NET Card XE - REDEFINING SOUND QUALITY OF STREAMED MUSIC.

[Crwilli57]

As a neophyte in putting together PC hardware, I have followed my nose and have my new NET Card XE installed via riser cable in my ASRock Z87E ITX motherboard. After fumbling with how to power it, I learned it was powered by the MOBO.   
 

Then I wanted to power it using my new HD Plex LPSU and worried about it having two power supplies.   Of course I then read the card would sort that out so I inserted the 5v output from the HD Plex.

 

That whole process was plug n play - thankfully.   I could have used a guide or manual of some sort but have figured it out.   
 

SQ with things still warming up and having an hour on them is in a word - Fantastic!   Couldn’t be happier with the sound.  Everything about my sound has improved.  Initial attack is incredible with a deeper sound stage and increased clarity.

 

I read there was a guide issued with the Femto card.  Is there something like that for the XE???

 

My Win 7 PC is connected via Supra Ethernet to an Edge Router X-SFP along with my ISP, NAS and Bricasti M21 DAC/Pre (ROON Endpoint).  Between the Router and my Endpoint is a Gigafoil v4.
 

 

[Crwilli57]

Update : My system has improved greatly since adding the NET Card XE.  After a day of settling in, my sound stage has become even more 3 dimensional.   
 

I couldn’t be happier with the performance of this card.  
 

Thank you Marcin!

[Crwilli57]

Question:  I have followed the special instructions from Marcin and modified my Adapter settings.  When I did that, I lost the connection to my NAS inside ROON.

 

Both my NAS and Win 7 PC with the XE are both connected to my EdgeRouter X-SFP.   
 

I know I can go back to all default settings but was hoping you guys could point to the one or two settings in the adapter that broke that connection.  
 

Things I have tried:

 

1) Reenabled File and Printer sharing

2) Reenabled Client for Microsoft Networks

3) In ROON I have deleted the NAS and re-added it insuring the password was correct.  No luck.

[Crwilli57]

Tried that Marcin.  No luck.

 

I tried un-installing and reinstalling  the network adapter.   No Luck

 

Removed my NAS from the Edge Router and plugged it directly into the second RJ45 port on the NetCard and my Win 7Pc now sees the NAS.   Short term solution as the rest of my network cannot see the NAS.

Further background.

 

Until this last change, I had two PCs connected to my Edge Router.  One with Win 10 and my audio PC running Win 7.

 

The NeTCard XE is in the Win 7 PC.

 

Both PCs and my NAS were connected to the EdgeRouter.

 

My Win 10 PC sees everything on my network with no issues.  Eg the NAS.

 

My Win 7 PC with the NetCard did see my NAS for a day then lost it.   Some setting changed and I am not sure what.

 

Other than reloading Win 7 on that PC, how else could I reset all of that PCs network related settings back to default?

 

 

 

 

[Crwilli57]

Marcin,

 

I sent you an email.

 

Craig