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Anyone tried fiber into EtherRegen SFP?

Putting a 2nd-hand EtherRegen before my Innuos Zenith Mk3 has probably been the single best upgrade I've made.  Like most others' experiences, the shift away from a digital sound has been palpable.

I'm feeding the ER directly from my Netgear Orbi mesh satellite through a Wireworld Starlight ethernet cable.  I was wondering, however, if anyone has experienced significant gains from feeding the ER with fiber into its SFP port? 

I did assume initially that as the ER is a regenerator the quality of the input shouldn't matter that much.  But as I saw another jump when upgrading the ER's input cable it's set me to wondering about optical.

 

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maxwave
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@ozzy

From your modem to etherRegen. Are using etherRegen’s B side( B port ) ?

 

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ozzy
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I am using the opposite sides on the ethereRegen. The ethernet cable goes into the B side. The fiber on the opposite A side.

ozzy

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@ozzy

Many thanks.

I have read that while using the SFP port, it is better not using the other ´´ A ´´

ports for other connections  . Is it true ?

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ozzy
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I think that is supposed to be true, however, I have never tried it that way.

ozzy

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In case there's been misunderstanding here, currently I'm doing:

router => RJ45 A-port => RJ45 B-port  =>  Innuos Zenith RJ45

I'm curious about:

router => FMC RJ45  =>  Fiber  =>  ER SFP A-port   => RJ45 B-port  =>  Innuos Zenith RJ45

The Fiber package I have my eye on is from ADOT, which contains an FMC, cable and a pair of SFP adapters:

https://hifiplus.com/articles/adot-mc01-kit-2-fibre-ethernet-conversion-kit/

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