October 27, 2016

  • Chord Company C-Stream Streaming Cable, Part 5

    During the Spring 1990 quarter, I learned that UCSC's Student Housing, after setting aside units for next year's incoming freshmen, opened up on-campus housing to current students. For those of us at Crown College, we went to what was then the rec room.
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    I went with my friend Warts. She and I learned that, in dorm rooms, boys and girls were not allowed to be roommates. Student Housing also held informational sessions about the Crown-Merrill apartments. SH said that, unlike the dorms, where you go on the dining hall meal plan, in the apartments, you have to do your own grocery shopping and cooking.
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    And that brings us to the Chord Company C-Stream Streaming Cable. We had it for a number of weeks, where it was used between a router and (a) a satellite TV receiver, or (b) the Simaudio Mind 180. With this regular playing time, the C-Stream cable was "fine," in both audio and video performance. Versus throwaway Ethernet cables, and the AudioQuest Forest RJ/E, the C-Stream had (a) slightly more avoidance of grain, (b) not as tiny images, and (c) a smoother sound and picture.
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    But then we acquired RCA/RJ45 adapters, which allowed the audiodharma Cable Cooker to treat Ethernet cables. We Cooked the C-Stream cable in 1-day increments. Optimal Cook time appears to be between 3 and 4 days.

    For the 90-91 school year, Warts ended up finding a roommate, and they got a double-occupancy dorm room in the lower quad. I, of course, did not find any guys I wanted to room with, and ended up in a teeny tiny single room in the upper quad.