Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ


This one will probably invite some withering mockery, but I will ask....

I only stream, and my streamer (Bryston BDP) is fed with an ethernet cable that runs back to my router.  Literally back to my router; there are enough output jacks on the router that I have a long run to the streamer and no ethernet switch in the chain (or the house system for that matter).   (There is an Eno filter right before the streamer).

I happen to OWN a nice LHY ethernet switch.  I am assuming that there is no reason to use it in this configuration, that is, assuming there are noisier switches, and less noisy switches, there is still no net benefit of adding any switch to this chain.  But maybe, just maybe, in the metaphysics of electrons that I do not understand, there is some reason why a nice switch prior to the streamer accomplishes something (in theory...I get that I can A/B test and try to fool myself whether I can hear a difference).  For the first person with a correct answer, I will mail a nice $600 switch to the address you specify! (JK)

mathiasmingus
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@fredrik222  It would be a lot easier if you just called both of them and discussed it and got back to us with your findings. You've shown yourself not to be an honest broker so relying on you to educate us is a non starter.

Or better yet, let them know of this thread and how you feel about them. Maybe Bill or Chris could come on and speak their mind a bit? Others who've had been disparaged have and it helped to clear the air some. 

All the best,
Nonoise

 

 

 

Here's one of Chris's videos on the Switch X:

All the best,
Nonoise 

 

 

fredrik222

I am an expert, however, you fall under the Dunning Kruger effect ... I called him a BSer. Because that is the truth ... he is just another clueless guy hawking gear that doesn't do anything, at best, at worst deliberately trying to make money of people who don't know better. 

Nasty insults are no substitute for reason. They actually weaken whatever argument it is that you might be trying to make.

@nonoise  How am I not an honest broker? Point to one post where I wasn't able to back up my statements or claims.