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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
pgaulke60 OP
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@audphile1 

According to the Audio Group Denmark page, 

Clean streaming signal.
The Ansuz PowerSwitch has been designed with the aim of delivering a very clean streaming signal to the hi-fi system. To achieve this, Ansuz employs its most advanced and truly groundbreaking audio technologies of noise reduction and resonance control. Ansuz audio technologies ensure that virtually no noise is transmitted from the PowerSwitch to the audio components.
 

I believe I am on the right track here.  

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audphile1
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@pgaulke60 the way I read it is do no harm was their goal. Hopefully they accomplished it. But once again if you think a switch will function as a filter and clean up your signal, it won’t. Cleanest way to implement the switch would be to have it plugged into another circuit and out of your system. As I mentioned earlier. 

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mclinnguy
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@sns

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.

I have read in the past the best strategy is to have a separate network and I don’t know exactly how one does this. If we use a remote such as an ipad to control streaming how is it possible to not have wifi? I think my system sounds pretty good, but always looking for the next networking trick to improve sound.

I haven’t searched yet- and I'm sure I am not the only one wondering: Do you have a link to a guide which explains what one should do?

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luvtubes69
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Some great advice here.

@antigrunge2  +1

No wall warts, get quality LPS.

Install a quality Filter such as the ENO, Aardvark or Smooth Lan from Stack. 

n0m1n4l
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I use a UniFi POE switch in HVAC closet, ethernet cable to UniFi In-Wall (https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/all-wifi/products/u6-iw) by the audio equipment ... the UniFi In-Wall is powered by POE and also has 4 port switch which covers other network connected items in the rack ... Offers WiFi to the general area which is helpful as well. 

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