"Audiophile Grade" Ethernet Switches - The new generation

[Confused]

Arguably off topic, but maybe not.  If you consider that an 'Audiophile' Ethernet switch has two main jobs, firstly to faithfully transfer the bits, and secondly to eliminate any noise from the nasty computer side of your system so it does not upset the delicate super clean audio side.  We could argue about clocking etc., but this is Ethernet packet data.

Anyway, this has come to light this week.  It looks rather brutal, but in a foo-free and satisfyingly substantial way, although I am not sure if the welder was completely sober.

The DJM Electronics GigaFOILv4, snappy name eh?

https://www.audiostream.com/content/djm-...net-filter

I wonder how it might compare to the Etalon, Pink Faun and other similar items?  (although the Pink Faun is a little smaller)

https://www.pinkfaun.com/index.php/produ...-rj45.html

Hi Comfused,

If we worry about the noise from the computer side that might affect the clean dedicated audio device, will WiFi address this issue better? Because it has no physical wiring to the amp and Dac. And data packages stores on the local memory buffer anyway.

What is your opinion?

Thanks.

That is a big question, and something that I have seen as the subject of great debate.

In simple terms, wifi has the advantage of eliminating noise, either from the sending device, router, or the cable itself.  So in this respect wifi is best. 

Wired ethernet has the advantage of more robust data transfer, faster, less errors.  (zero errors maybe?)  If the wifi signal is less than 100% robust, which it often is,  there are likely to be lots of errors, the receiving device will need to work harder requesting "resends" of the data, thus creating noise at the receiving end.

To be honest, I am not an expert in this area, and in term of wifi experience I have very little.  I have simply chosen to go with the more robust wired solution, so I do not have any personal experience as to how good or bad wifi might be with a Devialet.  There are certainly others on this forum with more experience than me re wifi, and indeed more knowledgeable than myself re the subtleties of Ethernet protocols.  So maybe someone else can chime in on this issue.

There was a thread covering this topic once, not that I can find it now after a quick search.  Can anyone find it?