Bluesound node 2i DAC VS Vincent SA-T7 DAC

At first I had tidal and got on the MQA bandwagon and the fact it had more content. However I realized this content was mostly music I didn’t care for. I also found that I preferred qobuz hi res SQ over tidal’s MQA. So as far as my connection goes yes I bridge the signal from the 5G router using Two TP-Link Gigabit Ethernet Media Converter, 1000Mbps RJ45 to 1000M Multi-Mode SC Fiber (MC200CM) connected together with fiber optic cable. This eliminates long runs of Ethernet cable prone to RF noise and competing network WiFi traffic. The SQ improvement was significant.

Oh I want to mention that the fiber cable is very small in diameter and pretty flexible. It would be very easy to drill a small hole in the drywall to run this cable. My router is in another room as well, and right now it’s running along the baseboards and across a hall under a foyer rug. The wife is not to crazy about that, but then again this isn’t the first time my hobby has caused her a little distress. I’ve got like 65’ of cable though and eventually I’ll run it up to the attic along side of the existing cable for the tv, and down inside the wall to my rig. I live in Florida though and that’ll have to wait until at least November! At about $100 for the converters and the cable it’s a well worth it tweak imho.

Hey thanks rocray! Same here, I’m a vinyl guy, but my thorens is currently away being restored so digital it is. I now have three DACs, the bluesound, the Vincent, as well as a music hall c-dac 15.3 dac/cd player. I run my television audio through the music hall and it’s no slouch either. It has the same burr-brown, PCM 1796 24 bit/192 kHz and DAC: Wolfson WM8805 chipset that I think some McIntosh gear uses. After some considerable listening time, I’m convinced my ears aren’t lying, the toslink has better SQ. As far as connectivity, I am using the fiber optic bridging from a 5G router on frontier fios, (it used to be Verizon but here in Florida now it’s owned by frontier. My amplifier is a Bob Latino ST-120 that I built from a kit. Speakers are Bob Crites “cornscala’s”. I’m not sure I’ve reached the summit of audio perfection, but I don’t feel the need to climb any higher, well, at least for now!

Hey thanks! I wish I could take credit for it. I only got the idea from an article though (I think it was on TAS website),  although there are many articles and a YouTube video, found with a quick search. Haven’t tried the digital coax cable as of yet.

Finally got a 75ohm s/pdif coax and I prefer it.