Yes, I have been following those threads on ABF and they went through great deal on the above ethernet switches. As per those discussions, Melco S-100 > Sotm > ethergen. Will get that sometime and try it out.
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Bumping this thread to say thank you @romney80
Just picked up exactly what you described, fantastic improvement is right! Best $80 I’ve spent! 2 of these between my switch and Sonore UltraRendu: Gigabit Ethernet Multi-Mode LC Fiber Media Converter With this cable:
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@fmzip i am glad you tried and worked. Digital “noise” is more than we imagine. We don’t know unless we hear “minimizing the noise”. Since my last post, I have done a bit more in the digital chain. Router > sotm with cat 7 > ethergen with fiber optic > English electric 8s > ENO acoustics > streamer. Not every step is superior but synergistic and now more organic (less “digital”). |
I'm moving on from generic fmc and Sotm sms200 neo to the Sonore Opticalrendu, replaces one FMC and it's lps and sotm. Next will be optical out server such as Small Green Computer Sonictransporter I9 or diy solution with optical out, this gets rid of second fmc and it's lps, and upgrades present server. At this point all optical post server. At some point I'll get router with optical capability, lps on this, no switch. My goal is all optical post modem.
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Hi All-I am reading this thread with great interest. Thank you for all the info and recommendations. At the price point I am reading about, this is worth trying out. I have a question- Does the fiber cable need to be run in a straight line? My router/switch is about 50' away, in a different room. To run the cable I would need to make 4 right angle bends to get it to my Aurender streamer. David |
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