I have 3 spare Cisco 2960âs going if any one wants them, redundant since I swithed to Unifi, they are an audiophiles old favourite. Made 0 difference for me and they are too big. Like my Unifi SFF and PoE.
Save your money and invest in a better DAC. âaudiophileâ network switches donât improve or change the digital signal in any way. What they can do is remove, or not allow noise through from upstream to your devices downstream (very dependent on your situation, equipment, and environment). Thereâs no magic here, no night and day differences. They are simply network switches with cleaner power supplies and/or some power/noise filtering. The engineering involved is not worth the many thousands of dollars some of these companies charge. Many people use media converters (Ethernet<->SFP) with great results, this of course assumes you have an issue to begin with.
Does it run other stuff too? Seems a little bit of overkill (like an anti-aircraft gun on a duckhunt) for just running Roon 
Of course, it does blow away any NUC, and at a ridiculously low cost!
I donât use it any more. I bought it on a whim, almost 3 years ago now.
Currently, I have Roon et.al. under WIN 10 on a Ryzen 2700.
Oddly, as it turns out Xeon processors (even dual) are not the best CPU to run Roon.
Your Xeons arenât that slow, though I hadnât realised that Roon doesnât leverage horizontal scalability that well. The Xeon E3-1230v2 in the RS3617xs Rackstation isnât exactly blistering, but still, I rarely ever see CPU usage in double digit %ages.
I think what these companies are very good at is âsowing seeds of doubtâ. They hint at a problem with a load of pseudo-scientific jargon and offer to sell you the solution. Most hardcore audiophiles canât resist the spend because thereâs a hint of a suggested improvement, even though if an improvement does exist, itâs so far below the threshold of audibility as to be insignificant.
Evidence please. Real evidence. Not the âmany people are sayingâ type of evidence.
IEEE 802.3at PoE+ (~25W)?
I donât see that on the datasheet you linked.
My apologies, typo on my part. 12 of the ports are PoE.
No worries. Iâm looking for an unmanaged Cisco POE+ (802.3at, ~25W) switch but I donât think one exists.
If you know of one, please let me know.
Unless itâs possible to setup/run one Ciscoâs smart/managed switches in âunmanaged modeâ?
I need a dumb switch (to suit itâs dumb owner 
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Darko squeaks about audiophile switches at 3:11 -
@dabassgoesboomboom , what about this?
Hey brother. I click on the link and it takes me to your earlier post but that link just ends up making me go in circles.
A link to nowhere 
Yeah, I copied it over itself, it seems.
Try it now.
Thanks brother but thatâs the same series Graeme linked to.
Not POE+ (802.3at, ~25W per port)
How many 25W ports do you need? Not all managed switches need a CCNA to operate them. For basic switching, lots of them will work straight out of the box, even my monster Dell can do that.
Others need a terminal connection to get them going.
Just one.
I already use one (Netgear GS108PP POE+ unmanaged) but I need another for a different room and was looking for a Cisco.
If I canât use a Cisco Iâll just get another GS108PP because I know it works great (for my needs).
(it sounds great too⌠runs for cover 
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An 8 port Cisco 2960 set (or re-set) to default settings will simply just work, and can be picked up for a reasonable price on well known auction sites. From memory, I paid around ÂŁ65 for each of mine.
I have 2, both reset to default values by the sellers and they work flawlessly just as you would expect.
Thanks but:
Sorry - should have read your post more thoroughly!
However, this is taken from Ciscoâs marketing datasheets:
âIEEE 802.3af PoE and IEEE 802.3at PoE+ (up to 30W per port) are both supported on Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switchesâ
Sorry - Just read your post again, and you are looking for an unmanaged switch. I have no idea if you can run either of these switches in âunmanagedâ mode.