Was looking at the Ifi Lan silencer. Currently im using the RJ45 connector into the back of the RS130. Im considering going fiber. Does the RS130 need a conditioner like this or is the input high enough quality to mitigate noise on the ethernet?
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Going full fiber and not using the included ethernet dongle converter will give you all the noise reduction you need. You will need this following:
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Wow thanks seems straight forward for sure…I hear the sound quality increases as well
Yes it really does. Once you convert the signal to fiber there is zero noise transmission. So the bump for me was significant. The whole reason I went with the RS130 after I had my RS150 for a year was to get the fiber option on the Ethernet side as well as the USB side. I would be willing to bet $$$ that Hifi Rose will come out with their own DAC that will be all fiber and won’t require the need for the RSA720.
Think ill check out iFi USB 3.0 https://www.amazon.com/iPurifier3-Audio-Signal-Filter-White/dp/B07DLMZP5Y/ref=sr_1_19?keywords=ifi+usb+3.0&sr=8-19&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.f5122f16-c3e8-4386-bf32-63e904010ad0 …into the DAC from the RS130…or is that overkill?
You are better off going with the RSA720.
not sure how i would use that since i just use USB between my DAC and RS130
Read the RSA720 product page. I find with using fiber on the Ethernet side along with Fiber on the USB side with the RSA720 I get a whole new level of noise reduction. My DAC is connected to the the RSA720 and the RSA 720 is connected to the RS130 with fiber only. Makes a big difference.
I see that but goin to the DAC via USB doesnt that just introduce the noise again?
No, once you “clean / convert” to fiber the noise is eliminated. That is the whole point of converting to fiber and the beauty of the the RSA720. No additional noise can be added once the signal is converted to a fiber.
The fact that the RSA720 can output audio via USB 2.0 once converted from Fiber is huge. Not sure why Hifi Rose does not promote this more. The most expensive USB filters or cables won’t achieve this level of noise reduction.
And that level of noise reduction sticks even when using USB to DAC from the RSA720
Guess im not seeing it,the picture shows a fiber cable leaving the RS130 and entering the RS720. From there it needs to leave the RS720 via USB to connect to the DAC or?
Correct but you are sending a cleaned fiber signal via USB to your DAC. NO filter or high end USB cable is going to provide a pure clean signal like the converted signal inside the RSA720 to your DAC. Once it is fiber there can’t be any added noise even if you are using USB once again.
with the Ifi filter you are trying to reduce noise and you will not get even close to what the RSA720 can do by taking the signal from USB to fiber back to usb. Once it goes to fiber any additional noise is negligible.
Ahh ok id think the power supply would add some (not that i could hear it) when leaving via USB.
You could always use a LPS instead of the standard power for the RSA720 but once again (this is a mentality switch) when you convert to fiber there is no additional noise that can be added. Fiber cables don’t carry any noise. Unlike USB, i2s etc, Fiber does not carry / transmit noise no matter how short or long the cable that is the beauty of fiber and why High End audio gear offers fiber. It is the ultimate noise reduction transport and no filter or expensive cable can match it and a LPS makes nominal difference as once again Fiber does not carry any noise so what comes out is cleaned and pure with no noise to be heard.
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Ill look into it! Thanks muchly
I agree with duffer5.
Maybe u can consider his ethernet solution with the (much more expensive) Single-Mode-Kit ADOT MC01 by Melco.
Is use it in combination with the Melco S100 and it works fine…
I don’t think the Rose is the issue here. Your data should be clean going in to the Rose. Depending on your budget, look at a pair of tp-link media converters (good but cheap) and fibre cable or if you stretch a tp-link and an LHY SFP switch with linear PSU and a good ocxo clock. The sound really opens up. Tizzy top end reduces and there’s more detail in the bass.happy to. Help if you need more info.
This is the latest addition to help with streaming: an LHY media converter with stable accurate clock, linear PSU and isolated RJ45. It’s made a great difference. Well worth considering.
That is for ethernet right?