Visited the North West Audio show yesterday and saw the below gadget and have to say I was intrigued . I already have and use a Network switch between my router and streamer and found the sonic advantages of this to be both real for me and beneficial .
I liked the idea of having the connection between the two as an optical one given that this will break the ground chain between the Router and Switch and also in my case increase the speed of the switch (not that i have had any problems with the speed to date) . The set up looks to be quite simple and there is also the option to use a better power supply to the Adot MC1 box which may also make a difference (in the spirit of investigation I will compare an iFi switch mode to an LPSU ) . Now I havbe looked and I could quite easily buy these items from Amazon and do it myself but I am getting a reduced deal from the show and the designer has indicated that the quality of of the SFB plugs makes a difference and these are chosen not for sped but to be quiet not always the priority in large networks.
https://www.audiophiledigital.co.uk/adot.html
Now lots of those with real computer network knowledge and skills will be rolling their eyes and saying waste of time it can not make any difference and you may well be right . This will a small upgrade for me anyway and anything above that is a bonus . The cost is not very low like the £30 switch but in the scheme of things it is not huge either and will most likely benefit my whole network system as well as the music side as well .
Once I have it ordered and then installed will write on how difficult it was to fit and then make my own views on if it makes any difference .
I should really not be doing this as I have a three way active that should be worked on and returned to full working order but I find myself distracted to new shiny things so will give this a try .
I liked the idea of having the connection between the two as an optical one given that this will break the ground chain between the Router and Switch and also in my case increase the speed of the switch (not that i have had any problems with the speed to date) . The set up looks to be quite simple and there is also the option to use a better power supply to the Adot MC1 box which may also make a difference (in the spirit of investigation I will compare an iFi switch mode to an LPSU ) . Now I havbe looked and I could quite easily buy these items from Amazon and do it myself but I am getting a reduced deal from the show and the designer has indicated that the quality of of the SFB plugs makes a difference and these are chosen not for sped but to be quiet not always the priority in large networks.
https://www.audiophiledigital.co.uk/adot.html
Now lots of those with real computer network knowledge and skills will be rolling their eyes and saying waste of time it can not make any difference and you may well be right . This will a small upgrade for me anyway and anything above that is a bonus . The cost is not very low like the £30 switch but in the scheme of things it is not huge either and will most likely benefit my whole network system as well as the music side as well .
Once I have it ordered and then installed will write on how difficult it was to fit and then make my own views on if it makes any difference .
I should really not be doing this as I have a three way active that should be worked on and returned to full working order but I find myself distracted to new shiny things so will give this a try .