CAT600 and CAT700 Bulk Ethernet Cables ... - Audioquest

New Product Announcement: 

CAT600 and CAT700 Bulk Ethernet Cables, Connectors, 

and Prepared RJ/E Ethernet Cables 

Ethernet, and the Local Area Network (LAN) systems it enables, has become the copper plumbing 

of the digital age. The Ethernet system offers bit-perfect transmission of audio, video and data 

signals as far as 1,000 feet without an active booster/repeater, and is high bandwidth, low jitter, and 

has low latency (minimal digital-timing and time-delay distortion). This has led to a revolution in the 

way people store, distribute, and access digital media, allowing today’s digital entertainment and 

other crucial data to be streamed to every room in the house. 

Wireless transmission of data from the Internet, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, photos and 

emails, and even multi-room video and music as background, is simple and convenient. However 

the convenience of wireless comes at a steep qualitative price: even generic office-supply Ethernet 

cable-on-a-spool offers audio performance that’s vastly superior to the fastest, most 

robust wireless networked audio system. 

Moving beyond the limitations of wireless, the specific cable matters too. Bulk data 

transfers may not be appreciably affected by cable, but lesser Ethernet cable does 

affect the real-time playback quality of any Ethernet-based network-audio system. 

Digitally-packaged information is carried as an on/off analog signal, and is vulnerable 

to most of the same distortion-causing mechanisms as analog audio or video. 

Absolute time coherence is required for all analog and digital cables, including USB, 

HDMI, FireWire, and Ethernet. 

In order to maximize the performance potential of a whole-house network-audio (and 

data) system, AudioQuest offers multiple CAT600 (Cat6) and CAT700 (Cat7) bulk 

Ethernet cables for whole-house “electronic plumbing,” as well as prepared RJ/E 

Ethernet cables. While the bulk CAT600 and CAT700 cables are the clear choice for 

whole-house network infrastructure, prepared RJ/E cables–Pearl, Forest, Cinnamon, 

Vodka and Diamond–are recommended for shorter runs in high-performance 

applications, such as moving audio data from an in-room network drop to a streaming 

DAC or network music-player device. 

While Cat6/CAT600 cables support network speeds up to 100 Megabits per second 

(Mbps), Cat7/CAT700 cables support full "Gigabit Ethernet," which is defined as 1 

Gigabit per second. However, it is crucial to note that Cat7, the highest Cat standard, 

requires that each of the 4 twisted pairs of signal conductors must be individually 

shielded, which has an inherent advantage in audio applications. AudioQuest’s CAT700 

and RJ/E prepared Ethernet cables are all built on a Cat7 foundation. 

All of AudioQuest’s bulk and prepared Ethernet cables use solid conductors, which 

completely eliminate strand interaction, the single biggest cause of distortion in cables, 

for clearer, more dynamic and involving sound. Superior conductor metals minimize 

distortion by having fewer grain boundaries and less impurities (such as oxides) at 

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those boundaries. Solid High-Density Polyethylene (PE) insulation helps maintain critical signal-pair 

geometry. Of course all AudioQuest Ethernet cables honor the directionality inherent in all analog 

and digital audio cables; arrows on the jackets indicate the direction (from source to destination) for 

the best audio performance. 

While there’s so much good stuff hidden away inside all these cables, the extraordinary Telegartner 

RJ45 connectors on Vodka and Diamond are very much in one’s face. These connectors use a 

patented combination of geometry and circuitry to minimize the inevitable impedance mismatch 

that occurs as when a cable's 4 twisted pairs are laid out in a straight row. The scale of this 

performance difference is slap-in-the-ears obvious and indicative of the difference all connectors 

make, and installers who compare these connectors will have the opportunity to hear for themselves 

just how big a deal a connector can be. 

