Audioquest Vodka vs Wireworld Starlight 8 (Not Platinum) Ethernet

And how is FMC better than ethernet cable?

This video is a "how to" but does not demonstrate or prove that inserting the FMC link does anything useful. The speaker refers to "analog noise" but does not demonstrate or prove that such noise, which may exist, has any audible or measureable effect on the output of the DAC.

this is a hobby pursuing well reproduced music... no one is interested in proving anything to you, you are free believe what you want... the video is to inform the op

if anyone really wants to know, they should try it for themselves (as i and others here have)

what you put into the hobby determines what you get out of it

so i just try to be helpful and share info when a fellow member asks a question... got nothing to do with ’who is right’... you look, you decide

if the info shared ain’t good enough for ya... well, hey, each of us logged in has a google search function on their device, go knock yourself out...

but saying to someone who just is sharing info, well that doesn’t prove this or that to me... man, i can’t help but feel those remarks, that posture, is self important and entitled... no one is interested in convincing you if you aren’t convinced, really couldn’t care less...

@sns

i agree that ethernet cabling is important.... it carries signal, complex signal at that... and even when using optical modules to manage noise, ethernet cables are still needed, so they’d better be well suited for the job - whether one needs to spend megabucks on the cable is different question...

also agree that quality of fmc implementation is important, especially in using clean power supplies on the clean side, so as not to re-introduce noise

@melm

i must admit i have not used fmc modules just by themselves... in my setup i went to a sonore optical rendu on the receiving end... on the sending end i use an uptone etherregen unit which conveniently has an optical module slot built into it

i also used, prior to that, a quite economical trendnet unmanaged switch with a built-in optical slot in it as well, on the sending side (the trendnet is recommended by andrew gillis at small green computer, from which i bought the optical rendu) - that switch uses a 5v dc feed, so it is easy to also use a quiet lps or filtered swps just ’to be safe’, although in theory noise can exist on that end upstream of the optical conversion

TrendNet Simple Switch with SFP slot

hope that helps