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Nucleus, is there a better alternative?
My system uses a Lumin x1 which includes a dac and streamer, so I don't need a box with a streamer and a dac.
Concern is that the nucleus which hosts roon, which I use, might be introducing noise into system. I like the way it sounds but could I do better?
Maybe I need to consider an optical connection vs a Straight ethernet connection between the nucleus and the X1.
Curious about any ideas
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Fiber optic internet service like fios only fiber to the pole then regular copper cable to the house little green computer sell Ethernet to fiber converters I use the uptone ether regen that has a fiber optic input ,there multi regulators regen all noise ,buy one at the router and other end , most expensive is at the dac side it has a Ethernet to USB if running a external dac ,imo a top notch dac has much better isolation and LPS , especially Multibit R2R dacs . |
Sonore OpticalRendu and OpticalModule no longer available, They are having to be redesigned due to chip shortages, I have OpticalModule on order for perhaps two month, who knows how much longer wait.
@emergingsoul FMC does BLOCK noise at point where optical cable comes out of first FMC. it does not ELIMINATE noise created at any point prior to that. The entire streaming chain still subject to signal loss due to noise, same as with ethernet. Theoretical advantage of optical wholly based on proposition it totally blocks noise vs. ethernet which may continue to pass along noise produced upstream. Ethernet filters reportedly effective in blocking this noise. I will soon be comparing Acoustic Network Muon to FMC prior to server. |
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