audio receiver

[@VioletDragonsProjects]

using Ethernet cable for Audio will sound better.

[@parkSiSoo]

Very good idea! so.. how about HDMI(ver1.4 or more) cable?? test please.

[@KoenOnbekend]

Nice, I've spliced old RCARCA and jackjack cables to RCAJack so many times. And they're always lost when you need them

[@ThePreyMantas]

:) and you actually have 6 strewn throughout the house and garage. I can identify.

[@ggsumner1947]

Well the trolls have definitely found you😂. Scotty Kilmer says he doesn't mind as with the haters, he still receives a penny per view.

[@qua7771]

It seems to be a byproduct of providing content. No big deal. Prior to trying this on an expensive project, I would like to know of any potential down sides. Contrary comments can be helpful, and aren't necessarily hate. They can be informative. Expecting every commenter to reply like a cult member in a love bombing phase is not rational.

[@DreYoung-bl1gp]

One problem he has is, most equipment uses the tip as a right channel and the middle as left and the 3rd as ground.

[@robertcalkjr.8325]

More flux!! Thanks! I like to make my own cables also.

[@TonnyCassidy]

he didnt use proper amount of flux XD

[@SafeerSefi]

facimg issue with CAT6 if you increase Volume on Ampliefier 120w, the music is cut and play, if in medium to low volume its working fine. any idea?

[@madmodifier]

I need to do this in my garage. Thanks for the video!

[@DavidAmmerlaan]

Good enough

[@SeanBZA]

I am using all 4 pairs in parallel as speaker cable. good way to get a cheap long lead for this use, using cable that was removed from service in an upgrade. Much better than the cheap speaker wire, which is often these days mystery metal wire, a few strands in a cheap recycled plastic. just have to make sure i am not using the copper plated aluminium wire, but those are also usable if you are not soldering them in to place, just use crimp connectors each end.

[@buildstoys]

So which is it, you reply that you're doing this and then reply to me elsewhere it won't work?

[@PeterHovorka]

@@buildstoys he replied that it won't pick up 60Hz hum. Just selected wrong level of reply.

[@buildstoys]

@@PeterHovorka Haha okay, I was confused!

[@SeanBZA]

@@buildstoys Sorry, was responding to the poster Morenormal that it will not pick up hum, as it is a twisted pair, and thus will cancel out hum induced in it quite well. Even phone cabling will work quite well, even with the much lower twist count, and it has quite low crosstalk even in massive multipair bundles, carrying all sorts of DSL data on separate connection pairs to various households.

[@grace...patricia]

Hello!good work,may i ask you ,is it possible to use an ethernet firewire cable with a firewire audio interface to record audio or midi?

[@FulvioGa]

Those cables are so thin, what about the consequences caused by the resistance of the cable you made?

[@norcal715]

Normally the input impedance is approximately 47kohms, so adding several ohms is not any concern. Thanks for watching!

[@lucabrasi7999]

this was fun, thank you

[@SuperBoobaloo]

Can't wait to go ahead and watch this.

[@fwflyer78]

Interesting. Good to know that this works!

[@UniformDelta00]

Thank you !

[@frankpitochelli6786]

Steve, we've used all different types of wire for audio over the yrs and never had any issues, in fact I also used ethernet cables for many different versions etc.... At one time there were so many around once ethernet became somewhat obsolete.

[@bmw575]

Nice video

[@Gta2O13]

Bluetooth receiver! Don't waste your time with junk wires

[@123Petrus321]

latency.... bluetooths latency.... will make your ears bleed

[@contemporiser]

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[@FulvioGa]

Actually the speakers make of the speakers with a wood texture is Polycell, I cannot read the make of the black speakers though.

[@norcal715]

infinity speakers, all 4. black are sm62, woodgrain are rs2000

[@norcal715]

I actually do not own any Bose, not even when their equipment was good(70's 80's). The speakers you see are Infinity brand. Black are SM62, Woodgrain are RS2000

[@contemporiser]

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[@contemporiser]

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[@ing.fisniksefullaj2589]

Why you don't repair tv again?

[@norcal715]

It has become a throwaway society. Had to find a different job. Industrial automation now!

[@frankpitochelli6786]

@@norcal715....yep...what was a great industry has now become a hobby at best...

[@ddlc7022]

Sorry but what a crappy cable construction you did. Not professional at all. Also that laptop needs a good cleaning. Tell me which cable cannot be used as an audio cable ?

[@norcal715]

12GA Romex makes good high power speaker wire. Lol thanks for watching!

[@justingreen8006]

Can't stand "go ahead and.." just leave it out. Jump straight to saying what you are about to do.

[@norcal715]

ill try and leave that out. Keep in mind these videos are unscripted.Thanks for watching!