Hiya. I have just joined WBF. My first post is to ask what everyone thinks about whether ethernet cables make a difference and if so what do you recommend? I am blind testing AudioQuest Cinnamon v Vodka on Wed. Sorry if I am not posting in the right forum/thread. AJR
I am an all digital guy. I have a NAS and stream from that as well as from Tidal via ethernet. My renderer/player is a Lumin T1, which feeds (through MIT XLR cables) a Gryphon Diablo 300 which feeds (through MIT cables) a Magico S3 mk2. Power is AudioQuest Niagara 5000 with AQ Tornado power cables. Have yet to go down the subwoofer rabbit hole
Similar story here AJR but purely Tidal streaming into my SGM server and no NAS / HDD. A better ethernet cable will, in my experience, make an easily discernible improvement to your sound quality. I have also had good results with a diy lan noise blocking plug which runs parallel to the cable but mixed results with isolation transformers running in series (ie in signal path).
Similar story here AJR but purely Tidal streaming into my SGM server and no NAS / HDD. A better ethernet cable will, in my experience, make an easily discernible improvement to your sound quality. I have also had good results with a diy lan noise blocking plug which runs parallel to the cable but mixed results with isolation transformers running in series (ie in signal path).
When they talk about grounding the router or switch, they refer to something like connecting them to a device like Entreq? I'm really interested in this point
When they talk about grounding the router or switch, they refer to something like connecting them to a device like Entreq? I'm really interested in this point
He is talking about AC grounding the Router. Most routers come with a wall wart, where I use an AC Grounded linear supply to run mine. This simply means that electrically, the outer sleeve of the barrel connector that provides power to the router is tied to the AC Ground of the power circuit at the wall outlet somehow.
He is talking about AC grounding the Router. Most routers come with a wall wart, where I use an AC Grounded linear supply to run mine. This simply means that electrically, the outer sleeve of the barrel connector that provides power to the router is tied to the AC Ground of the power circuit at the wall outlet somehow.
AC Ground all network equipment that has to do with your audio system if you can. However, whatever component that is connected to your DAC or Server is most important with regards to AC Grounding.
When they talk about grounding the router or switch, they refer to something like connecting them to a device like Entreq? I'm really interested in this point
I have previously used an entreq silver minimus on my router to good effect. You can however achieve much the same result at a dramatically lower cost by building yourself an X-Terminator shorting plug as I mentioned earlier in this thread. There is a ‘recipe’ on the link below which will need to be autotranslated in Google Chrome or similar and I used Takman metal film resistors directly into a Telegartner rj45 plug. I also found that just one shorting plug per router was optimal otherwise the sound became overly damped.
Thanks for your information. I have an Aqvox switch connected with an Entreq Apollo Infinity RJ45 cable to an Entreq Silver Minimus. The energy is delivered by an LPS manufactured by Kenneth Lau. However, this LPS does not have its chassis grounded. The only way I know how to connect it to the ground is through a cable to an Entreq type box. I do not know if Paul79 was explaining another system, because frankly this time Google translate did not do a good job and I did not understand his explanation well.