Be careful,
The Amphenol works very well with the RS130 internet connection, but not with the RSA720!!!
On the other hand it works sublimely between the RS130 and the RD160! It seems that the RD160 does not have the same SFP interface as the RSA720 at all.
I specified it above in this topic
Ok I see what you mean.
My setup is rs130 sfp to the rsa730 rca to my Weiss 204.
You think it will not work between the rs130 to the rsa730?
As I wrote above, the sound was incredible, but I had “pops” from time to time, like electrostatic discharges.
That’s why I plugged it into the internet input and the Cisco AOC cable between the RS130 and the RSA720.
Since then I cracked and bought a RD160 and now the Amphenol works wonderfully well between the RS130 and the RD160, it’s incomprehensible. Maybe you’ll have more luck than me.
@gdp1045 :I have RS130, RSA720 and Weiss 204. SFP connection worked prior to the recent firmware updates. However, since the recent update, SFP connection does not work anymore. I have tried different SFP cables, it does not work anymore. Only works with USB connection.
Hopefully you have a better luck.
Yes, thank you for the caution!
Back again.
So that’s the amphenol been in for a few hours now and I like what I’m hearing.I also installed an optical fibre kit adot MC 01 which also has made a difference. I must say that I think it brings up to the level of the music that is ripped on the the SSD that I installed on the rs130. I ripped in WAV format which I think is superior. Maybe it’s all in my head but there you go. I actually thought even when I was using I2s that the music stored on the rs 130 was better than what I was streaming. I was using the WiFi connection at the time, maybe that made the difference.
So the amphenol is a copper cable? I thought the whole point of the sfp was that the fibre optic was superior because of the galvanic isolation?
How does that work with this copper sfp cable?
I appreciate your thoughts as you seem to know your stuff.
Cheers
James
Hello James,
I am glad that you like my recommendation on the Amphenol cable.
I have nothing to do with it, I am a member of whatsbestforum and they talked about it a lot, some have changed all the fibers with this DAC cable. I thought that for the price, I could try, what a surprise…
The cable will go through different stages when burning, you will appreciate it, hate it at times, to finally love it, it takes a week to finish the burning…
I just put one between my 2 Sotm sNH-10G switches with clock, it’s incredible what this little cable at 50 USD brings…
The best cable purchase I have made in recent years…
I agree. Like I said I think this method of connecting a source to a dac is superior to anything else I’ve heard, and they are so inexpensive. I can really see it being adopted as a standard connection. I’m sure the big brands will give them some fancy packaging with different grades with corresponding price tags.
Cheers,
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Nice installation!!!