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Old 06-24-2019, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by kubla36 View Post
I tried an old enterprise grade switch (properly grounded by design) with a shielded patch cable (grounded by the switch) to my MacMini (unmodified, I’m saving for better), and it did lower the noise floor some over the consumer tplink switch it was connected with. Mac and switch coming from independent P15 ports.

Hmmm... well I know that’s not packet loss. Hell, Audirvana downloads/caches the song from Tidal. The theories about interference passed into the system is the only explanation I can accept rationally.

Cheap tweak as they go.

Good to hear your efforts were positive.

I have a Cisco one at work, that was in the $1,000’s and was tempted to try this but never did.
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