At first it just seems like a great idea, but the more I used these the more it just made sense. Less clutter on stage, less mess, everything is far more organised, I even run these out of a 4-way rack DI on stage so a single cat5 is all it takes to get the signal where it needs to be. Same with the outputs from the crossover to the amps, it just makes sense! I’ve even been able to use these in situations where I needed to be creative transferring DMX with AES/EBU and two channels of analog audio.
There are lots of options available here and I’m grateful that this stuff just works without any loss in signal quality. It’s worth watching Dave Rat’s stuff online to see how much efficiently cat5 transfers audio over long distances compared to standard mic cable. I’m astonished cat5 with audio didn’t happen sooner, it just makes sense!