I'm at the point where I have all the main equipment to stream Roon to my two other audio systems but I haven't addressed the noise that I keep reading about that seems to infect digital streaming and I'd like to address this area, within reasonable financial boundaries of course. Honestly, I don't know enough about digital noise to store on the head of a pin, so t's hard to know which questions to ask (!) and what makes a good investment.
For example, I've heard raves about the EtherRegen and how it improves sq. But do I need it? I already have the Berkeley Alpha USB. Do I still want the Ether Regen? Where do I put it? What are some other choices?
What about replacing the wall warts with a linear power supply like HDPLEX – 200W LPSU LINEAR POWER SUPPLY (NEW VERSION) which I liked because it services more than one component and I have all warts at the Router and the Switch.
Are these noise reducing "gadgets" a good investment? I have four audio systems which I stream to via Roon Nucleus located at my computer.
I have this at my computer:
Netgear Nighthawk R7000 Router (wall wart)
Netgear Ethernet Switch (wall wart)
Roon Nucleus (wall wart)
Berkeley Alpha USB
Audio Alchemy DMP-1 Media Player and Roon endpoint
Audio Alchemy DDP-1 DAC which shares the Audio Alchemy PS-5 LPS with the DMP-1
Audiomat Arpege tube into amp
Spendor S3/5 speakers
I also have major stereo systems in my living room and the TV room. Roon can stream to all of my stereo systems, but I’m told that noise reduction is not necessary when at some distance from the computer. Is that so? However, I do have a Netgear Ethernet switch at each system and that means there is a wall wart there.
Also mentioned was how noisy Ethernet cables can be. I have Blue Jeans Ethernet cables and was told they were particularly noisy. Does that mean I have to buy Shunyata or equivalent cables everywhere I have a switch? (Ouch!).
For example, I've heard raves about the EtherRegen and how it improves sq. But do I need it? I already have the Berkeley Alpha USB. Do I still want the Ether Regen? Where do I put it? What are some other choices?
What about replacing the wall warts with a linear power supply like HDPLEX – 200W LPSU LINEAR POWER SUPPLY (NEW VERSION) which I liked because it services more than one component and I have all warts at the Router and the Switch.
Are these noise reducing "gadgets" a good investment? I have four audio systems which I stream to via Roon Nucleus located at my computer.
I have this at my computer:
Netgear Nighthawk R7000 Router (wall wart)
Netgear Ethernet Switch (wall wart)
Roon Nucleus (wall wart)
Berkeley Alpha USB
Audio Alchemy DMP-1 Media Player and Roon endpoint
Audio Alchemy DDP-1 DAC which shares the Audio Alchemy PS-5 LPS with the DMP-1
Audiomat Arpege tube into amp
Spendor S3/5 speakers
I also have major stereo systems in my living room and the TV room. Roon can stream to all of my stereo systems, but I’m told that noise reduction is not necessary when at some distance from the computer. Is that so? However, I do have a Netgear Ethernet switch at each system and that means there is a wall wart there.
Also mentioned was how noisy Ethernet cables can be. I have Blue Jeans Ethernet cables and was told they were particularly noisy. Does that mean I have to buy Shunyata or equivalent cables everywhere I have a switch? (Ouch!).