I never heard 'noise' in my streaming system. I just heard better sound with the upgraded switch. Was it 'blacker' or 'quieter'? Perhaps, but it sure sounded better to my ears.
Ethernet switches the good and bad
Hello myself and northeast Audio club have done a lot of testing ,
a simple switch is very noisy , I own both uptone audio ,Ether regen ,around $5-650 as well as Sonore deluxe. Both of these needs high quality Linear Power Supply to truly be optimum ,by far the best best built and sonically is the Linear Tube Audio is a great buy and over 6 pounds with a very good Dc cable modt chsrge $150 extra the only upgrade That works is fuse to synergistic purple and put a decent power cord a solid 10% improvement still the Linear Tube Audio LPS is $750
one company in Hong Kong by friend tried Ediscreation - extreme is pretty decent but at $1800 Waay over priced s Hong Kong dollar very over priced, and if any issue send back to Hong Kong ,very $$
by far the best I have heard is the Synergistic Ethernet switch which comes with the $200 purple fuse,a $500 power cord it Retails $2200 but can be bought around $1700 and built in high end power supply ,this is actually a excellent product your streaming is much much more analog and detailed ,my brother owns one and that may be my next purchase. in my system it made a nice improvement and I already have a Denafrips Hermes DDC that cleans up digital noise very well . Each product mentioned above works to cleanup noise coming after the router, which BTW
I bought a LPS 12v up to 8amp from little green computer for $299 and put a Pangea sig power cord with a synergistic Orange fuse. Got rid of the noisy junk wall wart plug , a noticeable improvement and made even wifi signal to TV better, yes these are tweaks but, being a Audiophile nothing is off the table to try .I just wanted to mention this ,and see what others maybe using , Enjoy you 🎶 music 🎼
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A lot but not all of the noise people refer to in digital systems is of frequencies beyond the audible range. Both this noise and noise that’s within the audible range has a distorting effect on the purity of the signal, and the audible effects of this distortion is what people can identify by ear, not necessarily the noise itself. Tube hiss, ground loop hum, crackling, buzzing, or rattling are usually a different type of noise than is referred to. |
+1 @gladmo ! |
My experience with improving my digital signal feeding my dCS Vivaldi upsampler and DAC with incremental hardware improvements includes: Etherregen, 4 different CAT cables, Farad LPS with SR fuse and their best cables, AfterDark mid tier ($1300) 10 Mhz clock and premium cables, a second full Farad LPS set up like the first, installed fiber to the Etherregen so I could go back and forth between copper and glass. I had created a $4000 house of cards that did in fact produce better sounding music out of my Vivaldi digital system. I then replaced the dCS upsampler with a Grimm MU1 streamer/server. I tested each piece of kit with the Grimm and none of it made better music than the cheap builder grade CAT 6 feeding directly into the Grimm. I also had to get to a Sigma V2 to better the standard supplied cheapo power cord. My point is that as streaming matures companies like Grimm are adding jitter and noise reducing technology inside their boxes. They also engineered their power supplies so you don't have to buy exotic cords to get great sound. By my own ears I know the additive boxes and cables discussed in this forum do improve many systems, but in the longer run they will be built into more streamers in the future. And yes, I hope there will be tweaks for the next generation of streamers as well.
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@cleeds how much ridicule can you take? Even after Qobuz 110% contradicted what you said about Qobuz, you continued. Laughs all around. but, again, insane claims are made, but nothing to back it up. Post one thing that proves your point that isn’t 100% subjective. |
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