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Jaap, I believe you also reviewed the Matrix SS-1 Pro. What comparison can you make with the Dela? Thank you.
Man… sucks to be poor… 🙁
Ojee, wat een recensie over de Dela s5.
Ik heb een Melco s100/2 met een externe voeding (Farad). Die brachten een enorme verbetering t.o.v. de standaard switch.
Na het lezen van dit artikel nu de vraag: biedt de Dela S5 nog meer dan mijn huidige combi en is dat het spaargeld waard.
Maar hartelijk dank voor de review.
Hermann Jaeger
Back in the dark ages I designed T1/T3 and remote bridges for a very large company. I was in the mix with 100M design and got asked in the 1M design which I opted out. Nibble (4 bit) half duplex seemed pretty stupid (1M Ethernet) to me coming from full Duplex 100M. Not surprised your hearing better results with 100M over 1M. But then again it also depends on files, location yada yada. As with anything audio, everything makes a difference. Sometimes good sometimes bad. Isolation though is a big deal for almost anything if done correctly.
This seems like an incredible amount of money to spend for a switch. Is there a less expensive product (products) that can produce similar improvements in sound?
From the first page:
“That a network has an audible impact does not immediately mean that you should spend 9000 Euros for a decent solution, but it does mean that it deserves attention.”
and: https://www.alpha-audio.net/review/a-very-deep-dive-into-network-switches-listening-and-measuring/
Very nice review. Thank you. I hope you all get to keep the switch.
Sure… We get to keep all the stuff we test… (I hope you get that was a joke).
Thank you for reviewing this sort of more expensive ethernet gear also!
Did you use the Jcat ethernet cable also the switch output side?
I ask since I have noticed that we can´t really hear the full effect when using really great switches/LAN isolators unit we use ethernet cables that is able to protect the low noise signal that they manage to output.
The lower the noise output we achieve, the better ethernet cables seems to be needed, to protect the even lower noise levels.
Is this something you agree on?
I have used my own double shielded lan-cable and other decent CAT6a cables. Nothing fancy. Yes: cables matter. So, use what suits you. I personally use high quality ‘stock’ CAT6a-cables.