@adsell I don’t use castaway cables from my data center. They periodically yell out “Wilson!!!” And that distracts my speakers.
Ethernet opinions
Hello everyone, I finally got my system setup. I had a few setbacks the past few months. My mom had lung cancer and passed away a month ago. It has been a journey getting my system set up which is part of the fun. I am running Pass Labs XP-12, pass 250.8, and Bricasti M3. My original plan was to run the Bricasti with a EERO mesh network since the modem is on the opposite end of the listening space. Needless to say the EERO mesh would not work and Roon could not see my M3. I was on the phone with Bricasti trouble shooting the issue. I removed my M3 from the system and double checked everything with it hard wired to the modem which worked. I was told I could really use any Ethernet for the most part as long as it’s cat 5 or 6. Well, I returned the EERO and got a 25 foot Ethernet cable from Best Buy for 10 dollars. The sound is much better then I was guessing running a 10 dollar cable, for me it’s deff a temp fix. Especially since I bought two audio quest vodka cables. I am using one of them now connecting the room nucleus to the modem at the moment. I have read a bit about blue Jean cables which seem to hold spec. I don’t see me buying a longer Audio quest vodka cable given the cost. In some ways I feel like I spent more then I should have on the Vodka cables at this point. Opinions please ?
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@audphile1 LOL. Seriously, if you knew the distance the lowly packet has traveled over the untold number of switches and converters from and to fiber and Ethernet over copper, Your 25' of expensive cable is meaningless. The Data is the data; it’s not analog or a waveform that can be made purer via magic copper braid or sending it through a switch one more time just before it enters your player. It’s like saying my web browser and pages are more precise when I use name-brand audiophile Ethernet cables to surf the web. A bad cable will cause all kinds of havoc in a network, or a bad network card can be chatty and cause network-wide slowdowns, or malware, for that matter. If you are interested in how ethernet works: Also, if you would like to see what it takes to get a packet from Qobuz.com to your home, open a command prompt (Dos prompt, etc.) (type CMD in the run command or search on the Windows machine of your choice. Perform a "trace route" on qobuz.com or tidal.com or whatever music service you like: C:\tracert qobuz.com (type TRACERT at whatever prompt your says, then type in the name of whatever you want to test. Do google.com if you like. It will show how many hops your data request goes through before arriving at your desktop or music server. You might see that some hops time out, and your request is rerouted to the next hop.
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@adsell I’m glad you appreciated the joke. I’ll leave it at that as far as our discussion is concerned. |
@adsell nice system! |
Lots of advice, some good some meh. Here's more. Isolating your system from ethernet noise is your goal. First an audiophile switch just before your system with a LPS and second an ethernet cable with filter like the ENO. Don't believe the knuckle-heads that tell you non audiophile cables and switches are just as good. I have English Electric, EtherRegen and SOtM switches in that order with LPS's. Two is better than one and three is better than two. I have the ENO Ag and 3 SOtM Ethernet cables with filters. And the EtherRegen and SOtM are clocked and while clocking locks the sound in you can achieve a lot with just one switch and filter in front of your system. |
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