22-Aug-2024, 02:45
From my experience, all LAN silencing product will have some effect on the sound. Personally, I am using a cheap chinese FMC, about USD10 for two I think, works very well. I think a lot of LAN silencing product tends to over-silence, resulting in some loss in air in sound, this cheap FMC does not do that, all FMC does is increase the size of the soundstage and also extend the harmonics of music instruments.
When playing with FMC, a few points to note :
1) use dual optical, dual optical sounds better than single
2) use single mode FMC, single mode sounds better than multi
3) optic fibre makes a difference in sound, since they are cheap try as many different brands as you can and choose the best one, and only use glass fibre cables, not plastic ones.
4) network cables change sound signature, try out different cables.... it is not necessarily that most expensive cables sound the best, so try out different network cables, some cheap ones sound good as well, personally I use a chinese brand called Hellolink, very reasonably priced, I don't believe in those USD2000 network cables. However, there is one brand of network connector that always works - Telegartner, always terminate the network cables with Telegartner, I haven't found a network connector that sound better than this one.
Adding an audiophile switch will further improve, it is just never ending for CAS audio....
When playing with FMC, a few points to note :
1) use dual optical, dual optical sounds better than single
2) use single mode FMC, single mode sounds better than multi
3) optic fibre makes a difference in sound, since they are cheap try as many different brands as you can and choose the best one, and only use glass fibre cables, not plastic ones.
4) network cables change sound signature, try out different cables.... it is not necessarily that most expensive cables sound the best, so try out different network cables, some cheap ones sound good as well, personally I use a chinese brand called Hellolink, very reasonably priced, I don't believe in those USD2000 network cables. However, there is one brand of network connector that always works - Telegartner, always terminate the network cables with Telegartner, I haven't found a network connector that sound better than this one.
Adding an audiophile switch will further improve, it is just never ending for CAS audio....
