Aardvark Ethernet noise isolator

So, I ordered the iFi ethernet unit. It was about 1/4 the price of the Aardvark and perhaps if it doesn’t do much for my audio it may help my video.

And, through Amazon I can always return it for a refund.

ozzy

Cool. I’d be curious to hear your thoughts. 

Well, I just got the iFi ethernet filter.

First impression, it does seem to do more than the much more expensive Aardvark, but not sure if it is a keeper.

Right now, it sounds like the music moved up a bit in frequency response. There does seem to be a wee bit more detail. I’ll let it play for a few days before I take it out to decide its merits.

ozzy

@ozzy Nice! Thanks for the follow up! Have fun and keep us posted. 

For anyone interested…Have had a few days now with my 2 Pink Faun ethernet isolators. Well, I have to say they are doing something not for the good when plugged directly into my Bricasti M5 streamer. It takes the life out of the music. Really noticeable when playing live recordings. The stage depth, recording room acoustics and micro details just fade away. I placed one on my server router connection in a separate room and that didn’t appear to make a difference good or bad. Leaving that pink faun in place and adding a second pink faun in front of my optical set up sounds excellent. Mesh router- ethernet- pink faun- fmc-optical-fmc-ethernet-streamer seems to work best on my system set up. Can’t say it’s much of an improvement over not using them. Minor improvement at best probably due to having optical.