Funny how streaming/digital still chases that analog benchmark.

@larry5729,

I totally agree with you and you are not deaf, the ones who hear superior sound from vinyl are in denial and in nostalgia.

Vinyl by design and laws of physics, can NOT record base frequencies and hence need trickery like RIAA curve matching to get it to barely sound reasonable.  The magic is always in the phono preamp & the RIAA filters.

Get one proper DAC and you are done, you can listen to the original recording 5000 miles away without losing a single bit.

Audio2design .... spoken like a pontificating want to be of EITHER  analog or digital? Might we be a poor batista of questionable descent .... namely not irish? I pose to you this my questionable lad... have you ever heard a fine digital or analog system? My offer stands open to you as well....Irish or not... to hear a fine analog system. I promise to not let your irishness detract from your welcome there lad

Audiophile network switches are snake oil. A $35 netgear learning bridge will do EXACTLY the same thing. Packets whizz around at 10 Gbits/sec on these guys, you think they need to introduce anything special for 300kHz at best.

What a joke...

Before you say anything, I do work for Broadcom as a senior software engineer and we design almost 80% of the routing & bridging chips in the world, and I do know how they work.

All you need to make sure is that you keep them (especially the walwart power supply) away from sensitive phono lines, that is all.

Cakycom....... PREACH BROTHER!!!! AS A 27 year it professional who knows ios PREACH!!!!!

Damn auto correct