Which company manufactures this Ethernet switch for the other?


I am looking to buy an "audiophile" switch to isolate my audio and video connections from the main switch in my home. One important consideration in my decision is cost;  another is that this AV Ethernet switch must have 8 ports to accommodate all my audio and video equipment. I have done as much research online as I can, with the result that I found two products that especially appealing: the English Electric 8Switch and the Silent Angel Bonn N8.

Studying their constructions, features, and components, these two Ethernet switches seem so similar that with the exception of one being 10mm higher than the other (their widths and depths are the same) that these two appear to be identical. 

Consequently, I am asking -- does anyone know whether Silent Angel OEMs this product from English Electric or vice versa? OR, is this just an extraordinary coincidence?

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@richardbrand really…cause I thought there are two midgets - one in my router and one in my streamer that just throw packets of data at each other.

Assume I know how it all works and I don’t need your explanation.

Same applies to dedicated circuits…I’ve seen my electrical panel. 

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What happens if the catching midget drops a catch?  Or the throwing midget has not received the next one to throw?

So where do your dedicated circuits join?  What devices, if any, isolate them from each other?  This is a serious question ... my dealer wants to loan me a power isolator which sits on a single circuit