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<blockquote data-quote="Dan Mortensen" data-source="post: 146545" data-attributes="member: 2826">Re: X32 DiscussionYes, you do, but there is absolutely no reason why shielded CAT6 won&#039;t work as well or better than CAT5e, especially when approaching the 100 meter/328 foot limit for CAT cable. There is a longitudinal spacer in CAT6 that is usually not in CAT5e which might help with certain kinds of physical abuse of the cable.That longitudinal spacer is there so that CAT6 can meet spec, but also provides physical isolation between pairs that I think can help with the pulling-squeezing problem that I discussed a long time ago in this thread.More info that doesn&#039;t exactly address this but describes the problem at <a href="http://www.aes-media.org/sections/pnw/pnwrecaps/2013/jun_cat5/" target="_blank">http://www.aes-media.org/sections/pnw/pnwrecaps/2013/jun_cat5/</a>along with links to a couple videos.That workshop also didn&#039;t address Brian Wynn&#039;s findings for the necessity of shielded cable with Ethercons to avoid the pops from static electricity discharge (electrostatic discharge- ESD). That came later.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dan Mortensen, post: 146545, member: 2826"] Re: X32 Discussion Yes, you do, but there is absolutely no reason why shielded CAT6 won't work as well or better than CAT5e, especially when approaching the 100 meter/328 foot limit for CAT cable. There is a longitudinal spacer in CAT6 that is usually not in CAT5e which might help with certain kinds of physical abuse of the cable. That longitudinal spacer is there so that CAT6 can meet spec, but also provides physical isolation between pairs that I think can help with the pulling-squeezing problem that I discussed a long time ago in this thread. More info that doesn't exactly address this but describes the problem at [URL]http://www.aes-media.org/sections/pnw/pnwrecaps/2013/jun_cat5/[/URL] along with links to a couple videos. That workshop also didn't address Brian Wynn's findings for the necessity of shielded cable with Ethercons to avoid the pops from static electricity discharge (electrostatic discharge- ESD). That came later. [/QUOTE]

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