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Old 09-30-2020, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by mr_gray View Post
I agree with Kleinbje. it truly is astonishing that these things make the difference they do. I have an Alpha and Sigma in my system and have ordered an Omega to replace the Alpha. I just have to hear what this is like but I do find the idea of further improvement (substantial improvement) improbable/inexplicable.

And of course this is for an ethernet connection to my server which conveys no music (all music on a hard drive on the server). Think about that!
It doesn't convey music, but it conveys noise on the ground plane, noise that can travel all the way down to the DAC. That's partly why the Shunyata Ethernet cables work so well. They also help prevent clock phase noise, as well.
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