Network Acoustics Eno Streaming System vs SGC Optical Isolation System

@lalitk did you ever demo the sotm switch? 

@lalitk What mesh system were you using? Did you power it with an LPS?

For everyone, getting rid of wifi, going to hard wired is great upgrade for many reasons given here and elsewhere. But instead of using long ethernet cable from modem, use long coax, coax much less susceptible to emi/rfi. The filters work in part because rifi leakage into our ethernet cables. Hopefully Rich Truss will see this and speak to this leakage issue.

Caught my miss. What I meant to say, long coax to modem, short ethernet to router, this versus long ethernet to router. Bottom line bring modem to router, even to point of having ISP coming into listening room, this is my setup.

@rareace

I was using a pair of Apple Extreme that doesn’t have DC input to facilitate outboard LPS. Based on what I’m hearing, I’m never going back to any Wi-Fi routers installation in my dedicated room. This is easily one of the best $115 tweaks in my streaming setup. Whoever says digital streaming cannot rival CD or Vinyl playback, well they haven’t really explored all the possibilities.

@jerryg123

Not yet. I thought prioritizing the network path first is more important than bringing another switch. Turns out, I was spot on. Looking back, I wish I’d done this sooner :-)

@sns

Turns out, atleast in my setup; a separate router or mesh network is absolutely unnecessary. My Xfinity modem/router (50FT) away from my audio room clocks in >700Mb/s speed over Wi-Fi.