The indisputable benefit of fiber for music
@anzaanimalclinic Found that choice of SFP's will make or break the deal.What specifically did you find out about choosing the best SFP converter? Which do you recommend for best sound? Another question to all you ENO owners who also use fiber is whether the ENO, which costs over $800, has been worth it just to clean up the last very short Ethernet cable running from an SFP box to the streamer, assuming the majority of the run from router to the system area is all fiber? The manufacturer, @richtruss believes so; All active devices emit noise, including optical to RJ45 converters. We have users with these media converters that get a big improvement, as eloquently described by Bill, by adding an ENO filter between the media converter and the streamer. |
Check out posts by Kenny123 at WBF. My experience is limited to Startech SFP1000ZXST which I found overly bright. Sonore's Multimode SFP's and cable which I found overly dark. And Finisar 1318 which I enjoy. Kenny recommended Finisar 1324 which I finally found on ebay and are being delivered shortly. I have a Startech fiber and an also waiting on another fiber cable to be delivered. To answer your question about the ENO filter I just removed mine and immediately found the sound dull glossed over and lifeless in comparison, but if I didn't have the ENO I would probably think it sounds good. The ENO is between an EtherRegen and SOtM sNH-10G which are connected by the fiber and both clocked by a MutecRef10. I just put the ENO back and all's well again. And for full disclosure there is SOtM dCBL CAT7 between the ER and ENO, the ENO cable is very short. |
You are apparently using plug-in SFP devices. I am using the linked stand-alone converters and powering the one located in the vicinity of my gear with an HD Plex LPS instead of the wall-wort that it came with. |
