@erik_squires An optical link is a great way to not only protect your system from lightnings/storms but, depending on where in your network you place it, to also reduce the amount of RFI noise reaching your system. Have you tried one and rueld it out? A couple of Fiber/Fibre Media Converters with SFP ports to accept an optica/lectrical transceiver module is all you need; the FMCs are built into some routers/modems but standalone units are inexpensive.
Home network router question
Hi,
A network question from an analogue brain.
Our internet provider recently transitioned to a system of hardwired modems with various pods ( Plume ) for the routers. There is one Plume/router which is hardwired to the modem and the rest are plugged into wall outlets. Unfortunately, the modem is in the built in stereo cabinet- which is less than optimal. I want to move the modem and "main pod" to another location away from the cabinet. Three questions:
1. Is running an ethernet wire from my streamer/DAC to the main pod equivalent to direct wiring to the old stand alone modem/router?
2. If I move the modem and main pod; can I run a cable from the main pod to an ethernet port ( to be installed ) in the cabinet and plug in my streamer? Will this be nearly equivalent to hard wiring into my old modem/router?
Any thoughts? Please remember when replying that I am an analogue guy trying to navigate the digital world with as little pain as possible.
PS I don't want to connect via wifi.
Thanks
MP
Showing 3 responses by nigeltheflash
@emergingsoul @cleeds I prefer hard-wired too but some people don't have the option. Networked audio is one of those unusual areas in which you're really not better off solving a problem at its source; it's better to address noise as close to the streamer as possible. Whether a switch used for audio is "audiophile" or not is actually less important than where it is! If you want to use it to kill RFI noise, rather than as a port replicator to give you more ports, it needs to be the shortest possible length of cable from your streamer (say 1ft to 3ft). The switch-streamer cable should either be unshielded (like Cat 6) or ideally be known/measured to have the shield grounded only at one end (there are precious few of the latter); most big name audiophile cables and Cat 8 (it's part of the spec) have in common that the shield is grounded to both plugs and this allows RFI stopped by the switch to travel down the shield and reach the streamer, exactly what we don't want. |
@timothy468 I like your thinking |