Sounds like a great plan. You might find it enlightening to first install the same switch where you originally intended = just after the extender and have a listen. Then move it to the above position just before the server/streamer; ost folk doing this will experience a clearly audible...

I understand the principles and why the ER has such a loyal following; I was pointing out (1) that galvanic isolation is not just an ER thing and also (2) that total galvanic isolation may not be enough. For example, if a case has holes in it for cooling then RFI can enter the case and if a...

Apologies, my bad. The “extender” I bought was a powerline network extender not wifi extender - it’s in my man-cave apartment not my main home. I use a first switch 0.5m after this extender, then a stupidly long 20m of Cat6 (soon will be Cat8) which goes into second switch (with linear PSU) just...

See below (above?) about this. The best for audio might be the worst for wifi… do you actually need wifi at all?

Thanks. It wasn’t a trick question! I suspect many extender manufacturers might interpret or define “better performance” as a stronger wifi signal and/or longer range. In our use case of audio, such a device might actually be worse because it probably emits more noise in generating a stronger...

What do you mean by better performing?

Correct. Neither! That’s why I asked. The switch must be just before the streamer. Think about it. The switch is not there to perform any digital magic. It is there purely to kill noise and you want it to kill as much noise as possible so you want it as late in the chain as possible. First of...

@tholt Indeed, may find you hear no difference between these setups or you may find having the switch dedicated to your streamer sounds better. You won’t hear that attaching everything to the switch sounds better! All switches offer galvanic isolation between the input and output sides of...

Gotcha.

@tholt: (1) would be best practice. This will help to isolate the audio server from other potentially noisy devices including the computer and monitor. How far is the extender from the audio server?

If that was to me (I’m not sure it was) then word is definitely out there and we’re growing. Have you ever been to the Munich show? Just the head-fi room fills a whole atrium floor and is as big as some shows…

Thanks Jake, I should have spotted that. Distracted as it’s my first ever visit to Munich High End and it’s HUGE!

Can someone advise me here and then I or a mod can delete this post? After decades as an audio enthusiast, I launched my own business www.reikiaudio.com last year focused solely on optimising network replay with the SuperSwitch and/or the Optical Bridge. The former has won awards and both...

I've just politely requested a refund for my Na-Le order placed in late August. We're talking 9 months here. Love the concept, love the product, respect the designer, but the business model sucks. UPDATE 2 days later: deposit (paid by Paypal) refund received; balance (paid by bank transfer)...

I'm down for a pair of Na-Le. Crikey, at that price, why not. Anyway, I want to join in the excitement and anticipation of shipping - due to start December 2022, looking forward to receiving mine in June 2023!

Out of interest, what in the IMR range is closest in design to the Elysium? I don’t mean better than, just wondering - given the special run strategy Bob has adopted - what the current or other close equivalents might be in structural design terms ie. tribrids or whatever it’s cool to call them.

Now don’t shout at me… As I’m using them for occasional (and increasing) desktime use and for travel, and have a cracking speaker-based system, we’re talking portable DAC fed off iPhone with mainly Qobuz Hi-Res. The DAC is an iFi Hip DAC 2. I am trying to burn them in for a good few hours of...

New to all this IEM malarkey (well, beyond Etymotic something-or-other many years ago and some recent budget Sennies), dived in with some IMR Elysium. I initially found the number of lower/upper combinations bewildering but have tuned into black or blue lower for the fullest bass and mainly...

Well, I've tried to be a big boy and work this out for myself but I'm stumped and need to call in the experts... I bought my RS1's from eBay a good few years ago; tidy but well used. They had been rewired using Sommer Onyx cable. The wording wraps well round the cups, suggesting Classic; the...

Good morning, my name is Nigel and I live in the East Midlands. Came to the forum via a recommendation from friend and fellow Head-Fier Nick (can't recall his monicker here) who has reported some interesting conversations here. I have three hifi setups and two of these have headphones. At home...