New Network Acoustics Tempus switch

I was worried about this but I am impressed with the Wifi X range.  I have an Eero mesh system with two wired units and one wireless booster for my main wifi..  I needed this for whole house coverage. I also have issues with cell reception.

But the Wifi X in my main level office reaches basement, main level and upstairs for control with ipad.  The Wifi X is designed to reach for control, but does not need to be super fast ie for streaming or tv etc.

You can play around with the location of the Wifi X, as long as you can get an ethernet cable from Switch X to Wifi X,  Of course shorter cables are better than longer, but I have runs of 30, 40 and 50 feet in my  house.  Most do somewhere.  The only requirement is that the Dejitterit power supply (for Wifi X)  is near the WifiX unit and a power outlet.

@fastfreigh Maybe one of the contributing factors to the streamer (we have the same one) sounding so fringing good (ok the current DAC in the mix too) is that in the stereo closet  the streamer and DAC are shielded from WIFI interference?

I'm on the cusp of trying the Switch X & Wifi X but it ain't broke and yet I'll fix it. How's that for a deffiniton of an audiophile?

Better yet, are we chasing sound that we experienced when sixteen? Are we trying to keep an audio link to our youth thus defining age? Endorphins any way they come are very good for the soul.

Good thought @wsrrsw , but I don’t think the closet helps.  Every device on your network sends and receives lots of packets of info.  All this info is bombarding every other device on your LAN.  
I have gone back to M12 and listening for a bit…

@fastfreight 

Looking forward to your further thoughts on M12 vs Switch X. I haven’t thought about any network upgrades since installing M12 more than two years ago. If anything, I am tempted to add Telegartner OPT BRIDGE 1000M Optical Isolator ahead of M12 Switch. This upgrade puts me well over $10K in network upgrades…LOL! 

Hello @lalitk , I have now spent some time comparing my current JCAT M12 Gold switch with the GTT Switch X and its companion Wifi X.

The Switch X sounds better.  Soundstage is wider and deeper.  Instruments are more separated, background blacker.  Bass is more present.  It is easy for me to hear.  

I know I am hijacking the Tempus discussion.  I am sure the Tempus is amazing.  I love Network Acoustic products and use two Muon Pro systems.  But I think it is that the Switch X is also a modem, and creates a clean network for music only.  Plus a switch.  I think we will see many more of these clean network modems from other manufacturers.

I can handle this upgrade because it is compact, goes in my office, and replaces something rather than just adding another device. (yes it adds the wifi but that is just a fact of having an isolated network for music only).

I read the Tempus review @markush posted:

There is also a review at: https://the-ear.net/review-hardware/tempus-is-everything/ which sounds really very promising. So I decided to get one 😃

I could say almost the exact same things as Mr. Kennedy (he is very elegant) about the Switch X as he did about the Tempus.  The big difference here is that he is comparing the Tempus to an English Electric (same as teh b with iFi power  vs my comparing the Switch X to the much better  (as @lalitk knows) JCAT M12 Gold Telegartner switch. with Sean Jacobs AR6 power supply.

The Switch X with Wifi X with included DeJitterit Power Supplies looks like the real deal and a value at GTT's price for this kind of upgrade.

Also to note, I tried adding the M12 back in just before my Muon filter (downstream of the Switch X) .It seemed to make no discernible difference.  I wonder if there is a benefit to putting it between my Verizon modem and the Switch X?

Finally, I think most folks miss the point of Switch X also being a modem.

?Smitch X  ? Clean Switch X?  SwitchMode X? ModeSwitch X ?  Modem x Switch?

I cant even spell switch correctly anymore :)