27-Jul-2020, 19:03
(27-Jul-2020, 17:18)Confused Wrote: @Lincolnlad - I think the answer to you N10 question is "it depends". My original comment above was based on the assumption that the N10 is only used to play music from its built in storage drives. Used this way, Ethernet is not in the audio signal path, so there is no possibly that an Ethernet switch will influence sound quality. Conversely, if you were to use the Aurender to stream Tidal or similar, then maybe it might. Maybe...
https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic...nt-1038498
https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic...nt-1005729
Thank you so much for your reply. The Aurender N10 was recommended by a dealer who had sold me a Melco N1/A originally so I trusted him and he was right (mind you the price was right!). I subscribe to TIDAL and use the Aurender N10 to stream. My ears tell me TIDAL streaming at cd quality no where near as good as downloaded cd’s, however where an album has the MQA treatment it sounds way better than my downloaded cd’s. Hence I wonder if an audiophile switch would improve the MQA stream? Oh the joys...........
