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Ethernet switches the good and bad

Hello myself and northeast Audio club have done a lot of testing  ,

a simple switch is very noisy , I own both uptone audio ,Ether regen ,around $5-650 as well as Sonore deluxe. Both of these needs high quality Linear Power Supply to truly be optimum ,by far the best best built and sonically is the Linear Tube Audio is a great buy and over 6 pounds  with a very good Dc cable modt chsrge $150 extra  the only upgrade That works is fuse to synergistic purple and put a decent power cord a solid 10% improvement still the Linear Tube Audio LPS is $750

one company in Hong Kong  by friend tried Ediscreation - extreme is pretty decent but at $1800 Waay over priced s Hong Kong dollar very over priced, and if any issue send back to Hong Kong ,very $$

by far the best I have heard is the Synergistic Ethernet switch which comes with the $200 purple fuse,a $500 power cord it Retails $2200 but can be bought around $1700 and built in high end power supply ,this is actually a excellent product your streaming is much much more analog and detailed ,my brother owns one and that may be my next purchase. in my system it made a nice improvement and I already have a Denafrips Hermes DDC that cleans up digital noise very well . Each product mentioned above works to cleanup noise coming after the router, which BTW 

I bought a LPS 12v up to 8amp from little green computer for $299 and put a Pangea sig power cord with a synergistic Orange fuse. Got rid of the noisy junk wall wart plug , a noticeable improvement and made even wifi signal to TV better, yes these are tweaks but, being a Audiophile nothing is off the table to try .I just wanted to mention this ,and see what others maybe using , Enjoy you 🎶 music 🎼 

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For the average Audiophile as I mentioned yesterday most people know JaysAudio 

for there nice digital transports  He has a new line the LHY SR8 iwill say it’s built very well it has Linear power supplies, regulators even a high quality over clock for under $600 a great buy , forsure you will hear the improvements .thst being said this over clock needs a solid 300 hour runin  ,and to gains solid additional 5+% 

a decent aftermarket power-cord we used the Pangea sg ,mk2-awg14 ,as with any piece of gear , and the crappy stock buzz fuse,to a synergistic purple fuse . I bought mine after testing a-bunch at our audio get together .I owned the Sonore and uptone compared them using a external7 v SBooster LPS . The reviewer below did a credible review, but no idea how many hours he put on it and I personally spoke with Jays audio via email 300 hours for the Oven clock, and he didnot have the synergistic purple fuse, nor decent power-cord theSonore ,or uptone are over $1k with a decent LPS this unit almost $1k with add ones which I feel a solid 10-12% vs a stock switch , steady 6% just doing nothing but breakin ,check it out..  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NTqmCfq8TP8

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Fredrik222 just because others may have a lot of hype,there are some verygood switches out there , the SW8 for the money is a solid investment for under $600

if you have not owned it ,then you speak with-0 credibility.

the innuos Ethernet switch is the best IHave heard built from the ground up at $3500 it makes a statement my brother owns it and imaysave for one .

theJaysAudio SW8 is solid ,add a decent power cord and Synergistic purple fuse itsa nice increase in fidelity .I do agree with you on many synergistic products 

but their fuses do deliver ,there are many people and reviews to back That up 

for minimal  monies.

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After spending a lot of time and budget over the last 20 years in streaming optimization I would recommend a high end filter like the ENO2 or Muon Pro (which is passive and also avoids further integration of noise into the system). 
If you go for a switch the LHY SW10Pro is a good choice or going for top level the Network Acoustics Tempus MK2 is outstanding. 
 

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