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| God, I hate to ask this… My thoughts are with you as well. Over the years I worked with many patients who were facing end of life decisions. I learned it is prudent to make plans while you can; but to still hold onto the things that bring you joy and comfort while you a... | |
| The Cable Company advice? I found they seem to gravitate to "their" favorite which I believe was Synergistic Research. I demoed them and found them meh. After an exhaustive search I ended up with Audio Art Cables. Rob was great to work with an ultimately customized the ... | |
| Network Switches An interesting thought. I realized that I run my network switch through my power conditioner ( a Digi Buss ). The maker of which commented that that should be "cleaning' the power. So perhaps an iFi X power supply would not add much to the mix.... | |
| Network Switches Thanks for all the suggestions.! | |
| Network Switches I wonder if I could throw out another question to the group; keeping in mind that my budget is limited in the 500 dollar - 750 dollar range. If I were to pursue an LPS as the first step in enhancing my digital sound; which component would the sta... | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable Sorry, did not mean to stir things up. Just was musing about the divergence between cost and benefit at the outer ends of our hobby. I guess what I should be pondering is whether the above discussed upgrades could bring my streaming beyond the ... | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable I do understand the principle that separates have the potential to be better. I would, however, think a well designed combination unit would try to account for the potential pitfalls of internal noise. I ultimately went with a combined DAC -Str... | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable I wonder if having an integrated streamer/DAC would help avoid some of the noise issues? Particularly if the unit is built with good shielding. I did query the good people at Electrocompanient about this issue and they felt that a well shielded ... | |
| Network Switches I have also looked at the Sonore options, but found if not using an "optical streamer" ie the optical Rendu, two optical modules were needed ( per Andrew Gillis). One to convert the ethernet to optical and then another to convert back to ethernet... | |
| Network Switches While I ponder the many noted options, I do have one other ( and simpler ) question. My home wifi is a mesh network and thus the main pod ( from which my switch/server/ streamer emanate) is wired by an ethernet cable to the cable modem/router. I... | |
| Triode Wire Labs Does the Triode wire ethernet cable have a "sound"? Is it warm ? | |
| Network Switches I am quite impressed with the extent of responses my question has stimulated. Drilling down a bit it looks like perhaps an optical power isolator may be the most cost efficient way to go. Again, in my analogue brain it looks like the iFi Silent ... | |
| Network Switches Pardon my ignorance, but what is the effe - 01 and how does this fit into the above recommendations | |
| Network Switches I love the ECM. Its very natural sounding, perhaps a touch warm ( which I like ). Vocals are so lifelike ; its a bit spooky at times. It does need a good 50- 100 hours break in. I had several prior DACs including Bricasti and Linn; and this i... | |
| Network Switches I do wonder if the incremental improvements would keep up with the exponential cost increases. On the lower end of the cost spectrum the LAN silencers might be worth a try ( as long as they can be returned ). Has anyone compared the IFI Lan Sile... |