Fiber Optic Internet...best way to connect to system


How do you make best use the ISP supplied fiber optic internet for your system?  Xfinity brings the fiber optic into an Arris X5001 gateway with an SC UPC terminated cable.  I currently am connecting to the ethernet ports on the gateway to supply my Bluesound Node.

Question is:  Can I do better?

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OP:  There's nothing you can do  to get around the cable modem.  Leave it alone.

My best advice is that you use iFi power wall warts for any Ethernet devices near your audio chain.  For instance, I use an Ethernet switch to provide a cable to my audio streamer, AVR, TV and DVD player.  Switching the power supply there may keep your analog devices from picking up noise from the AC.

You can insert an optical connection (can be done for about $80) between the router and your Node that will shunt away the inherent noise, then you can get a better DAC if you’re currently using the Node’s internal DAC. 

Get a better streamer. The streamer can cashe the incoming bits, isolate them and translate into a clean signal. I own a Aurender N100, and a W20SE. I owned a Aurlic Aries G2 and auditioned an Aurender N10. Each step up the Aurender line is an incredible sound quality improvement. My streamer now equals the sound quality of my analog end from a wall wart wifi extender plugged into a power outlet next to my audio system. It isn’t the wifi so much as the streamer. Ok, the EtherRegen helped a tiny bit.

Fiber optic is the route to go. I have a Simaudio 680D with the Mind2 (not a slouch streamer/DAC and added fiber and it lowered the noise floor dramatically. I bought the 680 to replace my Aurender N10 that just never jelled in my system.

My 18 year old daughter recommended going FO and it was an improvement for sure.

I want to open my website on UK based server. But my internet runs too slow on the UK server. Is fiber optic internet best for it? Or should I use some different internet? Please share your review.

Thanks