JCAT's $5000 switch

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43 minutes ago, Odd Magnus Bjerkvik said:

Behold - S-ATA cable from the same folks. 

Directional S-ATA. 

Should it be installed the other way around when writing the music files to the disk?

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26 minutes ago, jabbr said:

Thought so. You sound like you are promoting overpriced junk for profit.

I see no reason to believe that he isn't.

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11 hours ago, rickca said:

Here's another product for people with tons of money.  It's over $90K.  

https://www.lessloss.com/laminar-streamer-sd-player-p-207.html

Page upon page of bullshit technobabble, no surprise there. Then, near the end, a recommendation to watch a video by Monty. WTF?

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36 minutes ago, Marcin_gps said:

The details of the internal design have to remain confidential.

Until someone opens the box and takes a picture.

 

36 minutes ago, Marcin_gps said:

Our M12 Switch Gold is not bound with those specifications of data transfer and electrical characteristics as a switching hub.

Does this mean it isn't compatible with standard IEEE 802.3 Ethernet? What use is it then?

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52 minutes ago, Marcin_gps said:

Won't be that easy as it's hermetic. 

Everything can be opened.

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Just now, justubes said:

What are the audiophile highlights that should give improvements over a normalnswitch.  psu, femto/ocxo clocked?

Waterproof! Round connectors!

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1 minute ago, plissken said:

I'm assuming that there is some method, by ears, that Marcin is basing claims on. Unless there is another method of subjective evaluation that you know about that isn't using one's ears.

Using one's eyes, of course. Specifically, they should be pointed at the price tag.

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6 minutes ago, Albrecht said:

There are 5 paragraphs, - did you not see or read them?

Not all sequences of words have a meaning.

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2 hours ago, Albrecht said:

"The details of the internal design have to remain confidential. "

 

Means something.

Yes, it means "it's a standard Ethernet switch in a waterproof box, but we're not going to tell you that."

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36 minutes ago, Speedskater said:

Of course not!

But if two systems sound different, there will be measurement differences.

Of course, not every measurement will show an obvious difference. You have to find the right parameter to measure. Two cars with vastly different performance may well weigh the same.