I would like to start a list of Digital Dingleberries that people are using in their digital systems to see how many dingleberries are out there in digital land. My definition of a digital dingleberry is anything you insert in the digital signal path that is not required to play digital music. One example would be inline Ethernet filters. I would also like to know if the digital dingleberry devices also create a problem that has to be remedied with another dingleberry attached to the primary dingleberry you purchased. For example, one of the inline Ethernet filters I was just reading about comes with a linear power supply, but some people have claimed the stock power supply isn't very good and you need to go purchase an aftermarket power supply to allow the inline Ethernet filter to really shine.
From what I have read, the inline Ethernet filter is designed to filter out any EMI that has crept into your Ethernet cable and is causing noise you may or may not be able to hear until you don't hear it anymore.
For the here and now, my digital system is pretty straight forward. I recently purchased a Roon Nucleus Plus to replace my Windows laptop. I also recently purchased a PS Audio DSJ DAC. I had a CAT 8 cable run from my router downstairs into my stereo room upstairs with a wall jack behind my digital gear rack. I have a Netgear router attached to the wall jack and both my Roon Nucleus Plus and my DSJ are connected to the Netgear router via CAT 8 cables. This eliminates connecting a USB cable from the Roon Nucleus Plus to the DSJ as they are connected together via the network. For the hear and now, I have two external hard drives with music files that are connected to the Roon Nucleus Plus via USB. The next order of business for me will be to set up NAS drives to store the music and eliminate the external USB hard drives. In the meantime, assuming good source files, the digital portion of my system sounds very good. It's also very quiet like the rest of my system is.
From what I have read, the inline Ethernet filter is designed to filter out any EMI that has crept into your Ethernet cable and is causing noise you may or may not be able to hear until you don't hear it anymore.
For the here and now, my digital system is pretty straight forward. I recently purchased a Roon Nucleus Plus to replace my Windows laptop. I also recently purchased a PS Audio DSJ DAC. I had a CAT 8 cable run from my router downstairs into my stereo room upstairs with a wall jack behind my digital gear rack. I have a Netgear router attached to the wall jack and both my Roon Nucleus Plus and my DSJ are connected to the Netgear router via CAT 8 cables. This eliminates connecting a USB cable from the Roon Nucleus Plus to the DSJ as they are connected together via the network. For the hear and now, I have two external hard drives with music files that are connected to the Roon Nucleus Plus via USB. The next order of business for me will be to set up NAS drives to store the music and eliminate the external USB hard drives. In the meantime, assuming good source files, the digital portion of my system sounds very good. It's also very quiet like the rest of my system is.
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