RJ/E Diamond and improved RJ/E Vodka are now shipping with AQ’s proprietary Noise-Dissipation 

System (NDS) inside. Typical cable shield systems absorb and then drain noise and RF energy to 

component ground, which modulates and distorts the critical “reference” ground plane. NDS’s 

application of metal- and carbon-loaded synthetics “shields the shield,” absorbing and reflecting 

most of this energy before it reaches the layer attached to component ground. This reduces 

distortion and increases sonic performance, which is to say that as great sounding as the 

first-generation RJ/E Vodka was, the version shipping now is clearly even more sonically addictive. 

Currently two levels of male Cat connectors are available for order with the CAT600 and CAT700 bulk 

cables: a low-profile high-performance model and the Telegartner ultra-performance model 

described above. A crimping tool with die for terminating the low-profile connectors properly is 

available now, and female wall-plate connectors are anticipated to begin shipping in the coming 

months. 

Moving streaming digital bits from one place to another throughout a home is a relatively simple 

matter that can be accomplished with generic prepared and spool Ethernet cables. Honoring and 

preserving fragile digital-information packages in such a way that the data can be faithfully 

reconstructed into video that transports you and music that inspires you is the reason to choose 

AudioQuest’s CAT600 and CAT700 bulk and RJ/E Ethernet cables. 


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RJ/E PEARL 

• Solid Long-Grain Copper (LGC) Conductors 

• Gold-Plated Connectors Provide 100% Shield 

Coverage and Feature Extra-Strong Tab 

• Conductors Controlled for Digital-Audio Directionality 

• Minimum Skew and Phase Smearing 

CMG (CL3 & FT4) rated Black/Gray stripe PVC 

Length US Retail Part # UPC 

0.75m / 2’6” $25 

RJEPEA0.75 0 92592 07665 5 

1.5m / 5’0” $29 

RJEPEA01.5 0 92592 07666 2 

3.0m / 10’0” $45 

RJEPEA03 0 92592 07667 9 

5.0m / 16’5” $65 

RJEPEA05 0 92592 07668 6 

8.0m / 26’3” $95 

RJEPEA08 0 92592 07669 3 

12.0m / 39’5” $139 RJEPEA12 0 92592 07670 9 

RJ/E FOREST 

• Solid 0.5% Silver Conductors 





CMG (CL3 & FT4) rated Black/Green stripe PVC 


0.75m / 2’6” $39 

RJEFOR0.75 0 92592 00318 7 

1.5m / 5’0” $49 

RJEFOR01.5 0 92592 00322 4 

3.0m / 10’0” $69 

RJEFOR03 0 92592 01215 8 

5.0m / 16’5” $99 

RJEFOR05 0 92592 01219 6 

8.0m / 26’3” $139 

RJEFOR08 0 92592 05439 4 

12.0m / 39’5” $199 RJEFOR12 0 92592 07595 5 

RJ/E CINNAMON 






Up to 3.0 m. - Black/Red braid 5.0 m. and longer – CMG (CL3 & FT4) 

rated Black/red PVC 


0.75m / 2’6” $75 

RJECIN0.75 0 92592 00039 1 

1.5m / 5’0” $89 

RJECIN01.5 0 92592 00290 6 

3.0m / 10’0” $119 

RJECIN03 0 92592 00292 0 

5.0m / 16’5” $159 

RJECIN05 0 92592 00296 8 

8.0m / 26’3” $219 

RJECIN08 0 92592 05438 7 

12.0m / 39’5” $299 RJECIN12 0 92592 07593 1 

RJ/E VODKA 

• Solid 10% Silver Conductors 

• Ultra-Performance Plugs, 100% Shielding, 

Strongest Possible Tab 

• Noise-Dissipation System (NDS) 



