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Where to Place Network Switch
Switch won’t clean anything up. Keep the switch out of your audio system. Run a long cable from switch then connect it to LAN galvanic isolator and from the isolator use a short high quality Ethernet cable into your Lina.   
PS Audio BHK signature preamp
Great news @signaforce ! It’s a nice little amp. Keep it on for few days straight it will sound even better. Hope there is synergy and you can enjoy it! So what’s next in 2025? New DAC? Hehehe  You got to hear your system properly! Lol  
What network path is required to map Roon to an SSD inside an Aurender N200 streamer?
Awesome!!! Glad to hear it worked! Enjoy  
Which company manufactures this Ethernet switch for the other?
IME it doesn’t take much to improve network but the results are very rewarding.  Keep mesh nodes, extenders, routers away from the system components and cables and have these noise generators plugged into a completely different circuit from your a... 
Which company manufactures this Ethernet switch for the other?
@jmeyers ethernet switch will not improve anything. In some cases it will negatively impact other components due to noise it creates on the power line and by being in proximity to audio components and cables. If you isolate it from your system by ... 
What network path is required to map Roon to an SSD inside an Aurender N200 streamer?
Roon Nucleus is Linux based so when you specify your aurender path make sure you use forward slash like so… smb://N200StreamerName/YourMusicFolder   I was able to connect to my N200 SSD from my iphone.   
What network path is required to map Roon to an SSD inside an Aurender N200 streamer?
Post your question here https://community.roonlabs.com/top  
Aurender N200
@kebrein  I no longer use Roon with my N200 so I can’t really help you but I would suggest while you’re waiting for folks to answer here, post this on the roon forum and also email aurender support. Hit it from all angles.   
Recommendations For Upgrade AES/EBU Digital cable up to $500
Try DH Labs AES EBU cable from Upscale Audio if you need a return policy. Or check what’s available in TMR and call them for a recommendation   
Neutral preamplifier recommendation $1K new
Looking for a unit that measures well & has no/little sound of its own.    No such thing. Forget it.  Instead I would drop the XLR requirement and look for the best sounding preamp for $1000.   
Better DAC or better Streamer
How close is Hugo TT2 with Mscaler to the sound of DAVE? Are you looking to continue using Mscaler with DAVE or are you giving up the Chord combo to move up to DAVE and planning on using the DAVE without Mscaler? If you plan on running DAVE by i... 
Location of compoments.
Not worth it. Get better cables and components and keep it where it is rather than spend more money on a longer version of the cables you are using now. Also it’s best to go with longer balanced cables to amp and keep sp cables short.   
DAC for Aurender N200
if coax sounds better than USB it means, in most cases, the DAC clock isn’t as good as the clock in the transport/streamer. @hickamore I have compared the N200 via stock USB vs. via SPDIF using DH Labs digital cable. Yes the coax sounds a bit sof... 
Which company manufactures this Ethernet switch for the other?
Glad to help! Happy New Year!!!  
Which company manufactures this Ethernet switch for the other?
So what does this mean to you especially after seeing they are quiet different on the inside…