Use a UTP cable.Well, if you want to avoid ground loops, you need to do something.
Use a UTP cable.Well, if you want to avoid ground loops, you need to do something.
That's amazing that "he and a buddy" both got the identical result of 48 out of 50. Sorry, but I doubt that.A member on another forum claimed he improved sound quality by insinuating an "optical break" in his network cable, (between NAS and streamer I believe).
The "break" consisted of a pair, back-to-back, of these TP-Link MC100CM electrical <=> optical converters in his home network cable. He insists that he and a buddy could hear an SQ improvement in 48 to of 50 trials using blind testing. The "optical break" was to reduce network noise to effect the improvement. Assuming he's completely honest, which I'm not doubting, what conditions could cause his positive result?
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FWIW, another guy on the forum is using this $2800 Melco S100 switch claiming SQ improvement, (but no mention of blind testing).
Double blind?He insists that he and a buddy could hear an SQ improvement in 48 to of 50 trials using blind testing.
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"All Priests Should Take No Lustful Pleasures"
...and I have never forgotten them
I have a Dell PoweConnect 2824 switch in my loft which, as well as being connected to the rooms and other switches in the house, is connected via two CAT5e cables (with link aggregation) to a TP-Link Managed Smart Switch in my garage (the CAT5e runs through a hose bought for the purpose). The cable length is around 25m (the garage is at the end of my garden) and I run a couple of servers in the garage.Optical would be a good pick for longer cable runs exceeding max length for ethernet (100 m?)
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You seems to forgot something
Well, if you want to avoid ground loops, you need to do something.
Why do we see so many claims of audio improvements from devices that are not in or have no effect on the audio chain.
When I see these claims like this I think of the uneducated...
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Yes, but it's not a common issue (no pun intended) because 99% of people and installations are using UTP.
I think it was the combined result for both of them.That's amazing that "he and a buddy" both got the identical result of 48 out of 50. Sorry, but I doubt that.
Don't know; no further details were provided.Double blind?
Then I think we can safely assume it wasn't double blind and they are no smarter than a horse.Don't know; no further details were provided.