Digital isolation between Ethernet hub and streamer


This very inexpensive little box  connects between you ethernet hub and the streamer  it truly works and not expensive, check it out

https://stackaudio.co.uk/smoothlan/?v=0b3b97fa6688

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awesome @dougthebiker .  I also had the English Electric (Bonn 8) switch.  

There are similar benefits to be had with a next level switch.

@fastfreight  He has 2 next level switches with the EE 8 and the Q-base. 

@audphile1  Not what I said but okay. Could same the same about your system slick. Considering you used $200.00 worth of switch gear. 

Don't most good servers/streamers also provide some form of isolation?

@mitch2  - Galvanic isolation is required for Ethernet signals, but due to how capacitors may be used across the coils isolation could be improved on a bit.

Personally I'm more worried about surges from outside the home coming in and frying all my HT equipment which is cable connected to it so I like to put isolators which are rated to UL 60601 at the end of long cables, close to my HT switch to reduce those chances.  I don't know of any boutique/audio isolators however which have this rating.