Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ
This one will probably invite some withering mockery, but I will ask....
I only stream, and my streamer (Bryston BDP) is fed with an ethernet cable that runs back to my router. Literally back to my router; there are enough output jacks on the router that I have a long run to the streamer and no ethernet switch in the chain (or the house system for that matter). (There is an Eno filter right before the streamer).
I happen to OWN a nice LHY ethernet switch. I am assuming that there is no reason to use it in this configuration, that is, assuming there are noisier switches, and less noisy switches, there is still no net benefit of adding any switch to this chain. But maybe, just maybe, in the metaphysics of electrons that I do not understand, there is some reason why a nice switch prior to the streamer accomplishes something (in theory...I get that I can A/B test and try to fool myself whether I can hear a difference). For the first person with a correct answer, I will mail a nice $600 switch to the address you specify! (JK)
@nonoise so, the moderators did not like calling the guy what he is. But either way, there are no measurements in that video, and the guy is clueless. He doesn't know anything about Ethernet at all as evident by the video. for instance, he says all electronics are contained in the SFP, which is patently false. Open ANY switch and you will see this very clearly. And then he says "don't use wifi unless you bought it from me". Yeah, sales guy at its finest. Below is a link to an article describing what is in a switch, which proves that this guy is clueless. Completely clueless. On top of that, he references a video by another guy who states why you shouldn't use wifi, and that guy "Apple TV X", correctly states that wifi has more than 10x latency, and therefore you shouldn't use it for audio. Well, it fails to account for buffering, and what the human ear can perceive. Wifi is perfectly fine for streaming audio. In a residential setting, there is no RFI propagation through Ethernet, it is impossible. No one has ever posted anything factual to the contrary. Lots of people have posted things they think says this, but doesn't. Dunning-Kruger....
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@fredrik222 Yawn. I see you are back at the office today. Your boss has nothing for you to do? Really? This is ironic: A lot of people really suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect in this forum, also known as cognitive bias, or the less you know about a topic the more you think you know about said topic. This post of yours seems to best describe you. |
@tonywinga lots people don’t like what I have to say, but I doubt they would say I don’t know what I am talking about. Same can’t be said for you, who can’t post anything to support your fanatical and fantastical claims. |
