This video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FFTdt51kzA also contends that there is no issue with jitter at the ethernet part of the system, but that there may be noise issues an ethernet switch could address. Another way to do that, as I understand it, is to use devices that convert ethernet to fiber optic and then convert the fiber optic to USB for input to an audio device.
Which company manufactures this Ethernet switch for the other?
I am looking to buy an "audiophile" switch to isolate my audio and video connections from the main switch in my home. One important consideration in my decision is cost; another is that this AV Ethernet switch must have 8 ports to accommodate all my audio and video equipment. I have done as much research online as I can, with the result that I found two products that especially appealing: the English Electric 8Switch and the Silent Angel Bonn N8.
Studying their constructions, features, and components, these two Ethernet switches seem so similar that with the exception of one being 10mm higher than the other (their widths and depths are the same) that these two appear to be identical.
Consequently, I am asking -- does anyone know whether Silent Angel OEMs this product from English Electric or vice versa? OR, is this just an extraordinary coincidence?
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The video absolutely refutes that jitter is a problem with Ethernet. I tried to show why this is true! Further, why anyone would want to convert Ethernet to USB is beyond me, unless it is the only thing the poor audio device can connect to. There are many versions of USB to confuse matters more. At least Ethernet is designed to be a local area network spanning entire buildings! There is really no merit using fibre-optics instead of twisted pairs for either external electrical noise-rejection or to reduce EMI from the cable. We are talking GHz frequencies! But an Ethernet switch is a switched logic device and just may inject nasty electrical noise into your other components via the power supply.
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@jmeyers ethernet switch will not improve anything. In some cases it will negatively impact other components due to noise it creates on the power line and by being in proximity to audio components and cables. If you isolate it from your system by running it off a completely different circuit and keeping it far away from components and cables, you should be OK. And in this case any $30 switch should suffice. I wouldn’t waste money on the expensive switch. Spend it on room acoustics instead. |
+1 @audphile1 I've tried different switches no difference. My dealer tells me not to waste my $$ either. Even a manufacturer of digital gear says the same thing. Listen yourself but don't be fooled by those with "golden" ears. |
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