Denon's $499 Ethernet Cable

Guysmiley777 writes with what looks like a very late (or very, very early) April Fool's joke: "Denon's $499 Ethernet cable 'brings out all the nuances in digital audio reproduction.' Sure, that seems plausible. After all, nuances in digital signals are so subtle. Oh, and 'signal directional markings are provided for optimum signal transfer.'" Considering that $499 will get you a competent laptop these days, I wonder how big the market is for such a thing — then I look at Stereophile magazine's annual list of recommended components. The "view more images" link shows that they take cable porn seriously at Denon.

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You can laught, but I'm ordering one!

[snikulin]

Yeah, I know, I know.
BUT...
My company needs double-shielded CAT6 cable. Apparently, because of thick wires in CAT6, double-shielded CAT6 (and CAT7) cables are non-existent (please, give me a link if you know one).

So, if Denon accomplished the double-shielding feat, I guess I will be that fool who feeds the beast.

Not that folks here need the info but...

[rAiNsT0rm]

Audio travelling over thin-ass Ethernet gauge wire has to be one of the dumbest ideas ever in the first place. Optical? fine. It is totally digital, no interference issues, no "directionality," etc.

How exactly do you have a direction arrow, yet it points both ways? How exactly would one direction be different than another? How exactly does tin reduce vibration?

I work with crazy expensive cabling daily that runs entire buildings and 10G+ interconnects... yet none of these need any of this nonsense nor do they even cost $499. But to get your Led Zep to your amp you do. WTF?