JCAT - TCXO 10/100/1000 Audio Grade Ethernet Switch vs AQVOX - AQ-SWITCH

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Marcin, I got my LAN card yesterday and initial impression with just a few hour of playing is better sound than with the mobo LAN card. I will listen and let it burn in for a week and see how big the change is before giving a bit more detailed impressions.  

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To set up a Network Bridge on Windows 10 is very easy with this card. 

1.    Connect one Lan cable to your Roon output (microRendu for example) and another LAN cable to your Router/modem 
2.    Power on the JCAT card from external PSU or computer PSU via LP4 connector
3.    Download and install the Windows 10 driver from here: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/59062/Intel-Ethernet-Server-Adapter-I350-T2.
4.    Open network connection and select both networks with the name Intel i350. Right click then both are selected and choose bridge connection
5.    One new green network called network bridge will show up and that all. I didn’t need to fill in IP address or anything like I did with my old card
6.    I don’t know if it’s really necessary to go and update on http://www.sonicorbiter.com/, but I did 

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17 hours ago, TubeMan said:

Jcat Net Femto is a very good card,
but is it worth 500$ compared to the better sound you get,
compared to a very good sounding intel 350T2 standard

 

I don’t know I have not tried the standard Intel 350, but if you believe that an external, separate PSU and “better” clock and regulators makes for superior sound and aren’t in to DIY maybe/probably.