The Ethernet cables, Switches and Network related sound thread. Share your listening experience only.

[bluenight]

I went from the GS108 to the SW-6. Exactly as Jake said with his SW-8 upgrade, it brought a more relaxed and at ease presentation. Perhaps that is what you notice about the bass, not as punchy and upfront as before. I prefer the SW-6 sound.

I used an Ifi X and Ifi Elite on the Netgear.

Thanks for input. Yeah it might be that the bass is more articulate and tight now with less bloth.
Tried better power cable on Sw6 then the stock?

 

[agisthos]

Thanks for input.
Tried better power cable on Sw6 then the stock?

Yes I use Nordost Heimdall2 power cables. Also upgraded the fuse to a Telos X2 which made an improvement, and also a Telos Quantum BNC cap to plug the unused clock input.

This last step made another noticeable improvement which was very surprising. Not all socket caps are made the same, some can make things worse. The Telos Quantum BNC cap has RFI blocking stuff in it which obviously must be a key factor in its performance.

 

[bluenight]

I like it more allready. Hearing some nicer timbre then before and smoother sound. Bass is great to and not lacking i think its more nuanced and articulate.

Maybe burn in has allready got result. And or my other equipment needed warm up time. Or the volume was not loud enough.

 

[agisthos]

I'm sure it improved a bit with burn in. I try not to listen to any component for the first few hours its always bad.

 

[bluenight]

Good advice.

 

[musicinmymind]

Yes I use Nordost Heimdall2 power cables. Also upgraded the fuse to a Telos X2 which made an improvement, and also a Telos Quantum BNC cap to plug the unused clock input.

This last step made another noticeable improvement which was very surprising. Not all socket caps are made the same, some can make things worse. The Telos Quantum BNC cap has RFI blocking stuff in it which obviously must be a key factor in its performance.

I wanted to get and better fuse for SW-10, what should be configuration?

 

[OCC7N]

Thanks @Jake2 for the good advice.

I took out the Netgear in the chain to assess the LHY SW6 on its own. So not chained. Router goes directly in to SW6.

Let it break-in for 3months atleast.

Optical/Isolation approach because you have the SW6. RJ45 only is different approach/pairing.
You want as much saturation(noise/dirt) going into the ISO port - SFP/SW6 as possible, from the routers SFP( or FMC) -> experimenting with higher saturation levels from different PSU longer RJ45 cables before the router. - go overkill on amps/watts but find the one with ripple/transients around 10ms and 200mV(2% change) - Spent time on this on the router side. Music has never been about a ´perfect´ measurement/experience, using this logic on the chain is a reward in its self.

Only give the SW6 a DC filtering(or not) nothing else if it is on the same powerstrip with more than 2units. Place the units accordingly, the ones that has the ´best´ implemented powersupply before the SW6.

The more things/tweaks you add to the system, the further away you distance the sound from the real source/force - power.
- it is an never ending journey adding all sorts of things if you do not like the sound as it is on the D/A chain. More tweaks is just compensating the lack of satisfaction of ones system.

Filters and powerconditioners outside of your DAC/AMPS will not give you more music. They will filter off some of the soul/breath of the music. Use them only if you really can hear the noise. Unwanted noise - not as in whitenoise it hides well in bass frequencies, giving the illusion of more punch/body.

 

[bluenight]

Thanks @OCC7N for your advice.
In your experience or anyone else thats reading what did the burn in bring for change on switches?

Btw
I am now using Audioquest NRG Z3 Power cable on it. Will listen later tonight.

 

[OCC7N]

Thanks @OCC7N for your advice.
In your experience or anyone else thats reading what did the burn in bring for change on switches?

Btw
I am now using Audioquest NRG Z3 Power cable on it. Will listen later tonight.

Does it get an IP adresse like SW10?

If so see if you can log into it and switch off the useless EEE(power saving) -> the CiscoCBS220 board in the SW10 comes enabled with this feature. One of the weak sides of the 108 switches(SW8) not possible to turn it off, it is by design(unmanaged).

IP for SW10: 192.168.1.254
Username for SW10 is: cisco

 

[pompon]

Any report on Presonus SW5E switch ?

I know someone having one and he told me was a major upgrade in his system.

 

[LucianoBadoe]

I believe the SW10 isn’t a manageable switch.

 

[pompon]

Is-it better to have managed switch if we have only 1 streamer connected to the switch ?

 

[OCC7N]

I believe the SW10 isn’t a manageable switch.

192.168.1.254
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/do...tion-Guide/cbs-220-admin-guide/ip-config.html

 

[OCC7N]

Is-it better to have managed switch if we have only 1 streamer connected to the switch ?

The more you tell your smart/managed switch to do.....knowing what you want(settings). The better the sound and separation of soundstage = yes

....however the Router is the root. Start here with the rules

 

[bluenight]

Let it break-in for 3months atleast.

What happens then?