I have an EERO mesh wireless system via ethernet to my Innuos Stream 1 streamer, and the results are excellent. I have the EERO extender located about two feet from the Stream 1 and am using a DH Labs ethernet cable for the connection. The quality is superb, and I doubt that going to the expense of running an in-wall ethernet line through the house at a significant expense would yield much improvement. A good WIFI system and a decent cable should be sufficient
- ...
- 85 posts total
@vicweast "I’ll say again, "audio grade" is complete nonsense when it comes to networking. You are overpaying for a lesser solution THAN an "air gap" or galvanic isolation just before the audio input. " There is much more to audio grade than the galvanic isolation any old switch provides. Obviously you are entitled to miss out on this yourself; but to call it complete nonsense is nonsense itself. Fiber kills all conducted noise, conversion back to electrical adds some back in. Switches kill various amounts of noise, audio grade ones kill more. It’s entirely logical and easily demonstrated. |
@nigeltheflash said: "Fiber kills all conducted noise, conversion back to electrical adds some back in. Switches kill various amounts of noise, audio grade ones kill more. It’s entirely logical and easily demonstrated." Yes: Fiber is a relatively inexpensive way to stop all previously accumulated noise on that link (wifi does the same in terms of accumulated noise, but your mileage will vary). Now you have no noise next to your audio device... The only device you need is either native SFP/fiber in your, say, streamer, -or- a fiber media converter (well made, with a clean power supply). ...Switch you say? I don't follow where this switch needs to go now...? BTW, there have been several bench tests of vendor claims for "audio grade" switches. I suggest you look those up... |
- 85 posts total