What do you think it's going to achieve?
It’s supposed to reduce electrical noise over the Ethernet cables for the streamer.
You connect it between the final switch and the streamer, thus creating a break.
This is from the ADOT website to provide some background information.
“Behind the 0's and 1's, hi-fi electrical signals are still analogue and susceptible to noise and interference. This additional noise can compromise the integrity of pulse edges, leading to timing errors and jitter.. By breaking the conducted signal and isolating the hi-fi system using fibre optics, effectively removes interference and noise. This allows the data to be communicated to digital components without introducing any conducted interference. The result is pristine audio quality and improved performance.”
I picked up this complete TP-Link kit on eBay for £25, so worth a punt at that price.
On the top level streamer from Linn, the Next Generation Klimax DSM, this comes with a fibre optic SFP port and they recommend using a fibre optic Ethernet cable. However, the DSM I have, the Linn Selekt DSM; Edition Hub does not, so this kit is a way of achieving this.
I’ve been trying it for a couple of days now and the sound is noticeably different. Initial thoughts are that the music appears more relaxed, clearer and detailed, brighter with a wider soundstage with good positioning of the instruments.
I’ll try it for a week or so, then remove it and go back to the existing set up to see what happens. Not expecting any Wow moments but it is interesting to see what it does do.
DG…
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