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"Audiophile Grade" Ethernet Switches - The new generation
Me being lazy, sorry, why don’t I just copy paste the short bit of text I posted to AS here! Smile


My first impressions/listening notes after my first listen (I’m not counting the 15 minutes or so I listened when I hooked it up) and around 140 house of continuous operation of the ER.

In short: WOW!

Stronger foundation, more punch and the (upper) bass/lower midrange octaves seem to have filled up a bit in my system
Microdetail in spades without distracting or anything specific drawing my attention
More ambiance or reverb is heard, better soundstaging in all three dimensions
Incredible separation, delineation and natural portrayal of voices and instruments (harmonies OMG)
Emotion is really oozing from recordings
Less digititis (again?!), no sharpness, peaky or intermingled/smeared highs, just well balanced not dark or filtered in any way. Lively recordings still sound lively.

One very weird ‘effect’; music seems to play a bit slower, of course it doesn’t (or so I hope) but I think this is because it sounds more right and relaxed (good thing!) It must be my brain adjusting to something no longer there or the opposite: missing before.

Very happy so far!!! Thank you Alex and John!

My system topology in attached picture (clickable for larger version). The ER is a drop in replacement for a TP Link MC220L fiber ethernet converter plus EMO Systems EN-HD70 LAN isolator. I’ll update my system details in my profile next.
PS Audio P3, Shunyata ΞTRON Alpha Digital and HC/Furutech power cables, Paul Hynes SR7EHD-MR4, DIY Roon Server & Roon Endpoint running AudioLinux Headless, Phasure Lush^2 USB cable, Audioquest Diamond RJ/E ethernet, Uptone Audio etherREGEN, Mutec MC-3+ USB, Shunyata ΞTRON Anaconda Digital XLR AES/EBU, Devialet Expert 250 Pro CI, Nordost Tyr Reference LS cables, Von Schweikert VR-5 SE Anniversary Edition, Anti-Mode Dual Core 2.0, JL Audio Fathom F112. More detail here.

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RE: "Audiophile Grade" Ethernet Switches - The new generation - by Antoine - 25-Nov-2019, 17:37

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