Anybody want a laugh?

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. 

i prefer my homemade "golden plates" on my router or on the ethernet connection.... Cost: peanuts, results; success....

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In my experience ANYTHING , ANYWHERE, connected in the electrical grid of the house matters to the resulting audible S.Q....

It is what i call the electrical embeddings of an audio system....

I stream all my music from either services or ripped files. I have a basic Netgear modem and router. I network a NUC running roon in my office to a raspberry pi4 running Ropiee with RAAT roon's transport protocol on my network. I then connect the pi4 to my integrated amp with the USB cable that came with it, the cheap black one. I use basic canare 4s11 speaker wire. I have wall warts connected to my panamax surge protector on different banks with my integrated.  This is plugged into a basic industrial grade receptacle on a regular 15 amp circuit. Pretty much everything you're advised not to do. Yet I have a noise floor so low I never hear any, the quiet parts of a song are dead black quiet, no harsh female vocals.no hum or hiss.  Excellent timbre and separation of instruments. At least as good as my speakers allow. How is this possible?