Which mods exactly were you unable to perform in order to make your Mikrotek switch into a Switch X?
As an aside, the Mikrotek retails for $270, not $900.
https://multilink.us/mikrotik-crs309-1g-8s-in/
Thank you in advance.
Sound quality differences in streamers
Can there be sonic differences between moderate and high priced streamers when used for streaming only. I will not use or engage an onboard DAC or any other feature, just stream from Tidal or Amazon to DAC. If the unit is just transferring zeros and ones to a DAC can there be differences in say a $300 WiiM and a $3000 dSC streamer? Thanks
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@devinplombier That is not the Mikrotik model I had, can't recall the model but it had dual internal power supplies, I'd have to look back on ebay past purchases to be sure of model. In any case it was both the internal mods and conversion to allow for external linear power supply that complicated matters to the point I thought of the simpler method of adding a second router for 'dirty' side of network. |
@sns - I don’t have any noise issues I am aware of and the fiber to the streamer in my main system probably helps mitigate any noise but your post gave me an idea. Since the two auxillary systems source 99% streaming, and I do not need my stored music files for those systems, I could indeed set up another Roon core on the network for those two systems but, unfortunately, that would require me to purchase another Roon license, which is currently about the only thing I have that is free since I signed up as a lifer early on. Based on all that, I am going to consider the issue not broke, and therefore not in need of fixing. However, thank you for the ideas. |
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