Aardvark Ethernet noise isolator


Has anyone tried one of these? Love the name...

I have an Ether Regen which outputs fiber to my Lumin X1.

So, I guess this device would go into the input of the Ether Regen but would its use of fiber out negate the Aardvark advantages? Will I be able to tell if it improves sound quality?

Anyway, I am such a tweaker that I went ahead and ordered one anyway.

Just looking for anyone who may have experience with the device.

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Ok all is intriguing and it will be interesting to hear about the performance.  Would there be any benefit to installing an ethernet noise isolator if you have an optical set-up like mine? Thanks

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Fiber optic definitely sounds better than without it on my set up as well.  I am using an LPS on both FMC’s but not on the router.  @ozzy It will be interesting to see if you hear improved results on your Fiber set up.  

Nice to hear about your results on your system.  I just purchased 2 used Pink Faun Ethernet Isolators to try out in multiple locations: in front of my optical, after my optical and without my optical. Anyone else have experience using Pink Faun Isolators?

For anyone interested…Have had a few days now with my 2 Pink Faun ethernet isolators. Well, I have to say they are doing something not for the good when plugged directly into my Bricasti M5 streamer. It takes the life out of the music. Really noticeable when playing live recordings. The stage depth, recording room acoustics and micro details just fade away. I placed one on my server router connection in a separate room and that didn’t appear to make a difference good or bad. Leaving that pink faun in place and adding a second pink faun in front of my optical set up sounds excellent. Mesh router- ethernet- pink faun- fmc-optical-fmc-ethernet-streamer seems to work best on my system set up. Can’t say it’s much of an improvement over not using them. Minor improvement at best probably due to having optical.