In Reply to: They are here! Audiophile Switches! posted by Sprezza Tura on August 31, 2015 at 10:56:05:
A better clock should make no difference at all to Ethernet. Throwing an audiophile trigger word like "jitter" around when talking about Ethernet mods is a red flag to me.
I'm not sure what the silver transformer is all about. I'm assuming it was placed between the standard pulse transformer and the jack. Ethernet is already transformer coupled, so adding another transformer doesn't really isolate things any more. If the additional transformer has a lower bandwidth than the pulse transformer there might be some filtering going on, but that might also be degrading the signal.
Aside from the tweaks, it seems to be just a generic 5 port switch in a metal box.
Of course Michael Lavorgna will say it improves the sound.
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- Wish we had the rationale behind the tweaks - Dave_K 08:16:27 09/02/15 (24)
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- RE: Wish we had the rationale behind the tweaks - Bob_C 17:49:09 09/02/15 (13)
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- RE: Wish we had the rationale behind the tweaks - Ugly 09:05:29 09/04/15 (6)
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- "...it improves the sound" - Michael Lavorgna 11:03:58 09/02/15 (6)
- Don't you need to add: - Jaundiced Ear 20:51:20 09/05/15 (4)
- I really prefer Dale's Pale Ale... - Michael Lavorgna 08:14:31 09/06/15 (3)
- I don't think your analogy is apt. - Jaundiced Ear 16:58:50 09/06/15 (2)
- It was a joke. - Michael Lavorgna 07:05:42 09/07/15 (1)
- RE: It was a joke. - Jaundiced Ear 14:45:41 09/07/15 (0)
- Of course it does! /n - Ivan303 18:28:08 09/03/15 (0)
- One Word - "Profit"...........................nt - Cut-Throat 08:33:16 09/02/15 (1)
- RE: One Word - "Profit"...........................nt - Bob_C 20:24:21 09/02/15 (0)