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  1. Torq
    Torq
    If it's for analog use, not really.

    If you're using it as a digital interconnect, you'll want to make sure you pick two wires that form a single twisted-pair.

    (The digital configuration will work fine for analog connections too.)
    Dec 9, 2016
  2. philipmorgan
    philipmorgan
    Torq: thanks for that! I am using it for digital. In that case and based on what you said I'll use one pair to feed pins 2 and 3. Should pin 1 be connected to any wire from any other pair?
    Dec 9, 2016
  3. Torq
    Torq
    Nope!

    Pin 1 is GND, and is typically connected to the drain-wire/shield on 110Ω AES cables, but your CAT 6 cable may not have a shield. If it does, you can connect the drain wire to Pin 1, but don't connect anything else to it.

    Also, if you do connect pin 1, only do so at the source end.

    But Pin 1 is optional, so you don't have to do anything with it.
    Dec 9, 2016
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  4. philipmorgan
    philipmorgan
    OK, perfect! Thanks, @Torq!
    Dec 9, 2016
  5. Abhishek Chowdhary
    Abhishek Chowdhary
    Are CAT6 preferable to the dedicated 110ohm digital AES?
    Dec 9, 2016
  6. Torq
    Torq
    @Abhishek Chowdhary CAT6 is often used with AES connections in professional settings, since it makes it easy to plug into patch boards (unswitched!).

    CAT6 has the essentially the same impedance, if you stick to using pairs of wires that constitute a twisted-pair, as the 110 ohm dedicated cable.
    Dec 9, 2016