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Where should I go from here with my digital front end?

Good morning

My digital front end consists of a recently purchased  Lumin U2 Mini hard wired with Supra ethernet cable from an Eero mesh unit. Modem and Eero router located on 2nd floor. My listening room is in the basement.

My listening is 100% streaming from Tidal and Quboz with a budget of under $1k

should I:

1) upgrade the supra cable

2) add an Etherregen or Eno filter

3) add an audiophile switch such as the English Electric

4) other

Thanks!

 

emil

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cleeds
6,072 posts
 
sns

I recall seeing  noise measurements ethernet vs fiber somwhere, was cited by post on some thread here. My use of objective was directed towards near universal consensus of individuals ...

Thanks for clarifying. That isn't what I imagined when you said you had "objective  findings."

cleeds
6,072 posts
 
sns

Lowered noise floor is likely the first thing one will notice with insertion of fiber, this will generally be an objective  finding.

While many cite a lower noise floor with fiber, they usually do so by saying the noise isn't noticeable until it's gone. So it's interesting you've found a way to establish that objectively. Did you do that through measurement, @sns?

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