Value of audiophile network switches

[wklie (Peter Lie)]

@Phil_Ryan

Phone line moved and router moved into media unit, all Wi-fi, Sonos, sky Apple TV on one router.
Old netgear switch with feed direct from router feeding Roon core NUC and LUMIN.

Does this move also change the source of the power, something like Lumin and amp from one AC power, and other things from a different AC power?

@Phil_Ryan

if that’s because of really short runs

I guess not.

@Phil_Ryan

I’m going to take a punt on two short cables for the switch feed and and NUC and see how it goes, it’s only a few pounds to do.

An alternative scheme to try is this:

Optical Network for U1

Currently we do not have plan to introduce any hardware changes to U1. For optical-based network isolation for Lumin products (other than X1 which has built-in SFP port for optical network), there are two ways to do it. Expensive way: https://www.audioshark.org/computer-digital-audio-11/gigafoil-v4-inline-ethernet-filter-15781.html (Note that there is an incompatibility report with Netgear Mesh product.) Inexpensive way: A cheaper alternative to do fiber network isolation is to use a pair …