Protocol used by ROCK for qobuz streaming?

[aKnyght]

The people with boutique switches don’t use them to assure data integrity. They know an ordinary SOHO switch will do that.

that was sort of the whole point of my enquiry - to satisfy myself that such boutique switches and other audiophile networking gear were not necessary in my configuration. someone who i consider knowledgeable had written elsewhere that the RAAT stream was not error checked/corrected which did not seem correct to me. hence, thought i would run it down here and get an informed answer.

However, IMO the only coherent use of a fibre network is seen in the Lumin X1, where the fibre connection terminates in the player/endpoint itself. There have been good reports of what a fibre connection can do for the X1, in comparison to the standard Ethernet connection.

in my configuration, the optical fiber terminates directly into the audio transport running ROCK – more info on my audio transport and network here if interested. night-and-day difference in the SQ versus electrical.

net-net, the elimination of all upstream electrical noise provided by optical fiber ethernet in conjunction with the data integrity provided by RAAT’s use of TCP assure me that audiophile networking gear would provide no benefit over basic consumer-grade gear… in my system and configuration.

thanks to everyone here for all the help.