Where should I go from here with my digital front end?


Good morning

My digital front end consists of a recently purchased  Lumin U2 Mini hard wired with Supra ethernet cable from an Eero mesh unit. Modem and Eero router located on 2nd floor. My listening room is in the basement.

My listening is 100% streaming from Tidal and Quboz with a budget of under $1k

should I:

1) upgrade the supra cable

2) add an Etherregen or Eno filter

3) add an audiophile switch such as the English Electric

4) other

Thanks!

 

emil

Thanks for the info on your system. Looks thoughtfully assembled with some good choices.

I don’t know, you have a pretty good setup. If you have $1K. I would save it and wait until you can invest in a better integrated amp as your next step. In the mean time I would work with your setup, room treatments. Enjoy what you have. Assuming you have a good quality power cord on your amp.

You can get small incremental improvements by fiddling with your network. But there are so many opportunities. All opportunities must be weighed… interconnects, power cables, isolation, set up, components.

 

 

Add this to your optical set up.  It made a nice improvement over the wall plugs.  It has two cables and can power both FMC’s.  Optical made a big difference for my system.
 

 

The Eno filter made a big difference in my system. (Router>.5 ft Cat 8> switch > 30 ft Cat 8 > ENO > Streamer)

@emil 

Another vote for ENO passive filter, they do offer 30 days return policy. 

If you haven't used good feet to isolate your gear, that can be a significant improvement. When I tried it under a DVD player used only as a CD drive it was like I bought a new unit for at least an order more magnitude. And while that was the biggest improvement, isolation under every piece of electronics was audible.