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Power supply for ethernet switch?

Hi, All,

 

LOVING my DENAFRIPS Hermes/Pontus combo! WOW what a difference adding the Hermes made. I could not have been even hopeful for the improvement this made!

 

I just bought the TP Link TL-SG105 Ethernet Switch. I have been contemplating so many different paths here, including the setup from Small Green Computer with the Optical Module, power supply, etc. Very intriguing. But that's a little expensive and a lot of added wires,components, etc. I was also looking at the Silent Angel Bonn N8 switch...Would love to get some opinions on just adding a power supply to my new TP Link switch or would one of the other paths mentioned above be better?

 

If adding a power supply to the TP Link would be a worthwhile improvement, any recommendations, maybe even the 5V power supply from Small Green Computer?

Thanks in advance for your time and advice😊

kingbr
carlsbad2's avatar
carlsbad2
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Guy asks about changing the power supply on a switch that retails for $15.99 (including the power supply) and in less than a page we are recommending components that cost thousands of dollars. Audio at its best.

fastfreight
852 posts
 

Guy asking about exact same items other guy previously bought.  Seems sort of appropriate to reply.  Guy lending experience and trying to be helpful.   No need for new guy to be so cynical.  :)

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jimmiejamie
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i  use    Fidelizer               into shunyata v 10 , works  great 

chipcalzone
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@kingbr I tried using an iFi iPower supply (had one lying around) on a TP-Link switch as well as on a Wi-Fi router and it did not do anything for me. Some people swear by upgrading the PS on a Router however in my case it just didn't work. Perhaps a LPS would have been better on a Router vs the iFi.

I have the Silent Angel Bonn N8 Switch and that made a significant improvement. Later on, I added an iFi Lan Purifier Pro (ethernet to fiber optical) which further improved things. I agree with Andrew of SGC that the optical module will make the biggest difference. That was a more dramatic upgrade in sound based on my audio memory.

 

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trivema
108 posts
 

@kingbr take a look at Alpha Audio.net, they test (and importantly, listen too!) power supplies and Ethernet switches. TP Link, which I also have, did not test as well as some, but sounded excellent, imagine that…can anyone say tube amp? 
 

I originally had the IRIS feeding a Topping D90LE by I2S, a world-class measuring DAC. Sounded great, detailed, transparent, clean, tight bass, extended treble, etc. However the Pontus NOS really took system to a better place, more organic, warm, yet still detailed and with more dimensional sound stage.   
 

Happy listening. Cheers,

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