Aardvark Ethernet noise isolator

Don’t have them in my system but I’m told that in addition to the usual benefits of passing the signal through mini-transformers, the Pink Faun LAN isolator device works to shielding against high-frequency (HF) noise originating from the LAN network and components were chosen based on what they sound like rather than specs alone. 

@ozzy curious if you had ever tried copper to fiber media converters from amazon in place of your etherregen

A Pair of 1.25G/s Bidi Gigabit Multi-Mode Fiber Ethernet Media Converter with 2PCS Bidi SFP LC Dual Transceiver Module Included, 10/100/1000Base-Tx to 1000Base-SX SMF RJ45 to SFP Slot up to 550M

https://a.co/d/4YPjUPP

Yes, originally when I had the PS Direct Stream Dac, I used similar converters. They seemed to work well.

ozzy

So the Lumin sounds better with the fiber in than with the copper?

Oh yes. The PS Direct Stream did also. Using fiber eliminates the wire in the equation. To me, the sound change was immediate and a large improvement. There is a calmness to the sound.

ozzy