$2,500 Ethernet Switch Effectively Isolates Audiophiles from Cash

Re:$2,500 Ethernet Switch Effectively Isolates Audiophiles f... by kevinmchugh on Monday January 03, 2022 @12:06PM (#29783037)

Audiophiles aren't concerned with just the signal being reproduced faithfully - it has to happen without side effects. You're talking past each other if you don't address that.

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Re:$2,500 Ethernet Switch Effectively Isolates Audiophiles f... by tomc1985 on Monday January 03, 2022 @12:16PM (#29783199)

But ultimately that means a clean digital pipeline and high quality D/A converters before it hits an actual speaker. The thing is... unless there are unnecessary conversions (making the signal less than bitperfect), there is no point for a lot of the digital side of this

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Re:$2,500 Ethernet Switch Effectively Isolates Audiophiles f... by jstanley on Monday January 03, 2022 @12:30PM (#29783415)

What kind of side effects are you talking about?

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Re:$2,500 Ethernet Switch Effectively Isolates Audiophiles f... by ncmncm on Monday January 03, 2022 @06:38PM (#29788682)

Side effects like power consumed from the grid? Heat voided into the room? Gravitational attraction from the heavy case? Money draining from their account?

They get all of that.

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