Network Switches

There is a long EtherRegen thread running at that site for months. Way before its release. If you had read that thread you would know 100% what the

inevitable review was going to say.

This, at least 90% of the regular member contributors to that thread had already declared the switch phoney before anyone had even heard a single note!

They preach about expectation bias delivering psycho acoustic placebo effects but ignore that Amir has emotionally and professionally placed his cards and reputation  well and truley on the table before he even received the switch.

It's the same in tweak threads , many experts cannot think or even bear to think outside the box. 

 

So, in the spirit of trying new things, in a couple of days I will have the same optical isolation set-up that Michael Lavorgna discussed in his article titled, "Electrically Isolate Your Networked Audio"
A little more expensive than at the time of the article but still relatively cheap in the audio world.
Have any of you tried this......
https://www.audiostream.com/content/electrically-isolate-your-networked-audio

Ok, I gave this stuff a try so here is my digital set-up running Tidal and stored files (I plan to give Qobuz a try in January after I receive my new amps).  Adding the switch and the optical 
isolation seems to have resulted in a slightly smoother, quieter presentation - a bit more pleasant to listen to over longer periods of time. 

Current digital set-up;
Orbi router  
>Cat 6 Ethernet cable (35 feet) 
>TP-LINK MC200CM Gigabit Media Converter
>Tripp Lite Duplex Multimode 62.5/125 Fiber Patch Cable (SC/SC), 1M
>TP-LINK MC200CM Gigabit Media Converter
>Cat 6 Ethernet cable (3 feet)  
>Silent Angel - Bonn N8 Audio Grade Network Switch
>Cat 6 Ethernet cable (3 feet)
>Antipodes DX3 Server
>Cat 6 Ethernet cable (3 feet)
>Metrum Ambre Roon endpoint
>I2S cable
>Metrum Adagio DAC

@mitch2   Thanks for the updates on your adventures and congratulations on the results.

If you are open to this, I encourage you to try different LAN cables...the last three, 3ft links in your chain.

Depending on the cables used, you may be surprised by the uptick in performance. 

Audio Bacon has a list of LAN cables and their characteristics and contributions.

I second the recommendation on Ethernet cables between these two components, 

>Silent Angel - Bonn N8 Audio Grade Network Switch
>Cat 6 Ethernet cable (3 feet) ⬅️
>Antipodes DX3 Server
>Cat 6 Ethernet cable (3 feet) ⬅️
>Metrum Ambre Roon endpoint