So the portable travel wifi router cleanses the network and yields amazing improvements for streaming. That’s awesome! Too bad I don’t have high dollar networking gear that this TP router can displace.
What this proves is all these filters, audiophile switches and converters people add are really unnecessary. Adding more crap to your network is just that - more crap and clutter.
Get the best possible quality streamers and DACs and top it all off with great quality Ethernet cables and you’ll be set. Yes, finding a switch, if your setup requires one, that doesn’t negatively impact the sound quality is crucial. But it doesn’t have to cost more than your KIA.
Improving on the stream of a combined streamer dac
I recently (foolishly) compared the streamed sound of my Electrocompanient
ECM 1 Mk II to internally stored digital downloads on the same ( ie not stored in my Small Green Computer server). I was surprised how much better the downloaded files sounded. Perhaps, I was naive to think otherwise. So, I started looking at old audiogon threads to see if I could figure a quick and easy fix to up the sound of the streamer but found little that made sense or was affordable. My question is whether I should continue to search, or if I should take it for what its worth and just listen to the music. The rest of my digital front end: Small Green computer server, a Trendnet unmanaged switch and the ECM. I use a Luna Orange ethernet cable from switch to ECM and a Purist Audio cable to the SGC. Thanks for your advice and happy holidays to all.
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iI is a chain that the signal travels through, so every step/stage needs to minimize electrical noise and benefits from quiet power supplies |
@rivinyl cool! Keep us posted. Please report back.
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