Anybody want a laugh?

As a counter point djones51,  someone proved in a blind test with a significant group of audiophiles, that audiophiles couldn't tell when 2.5% distortion was added to their own system with their typical "listening" methods. On the other hand, in a controlled AB situation, engineers could pick up the difference quickly. It may be best to replace the term golden ears with gilded ears :-)

Not surprising, noone here would consider me a true audiophile and I would probably flunk the test too. 😳

It's been built for network streaming, which reportedly has better sound quality than USB, HDMI, coax and optic fiber. The processing is done on the server computer, the data stream is sent on to the streaming device (which just does the hand off, with very little jitter) and then to the DAC all via ethernet.

Fidelizer Pro is a program that is used on my personal fanless computer and it makes a significant bump in performance.

Jplay FEMTO is the server software this device is really designed to work with, along with audiophile grade ethernet cables. As all three devices are going through the router, the same ideology that is used successfully in many digital systems is to get as little jitter, noise and the timing bang on. The hundreds of reviews on European audiophile forums can't all be wrong??

I personally also use JCat FEMTO clocked USB card, based off a NEC USB card that has been highly modified, which is US$500.

I haven't gone to network streaming yet, as I'd need to purchase a FEMTO network card, and ethernet DAC and this exact router. If reviews have any validity will render a superior performance in my system!

@cd318 - yes and network streaming is now considered the benchmark, apparently better than any other known system for sending a data stream to a DAC.

Actually hundreds of reviews could all be wrong. Appeal to the people isn't a very good reason to spend money.