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Where to Place Network Switch

Good Day Audio Fans,
I will soon receive a network switch.  I am getting an Ansuz Power Switch for ethernet distribution and noise reduction.  I currently mainline my ethernet from the router to my dCS Lina DAC & Master Clock.  Do you think it will make a difference if I put the Ansuz on the Router side of the ethernet cable versus the DAC side of the ethernet cable?  I’m thinking if there is no difference, then I could put the switch by the router, and plug in my home theater equipment (TV, AV Receiver & Blu-Ray player) as well.  The home theater room is just a wall away from the router but the main audio system is another floor away with a 50ft ethernet cable.

pgaulke60
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@antigrunge2 

Interesting question.  Not sure if the dCS Lina clock can work on the switch.  I know the cabling ties directly into the Lina DAC.  I’ll have to research that some more.

If the goal is to limit or eliminate the EMI/RTI from the cable, would make sense to put the switch, which is supposed to clean that up, on the DAC side of the cable. Right?

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audphile1
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Switch won’t clean anything up. Keep the switch out of your audio system. Run a long cable from switch then connect it to LAN galvanic isolator and from the isolator use a short high quality Ethernet cable into your Lina. 

rbstehno
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Get a switch that doesn’t use a walwart. I go from the router to a more enterprise switch that doesn’t use a walwart to clean up the sound before the streamer, then use the best Ethernet cable you can afford between these 2 devices.

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woots
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I also have Ansuz products and they are terrific.  I have a 26 port router and coming from that I have a Shunyata Ethernet cable connected to my Ansuz then Ansuz Ethernet cables connected to my components (dac/streamer). Set up is magical. 
 

good luck!!

sns
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Why people don't isolate wifi entirely from audio system is a mystery to me, wifi shouldn't exist on audio system network, routers with wifi enabled and then adding another component (switch) is not optimized network for steaming.

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