Network Acoustics Eno Streaming System vs SGC Optical Isolation System

@sns ​​​​@lalitk 

I appreciate both of your comments and impressions. Both of you speak from genuine hands on and listening experiences. As has been readily understood, much of this is individual circumstances influenced. So naturally different solutions for varying situations.

I have a 2 story (4600SF) plus  a finish basement (3rd level) where my audio system resides. My modem and separate router are in a 1st floor library. Bill (grannyring) has suggested a high quality modem/router combo unit and this is very appealing for me. Broadcom chip rather than Intel chip (sns 😊).

I am leaning toward this combo unit in my audio room connected via the Muon filter system to the audio streaming component (Yet to be chosen). This for for me would be a very simple yet effective and clean ethernet network circuit. My thought is the Muon is sufficient and would eliminate the need for a switch (Which entails another box/LAN cable/LPS/power cable). I just prefer simple.😊

Charles

One can get fine sound quality with top line streamers and dacs, this even with less than optimal networks. This based on latik and many other's experience, mine as well. We are talking marginal gains with most of these 'in the weeds' network optimizations, these are the sort of things you do when main components in streaming chain taken care of. So what you have is the usual thing when adding several marginal gains together, that being very meaningful improvements at highest levels of resolution/transparency.

And there is in fact and will probably always be multiple paths towards network optimization. I don't doubt for a second the benefits of products like Telegartner switch, Network Acoustics Muon. There is no doubt I'd be using  one or both  if having gone in different direction with my streamer. Eliminating noise on network pays off handsomely, based on reports from respected individuals both are excellent devices and deserving of placement in best audio systems. See, we can agree!

“Certainly the cables themselves are immune to RFI, issue is connectors is how rfi enters, rfi rides the gound on these cables to next component in chain.”
@sns 

If I understand your comment, a 50FT or a short run LAN/Ethernet cables are both susceptible to RFI through its connectors. So in your setup, how does a modem or router fed by a Coax cable with a short LAN cable eliminates the possibility of RFI riding through the connectors of that short LAN cable? What I am missing?  For clarity, I do not have any router/modem type of device in my audio room. 

You may know this, the M12 type connectors on my Telegartner M12 Gold switch and LAN cables offers industry best noise reduction.

Here is a link to LINKUP Ethernet cable you asked for, 

@lalitk 

Are similar noise reduction connectors used for the Muon products?
Charles  

@charles1dad

I believe Muon Pro is now using Telegartner MFP8 Cat.8.1 connectors which are very good but probably not good as M12 X-coded connector. The M12 X-coded connectors are designed exclusively for M12 ethernet switch.