Fiber or Eithenet

@ozzy I tried fiber into my Lumin X1 and preferred Ethernet cable. One might infer that, as usual, it’s all system/user preferential.

(Got a different streamer and DAC and offered the X1 and Lumin Amp to my son and he didn’t want! I through I raised him right.) Will be selling them. 

wsrrsw,

Wow that is surprising. There is a difference with the transceiver used. But it shouldn't have swayed you to prefer the Ethernet cable.

ozzy

Ozzy,

Not definitive in this matter but when I had an EtherREGEN, after dark PSU and clock I preferred the copper as did another member I corresponded with on the forum. Go figure. 

The Clarisys Minuet’s are a feast for the eyes and I bet with the Michi’s and with the quad subs you can blow the roof off. 

“I preferred the copper”
+1, @wsrrsw

That’s been my experience as well. I have taken the approach to clean LAN grunge and block noise by adapting to Telegartner Opt Bridge 1000M - Optical Isolator. This gives me best of both worlds and I am extremely pleased with the results. I am using a pair of FTA Métis LAN cables in and out of Opt Bridge…I’m done tweaking my Streaming setup (for now).