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Anyone tried fiber into EtherRegen SFP?

Putting a 2nd-hand EtherRegen before my Innuos Zenith Mk3 has probably been the single best upgrade I've made.  Like most others' experiences, the shift away from a digital sound has been palpable.

I'm feeding the ER directly from my Netgear Orbi mesh satellite through a Wireworld Starlight ethernet cable.  I was wondering, however, if anyone has experienced significant gains from feeding the ER with fiber into its SFP port? 

I did assume initially that as the ER is a regenerator the quality of the input shouldn't matter that much.  But as I saw another jump when upgrading the ER's input cable it's set me to wondering about optical.

 

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I had audible gains putting a Cisco 2960 switch before my Etherregen and using fibre between the 2.

Which SFP modules you use apparently will affect the outcome though,  I've only tried a pair of very cheap 2nd hand cisco ones that are not particularly fast nor particularly long ranged. I can look up what they are if necessary.

 

I've got a rfi/emi filter on the powerstrip for the cisco and a power cord with a pretty chunky ferrite for it. I have it on black ravioli base and footers too.

 

 

 

 

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