Reviews for AudioQuest CAT7 Carbon RJ/E Ethernet Cable Custom

Having purchased a few analogue cable upgrades over the years, I have heard small improvements in some and none in others. Biggest one was the chord indigo tuned array rca. Lovely powerful sounding cable. But I’ve always been skeptical about digital cables. Purchased the carbon usb and didn’t really notice anything but kept it as thought maybe it’s shielding will help with the jungle of wires behind my equipment. My broadband socket is downstairs which has a 5 metre cat5e run to modem, then 1m cat 6 to router, then another 20m run to access point in the living room upstairs. Last 1m run is between that and my Mac mini. Surely changing the last one metre to the mac won’t matter but what the hell I’ll give it a try. All I can say is I wish I did this when I moved in couple of years ago.

The sound changed so much on the top end it’s laughable. So much refinement and space around the soundstage I’m hearing all kinds of new details and tonal textures. This is giving my system a lovely analogue type sound I’ve been missing. How the hell this works I don’t know..... but now I’m curious as to what the vodka cable can do. Maybe I’ll try the vodka. Either way I’m over the moon.

I read the reviews here and considered the Vodka for my Chord MScaler/TT2 combination ... after seeing the reviews I phoned and spoke to Gary who suggested trying if anything the Cinnamon. I have had Carbon before so went with that but, at his suggestion, upgraded the connectors to the Telegartner ones .... my local Hifi dealer suggested the connectors make more of a difference than the cable itself too ... the cables were ordered at 3pm on a Friday and arrived at 11am on the Saturday ! I can't fault that ... nor, in fact, the cable.

It seems to be an ideal level of improvement over the existing Cat 8 I was using (Amazon but by their standards an expensive one). I tried them back to back and the difference was very noticeable ... not something tbh I expected ! There was just clearer more detailed sound in the AQ Carbon with the Telegartner connectors. Gary suggested if I wanted to that I could return and go with, say, Vodka but I will not be doing that. He was right. This level of improvement is just what i wanted and I would thoroughly recommend the AQ Carbon with the 'upgraded' connectors. Very impressed with product, advice and service.

For a long time I was dissatisfied with the sound quality from my streamer compared to my CD transport. Both feed the same DAC but the CD player sounded much much better. More air, more punch, more detail.

I didn’t honestly believe that an Ethernet cable upgrade would make a difference, but Futureshop have a money back guarantee so I had nothing to lose. And boy did it make a difference. What had been a slightly congested sound suddenly opened up, with more sparkle in the treble, more control in the bass and more air in between everything.

This purchase whet my appetite and I bought a Chord 8Switch too. This brought yet another uplift in sound quality. Having done A/B tests the streamer now sounds as good if not better than the CD transport.

If you’re reading this you’ll know that there’s a lot of angry debate about the benefit of cables. I’ve noticed that those who think they do make a difference have usually let their ears decide, whereas those who don’t usually haven’t. I’d recommend letting your ears decide.

I am very pleased with this cable. It has definitely made a difference. More detail, and better separation than my previous cable. I am amazed at how fast the delivery was,
I ordered with you at 4.00 pm and it was delivered at 10.15 am the next day.

Thank you for the excellent service.

I have experienced a rather harsh sound on my Mac music streaming. Whilst using CAT7 cable I called Glyn at Future Shop for advice on the problem he suggested that I upgrade the Ethernet Cable and following further discussion I chose AudioQuest as my experiences with the product and the UK Sales guy - I chose the Carbon fitted with high grade connectors (an extra £34 but well worth the investment) .

The cable has only been installed for a couple of days so not yet burned in but already there has been a distinct improvement in the instruments placement and a frantic improvement in the noise floor. As ever it’s thanks to Audioquest and Glyn at Futureshop for yet more sound advice. May write again after burn-in.
Thank you guys.

My system kef ls50w & kube 12 so I was looking for a cable to run from my router to the kef speaker. I wanted a Audioquest cable as I had bought AQ vodka to link the speakers (which sound very good I’ll leave a review of them as well). So I seen the custom carbon option and I have I’m impressed again by AQ.

The first thing I noticed is the power and sound stage. I have swapped out the Vodka cable to Cinnamon ethernet and there is still improvement but swapping back to Vodka the speakers sing very happy.

Installed AQ Carbon Ethernet cable instead of AQ Pearl Ethernet cable between Router and Switch. Carbon RJ/E is simply a "must go" with its 23 AWG wiring in the case when a switch is linked to Hi-End Network streamer, Player and DAC with AQ Vodka RJ/E cables. Inexpensive custom built cable of great value. Plus Telegartner connectors!

Highly recommended for serious audio systems.

Outstanding value, Excellent service. I was not too sure which ethernet cable to put between my rooter and the Apple TV. Gary, from Future Shop, provided clear and a comprehensive advice of the options from AudioQuest cables.

He steered me away from a more expensive item to the Carbon cable with the upgraded termination. My choice of manufacturer was AudioQuest since I use them to link other components in my hi-end Meridian system and found them to be manufactured to a very high standard with excellent results. I connected the Carbon cable and was very pleased and surprised. I was able to select the highest HDR4K option in the Apple settings I could not do this with the previous cable). 4k images were sharper and the colour details were vivid and face tints more natural. The sound was more detailed and the 5.1 channel sound stage image improved with excellent movement between speakers.

I strongly recommend this product (the price is justified given the quality of manufacture and results delivered.) You can also rely on Future Shop staff for appropriate advice. My order was delivered safely two days after purchase - exactly as stated for first class post.
Thanks very much.

Installed these cables instead cheap patch cables between streamer and nas and between nas and router. Huge improvement, greater detail and dynamics, greater width and depth of the sound scene

Wow"......................