07-Mar-2018, 13:44
(This post was last modified: 08-Mar-2018, 08:24 by Rufus McDufus.)
(07-Mar-2018, 13:39)daibaron Wrote: Once again an audiophile fundamentalist will only be guided by following technical specs.
@Rufus McDufus
"who can do more can do less"
If you use an internet box, I would recommend a cheap managed switch mainly because you can create Vlan (something you can do with a pro router)
I have a managed switch already! I was interested in seeing whether anyone had theories as to why managed should sound better than unmanaged (or vice versa). I did experiment with separate VLANs a few years ago but couldn't detect any sound quality differences back then (with a separate subnet on each VLAN). [edit] I might retry my tests. The switch I use is a 24 port TP-Link TL-SG3424 which is used for all my devices and is not dedicated to audio-only so probably less than optimal. I'm a former sysadmin/network engineer kind-of guy so like to have the ability to configure stuff if need be. The switch unfortunately has a built-in SMPS (probably) power supply.