Up to 3.0 m. - Black/Red braid 5.0 m. and longer – CMG (CL3 & FT4) 

rated Black/Blue PVC 


0.75m / 2’6” $249 

RJEVOD0.75 0 92592 01221 9 

1.5m / 5’0” $339 

RJEVOD01.5 0 92592 01225 7 

3.0m / 10’0” $529 

RJEVOD03 0 92592 01227 1 

5.0m / 16’5” $779 

RJEVOD05 0 92592 03558 4 

8.0m / 26’3” $1,159 

RJEVOD08 0 92592 05474 5 

12.0m / 39’5” $1,659 RJEVOD12 0 92592 07596 2 

72V 

DBS 

RJ/E DIAMOND 

• Solid 100% Purfect-Surface Silver (PSS) 

Conductors 

• 72V Dielectric-Bias System (DBS) 

(US Patent #s 7,126,055 & 7,872,195 B1) 

• Noise-Dissipation System (NDS) 

• Ultra-Performance Plugs, 100% Shielding, 

Strongest Possible Tab 




0.75m / 2’6” $695 

RJEDIA0.75 0 92592 00298 2 

1.5m / 5’0” $1,195 

RJEDIA01.5 0 92592 00302 6 

3.0m / 10’0” $2,195 

RJEDIA03 0 92592 00304 0 

5.0m / 16’5” $3,495 

RJEDIA05 0 92592 00316 3 

8.0m / 26’3” $5,495 

RJEDIA08 0 92592 05476 9 

12.0m / 39’5” $7,995 RJEDIA12 0 92592 07594 8 


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CAT600 PEARL 

Description 

US Retail 

Part # 

UPC 






CMG (CL3 & FT4) rated White/Black stripe or Gray/White stripe PVC 

1,000 ft. Spool - Gray $249 @ $0.35/ft. CAT600PEAG1000 0 92592 07746 1 

1,000 ft. Spool - White $249 @ $0.35/ft. CAT600PEAW1000 0 92592 07780 5 

CAT700 PEARL 

Description 

US Retail 

Part # 

UPC 






CMG (CL3 & FT4) rated White/Yellow stripe or Gray/Yellow stripe PVC 

500 ft. Spool - Gray $345 @ $0.80/ft. CAT700PEAG500 0 92592 07754 6 

500 ft. Spool - White $345 @ $0.80/ft. CAT700PEAW500 0 92592 07781 2 

CAT700 FOREST 

Description 

US Retail 

Part # 

UPC 






CMG (CL3 & FT4) rated White/Green stripe or Green/White stripe PVC 

500 ft. Spool - Green $695 @ $1.50/ft. CAT700FORGR500 0 92592 07755 3 

500 ft. Spool - White $695 @ $1.50/ft. CAT700FORW500 0 92592 07782 9 

CAT700 CARBON 

Description 

US Retail 

Part # 

UPC 

• Solid 5% Silver Conductors 

500 ft. Spool - Gray $3,200 @ $6.50/ft. 

CAT700CARG500 

0 92592 07756 0 





CMG (CL3 & FT4) rated Gray/Black stripe PVC 


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CONNECTORS 

• Works with Cat6A and Cat7 cables 

• Fits standard and solid wire up to 23 AWG 

• Easily terminates with any standard Cat6 crimp tool 

• 4-up/4-down load bar 

• Fully shielded 

• Gold-plated contacts 

• Each pack contains 50 connectors and 50 protective boots 

-Protective boot fits cables up to 7.5mm OD 

Our male connectors are available and shipping 

now, and female connectors will be shipping 

soon. In the meantime, the following solution is 

recommended for female connectors. These connectors 

snap into Leviton’s Quickport range of 

housings: 

Description 

Dealer Price 

Part # 

UPC 

Connectors – 50/bag $49 

CAT7PLUG 

0 92592 07770 6 

Female Connector 

Faceplate 

Recommended faceplates and carriers can be 

found here: 

http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/SectionDisplay.jsp?section=39154&minisite=10251 

http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/SectionDisplay.jsp?section=37732&minisite=10251 

These are widely available across the globe and 

have wall-socket solutions that fit US, UK & Euro 

wall boxes. 


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