Ethernet - Analog/Digital Signal Clean Up


Curiosity got the better of me recently and I tried a pretty cheap tweak where I used two Fiber Optic converters between the eero access point and my Lumin U1 Mini streamer. Converted from copper Ethernet to fiber optic then back to copper and then into streamer using my Supra Cat8. 

I was pleasantly surprised with the improvements this change had brought into my system and now I am wondering if I can do better. One other aspect of the current configuration that I don’t like is the clutter - each unit comes with it’s own power supply and add to that a fiber optic cable. I already have a spider web of wires and am not looking to add to that. 

Objective is to have as much noise, RFI and EMI removed before it reaches the streamer. 

Seeking opinions on the following units from those who had tried them in their systems:

  1. English Electric Network Switch 8 (Silent Angel is pretty much the same thing)
  2. Uptone EtherREGEN (currently out of stock)
  3. Network Acoustics Eno (box or streaming system)

 

What is your experience with these units?

Anything else to add to the above list? 

 

Thanks in advance!

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i use the etherregen, along with, and stand alone, without a fiber optic clean-up module - they are both very important to  having a pure feed from network into streamer/renderer

the ether regen is very similar to the n-a eno - in fact the maker of the regen tells customers if they have an eno they don’t need a regen, they do the same thing

the silent angel network switch is different

look up hans beekhuysen on youtube, he has informative videos there on all three, you will be well versed in these after viewing them

I'd be curious to see you try an inexpensive Ethernet hospital isolator.  I'm about to get one for the sake of lightning protection.