Chord Company Shawline Streaming – Digital Ethernet Cable

The Chord Shawline Streaming is a reference-grade digital audio Ethernet interconnect designed to eliminate the most misunderstood threat in modern networked audio: high-frequency electrical noise. The most aggressive myth in digital audio is that “bits are bits” and standard IT network cables are perfectly sufficient because the TCP/IP protocol guarantees data delivery. However, this entirely ignores the analog reality of digital transmission. Standard unshielded or poorly shielded CAT cables act as massive conductive bridges, transferring high-frequency (HF) network noise, router interference, and switch-mode power supply pollution directly into the sensitive ground plane of your High-End streamer or DAC. This injected electrical noise aggressively induces timing errors (jitter) and smears delicate micro-dynamics.

The Chord Company Shawline Streaming entirely neutralizes this threat through high-precision shielding and Chord’s proprietary Tuned ARAY geometry, originally developed for their flagship digital cables. Featuring silver-plated, oxygen-free copper conductors and a high-density, multi-layer shielding architecture, it physically isolates the audio signal from environmental RFI/EMI. Fitted with over-molded RJ45 connectors with 24k gold-plated contacts for flawless mechanical coupling, this cable is the critical final link for reference network players like the Gold Note DS-1000 EVO. It transforms flat, clinical digital streams into a deeply holographic, rhythmically engaging, master-tape level analog experience.