Just talking about my system and my DAC, not generalizing. I ditched USB.
My DAC has an ethernet input (PS Audio DirectStream DAC with their network card).
I was about to get the Brooklyn though, as mentioned earlier. Sounds really impressive. From memory that comes with an optional Roon Ready network card too? Or was that only the Manhattan?
Manhatten, brooklyn has to have an endpoint.
Because you canât improve upon a $5 fiber cable in regards to sound quality. So it kills the market for Audiophile Ethernet cables. Also kills the market for Audiophile servers and streamers if the DAC has a quality fiber Ethernet input.
It does of course open a market for audiophile fiber media converters or fiber connected Dave (Dacs, spell check 
) like yours!
Ahhh yes I see, however, we arenât saying the cabling after the converter isnât a factor.
Eep i hope this doesnât turn into one if those threads (again). I would replace the most upstream ethernet cable with as much fibre cable as possible and keep the DAC/streamer side ethernet cable to 6-inches if you can. In this case (6-inches length) it may (or not) make this most downstream ethernet cable much less significant - compared with the initial ethernet cable that the fibre is replacing⊠Blue Jeans Cable made me nice 6-inch Cat 6 Belden cable, tested and certified and cheap.
Iâll do it. However, in my mind anything after that second converter is âcleanâ. But Iâm sure there are tons of factors I know nothing about
Fiber Phyâs and switches are so cheap now the only real reason not to use them is to support the Audiophile cable industry. But cables are the highest profit margin product in the industry. So this is why we will continue to see resistance.
I agree which is why I recommend nothing fancy there. The cheap, short, tested, certified BJC Cat 6 will do the job.
Did you hear any improvement from stock PSU to LPS-1 for the FMC?
I sold 30 Superstream streamers with ST fiber inputs before deciding to discontinue the product. Out of those 30 clients, it was compared to almost every streamer on the market from $300 to $15000. 100% of them said they never heard a better sounding USB source. The ultra low noise fiber Transciever module section was a large contributing factor to the end result.
Yep which is the only reason Iâm going the next step with ultra low noise linear regulators and better caps - trying anway.
Looking to squeeze that extra 1% performance - you know how it is.
Order one of these supplies:
https://daitronglobal.com/products/power/hfs30.html
Follow it with a Belleson SPZ regulator:
http://www.belleson.com/store/SPZ-High-Current
And the LPS-1 will sound broken in comparison.
Youâll also save some money.
Mike. You are good s$&t man. These people sound like the same group who donât believe a 130k electric car (tesla model S) can and does kick the crap out of a million dollar super car. Let them live in the past, the truth speaks for itself.
Yeah unfortunately many people have a hard time letting go of the past. They think weâre still living in the Industrial Age. In the Information Age only the teams 10 steps ahead have a chance. You canât bank on consumer ignorance keeping you above water in the Information Age.
The domestic fiber people werenât counting on my cat. I spent a good 20 minutes a few months back troubleshooting connectivity issues before I discovered âjawsâ handiwork. That was the point at which I was glad it was the fiber cable that he chewed and not a pricey âHiFiâ cable.
Might need to step things up to some Corning ruggedized ZBL. Still dirt cheap compared to Audiophile cable:
Throw some of this over some ruggedized Clearcurve ZBL and tell all your friends itâs $200 per ft cable that will destroy anything.
Only thing youâll be lying about is the price 
That cabling should be PCB traces inside the DAC That department shouldnât be the responsibility of the end user to handle.
