# Upgraded to CAT 7 ethernet cabling - \*remarkable\* improvement in sound quality streaming music to my DirectStream

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**Category:** DACs\
**Created:** [February 11, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/upgraded-to-cat-7-ethernet-cabling-remarkable-improvement-in-sound-quality-streaming-music-to-my-directstream/1957 "2015-02-11T21:56:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![coli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@coli](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/coli)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/upgraded-to-cat-7-ethernet-cabling-remarkable-improvement-in-sound-quality-streaming-music-to-my-directstream/1957/16 "2015-02-16T08:40:35Z")

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[http://www.amazon.com/Corning-Self-Powered-Peripherals-Receptacle-AOC-ACS2CVA010M20/dp/B00JOJRF6K](http://www.amazon.com/Corning-Self-Powered-Peripherals-Receptacle-AOC-ACS2CVA010M20/dp/B00JOJRF6K)

Optical USB, but they added copper just to maintain that special ground loop magic!

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