Aqua linQ

[jacquesr]

I have had one for two months. 
Awesome. Christian’s review is spot on. Order an Ethercon cable from Ghent. A must in my view. 
 

AQLinq Is by far the best connection. If you have a Formula.
 

A module will soon be available to support HQPlayer. Can’t wait...

 

The one question I hope to be able to answer is this: Should I replace my Mac mini? Will it make a difference?

[jacquesr]

I do use an EtherRegen. Would not live without it.

[jacquesr]

Are you using an Ethernet cable or an EtherCon? (See Hi-Fi Advice review. )

[jacquesr]

FYI

Aqua sells their own EtherCon cable.

I got mine from Ghent. 
Also tried a Sablon Riserva. 
Preferred a plain Ethernet from Ghent. Sold it. 
 

[jacquesr]

I originally used a Cat 6 ET11 Belden from ghent. Great service and quality, always.

 

Then after I read Christian's review and learned about the possibility of using an etherCon cable I contacted Aqua.

There were not ready to sell their own cable. Then I had Ghent build one. Here are the specs provided by Aqua.

Hope that helps. I did a very quick comparison, and the brand new EtherCon seemed to sound better than the CAT6. It stayed there.

Foot tapping since.

 

[jacquesr]

Here is the pinout for the EtherCon cable.

It did not show in my previous post.