Stack Audio-SmoothLAN Network Filter- WOW!

Well holy crap, this thing works.

First impression after insertion is yes, I hear a difference. It is a more analog sound, everything is smoothed over, but possibly too much so? I thought on some bright and edgy tracks this is exactly what I have been looking for, but on others they sounded perfect already, so this may roll off the treble too much?

After 2 days of running I am astounded this tiny little passive block of metal is doing as much as I hear it doing. I mean I already have an Etherregen, and a SoTM ethernet cable with its filter, how much more "filtering" do I need? Apparently lots. Not going to give any adjectives, not going to print any exclamation marks, but I am not going to use the money back guarantee- it’s staying. My digital front end retails for about 30K, and this little 200 British pound black box makes it sound 9-18% better. If it gets even better after a few hundred hours, like many components do, I am going to freak. Seriously, people spend 5k to upgrade their DAC to get this type of improvement. Thanks for the thread @ozzy.

@mclinnguy do you have the Smoothlan in front of the EtherRegen? 

@tkrtrb125 nope, only place I have put it is after. Total chain is router>generic ethernet>Cisco 2960>monoprice cat7>etheregen powered by Plixir BDC PS>SOtM dCBL Cat7>smoothlan>K50

I will try it before the ER if that is what you are suggesting- but not yet

@mclinnguy I am SoothLan>sonore Opical Module v2 >EtherRegen>Zenith. All cables are DH Labs Cat8 with shield drain. 

@tkrtrb125 did you experiment? Was that the best spot? Or perhaps the Zenith accepts fiber and that is the reason you want the ER next to it- I don't know about the Innuos stuff, I know the Lumin users prefer a fiber connection. 

I might as well state it- I tried fiber into the ER from the Cisco and I prefer copper.