Recent content by NigelB

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    Building a system around ROON for local/ripped/downloaded files and making it better than CD playback...

    The boundary is perhaps negotiable but personally I'd only actually count (1) to (3) as your network.
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    Building a system around ROON for local/ripped/downloaded files and making it better than CD playback...

    I suspect those "some folks" might be able to hear a difference but have a different opinion about which is better, partly down to personal taste of course. If any owner/user of an exotic network cable happens to have a multimeter, it would be really interesting to know whether there is circuit...
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    Building a system around ROON for local/ripped/downloaded files and making it better than CD playback...

    I like the Supra Cat8, it represents great engineering for a great price, but I wouldn't use it at this last switch-streamer stage. If you don't mind a hack, you could always loosen and slide back the locking cover and do whatever is necessary to detach the shield from the metal of the plug...
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    Ethernet Switch for only one component?

    Are you all fiber/fibre and no copper then? And you don't therefore use a switch?
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    Ethernet cables to and from your switch?

    Which is along the conductor not across it... which is handy! You seem to be suggesting more than this, that there is a directionality along the conductor, such that one way is better (easier conductivity?) and the other worse. That's not covered in the paper linked to above. Interesting...
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    Building a system around ROON for local/ripped/downloaded files and making it better than CD playback...

    A long post requiring a full response which I will need to come back to... but for now: you really shouldn't be concerned about jitter in the ethernet domain - it's a completely different story once your streamer has converted the ethernet frames/packets to a stream of bits. In the ethernet...
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    Ethernet Switch for only one component?

    Yep. Anything you’d like me to clarify? I should add my gratitude and a link (struggling on phone, will update later on laptop) to the person in related thread who pointed out that using a multimeter connected to both metal RJ45 plug cases of any shielded cable you can check for resistance; any...
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    Ethernet Switch for only one component?

    Top tip: if you're going to try a switch, don't put it where switches were designed to go! Standard network switches were designed as port replicators ie. to give you more ports than there are on the back of your router, so they tend to be installed next to the router. For the purposes of...
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    Ethernet cables to and from your switch?

    I'd be seriously interested in any scientific papers relating to directionality in the way we audiophiles use the term - not draw direction vs 90 degress to that (across the grain as it were) but whether flipping a sheet or wire through 180 degrees can make a difference to conductivity. As...
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    Ethernet cables to and from your switch?

    No. Are you? The paper is well-written and comprehensible to most, I’d wager. I don’t think @MarkusBarkus shared it only for the metallurgists in the room!
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    Ethernet cables to and from your switch?

    A helpful paper in exploring the relationship between annealing temperature, grain size and conductivity. The only directionality discussed in this paper is along the drawn copper wire vs across it. There is no suggestion, let alone no conclusion, that conductivity is better in one direction...
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    Ethernet cables to and from your switch?

    I’m going to read this when I can give it real focus. I expect it to raise as many questions as it answers! These include whether this grain is in any sense directional; if so, whether and how an audio cable manufacturer knows in which direction the grain runs and whether a cable usually sounds...
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    Ethernet cables to and from your switch?

    II'd be pleased not shocked. I'm not a doubter! Certainly not regarding structurally determined directionality like the grounded/floatimg shield of the C100, which is designed with directionality in mind and you've just confirmed the design works. This is great news for all! You really need...
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    Ethernet cables to and from your switch?

    The fact that you reposted this, as if it addresses my point which it does not, suggests you agree with its opening premise "What is cable directionality? It’s all about grain structure!". I wholly disagree. If you have any peer-reviewed/scientifically published paper which says otherwise...
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    Ethernet cables to and from your switch?

    Perfect, many thanks for thism confirmatory response. The C100 is structurally directional and you are finding they perform best if installed as directed and as those of us who sometimes get asked this question would recommend. Thanks for sharing!
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