antigrunge2

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Testing Ethernet switch
@cleeds  Some people are incorrigible, know it all and therefore best ignored. Thanks for fighting their abuse, anyway.  
Class D amplifiers. What's the future look like?
@agdproduction  great quotes, all of them. I guess there have been members of the Flat Earth Society since time immemorial…. Luddites of the world unite!  
USB Cable
I find Audiotroy‘s comment offensive and unwarranted. USB is a fraught interface, at a minimum requiring separation of the 5V and signal lines, better even using a galvanic isolator and in high resolution systems more likely requiring re-clocking ... 
USB Cable
Move your pc within 3 ft of your DAC  
Testing Ethernet switch
Does anybody think anything useful can come out of these puerile exchanges?  All they do is shut down a useful thread. Think before you type!  
Class D amplifiers. What's the future look like?
@mahgister  Many thanks for coming out in strong defence of Ralph, who is a humble and careful commentator who compared to many on this forum is a master of his chosen subject  
Testing Ethernet switch
Yet again: this is getting old really fast.   
Anyone buy one yet? Thoughts?
If only those weren‘t so hard to find on Tidal or Qobuz…  
Anyone buy one yet? Thoughts?
@toro3    So what are you streaming? Chinese Opera?  
I have perfected my network for the nth time
The real problem with thread squatters is that people give up on threads such as this one which thanks to the thoroughness of the OP are full of useful information. Maybe A‘gon should have a policy that after 3 warnings you are out. It would be a ... 
Value of a premium Ethernet cable
@ghdprentice great post! Actually even easier than using two different cables: insert a LAN isolator ahead of your streamer with whatever cable you use.,Should be enough to convince you that there is more going on than bits are bits…  
Value of a premium Ethernet cable
Any suggestion what other than a sine wave is being transmitted? The interference messes with the shape of the sine wave thereby changing both amplitude and midpoint; hence my comment on clocking.  
Value of a premium Ethernet cable
@macg19  the bits are bits argument has been roundly defeated. Along with the bits travel ground level and EFI/RFI interferences that wreak havoc with the shape of the sine wave being transmitted leading to serious issues at the D/A conversion st... 
Value of a premium Ethernet cable
@tisteingraber, your streamer is good, if you feel like experimenting, get an Lhyaudio SW-6 or Uptone Etherregen in lieu of the second FMC. It MAY, and I don’t say it will - improve SQ through the built in ethernet isolator plus reclocker and the... 
Value of a premium Ethernet cable
@tksteingraber  Comparing Ethernet to fibre is not straightforward: much depends on the FMCs and their power supplies. Often fibre is accused of being somewhat bland relative to an optimal ethernet connection; conversely getting an optimal ethern...