Ethernet

@maprik 

Hi Mike, so isnt using an unshielded cable leaving it open to EMI? My router is not grounded, btw.

I’ve never used shielded ethernet cables and I’ve never experienced EMI/RFI on my LAN or ethernet-connected devices.

I believe you can’t just use shielded cables and call it a day. The connected devices need to support using shielded cables, and you can’t mix with non-shielded cables. I may remember that a bit wrong, so happy to be corrected.

Just don’t use shielded cables and you’ll be fine.

@maprik I think you’re going too far down the cables and tweaks rabbit hole. My recommendation would be to direct the funds towards a better streamer. Forget cables and tweaks with Bluesound Node. Waste of money. 

Does anyone have a recommendation for a power supply, for Eero pro 6 mesh and is it important to have upgraded power supplies on both ends?

Thank you,

Gary

Personally, I think anything beyond a decent Blue Jeans Cable Cat6 ethernet cable is a waste of money. My dealer loaned me a $1800 Siltech ethernet cable to evaluate (his idea, not mine). Between it and my $20 BJ cable it sounded better on some things and the BJ cable sounded better on others. In the end the conclusion was they sounded different, but that's it. Neither better overall. My wife agreed, and she never knew what I was playing at any moment.

I use Siltech cables otherwise, but the fancy-pants ethernet cable went back to the dealer.

@audphile1 But this Node N130 does the job of the streaming just fine. Decoding is being done with the Pontus 2 DAC and the Iris DDC makes everything all nice for the Pontus 2. How will upgrading my streaming device (Node) help? I can see if you are talking about upgrading the DAC. Isn't the Node sending the same data downstream as some mega $$$$ streamer?