RJ-45 jacks in routers and switches are already transformer isolated. Isolation is part of the IEEE 802.3 specification that defines the physical layer of the Ethernet. So I'm not sure what this device would actually do. It is transformer coupling an already transformer coupled signal. It will most likely degrade the performance of an Ethernet cable which may have an audible effect. Not sure.
The AQVOX switch could actually do something that a basic switch doesn't do. Love to try one out on a no-risk basis to see if I could hear an improvement in SQ.
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