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Thank you Rob . Great you had only positive updates. Also thanks for confirming that my favourite SFP Finisar 1321 I found some time ago is also The One for you . The most well balanced SFP I tried.

Great ! I have 2 standard 2016 Nenon moded Buffalows and 2 Pink Faun modded 2016 Buffalows . The only exception is that I don't have any of the multi electrolytic caps you do. Are those from Nenon ? How much of a good was that capacitor bank addition to the switch ?

You will love it . Pink Faun Ultra is expensive but worth every penny invested. This is the only upgrate that was able to elevate the SQ in every single aspect. Absolutely everything is better. You cannot point few things that are better with that clock as all the aspects of SQ are on different level. Nenon was reporting that this is like listening to the garage band in comparison to the professional band on the stage. I must agree with that.

No . I haven't try this one. It's funny because I was searching for many months and testing extensive a lot of SFPs and changes between them were very big . Each had a strong character in some aspects but was lacking in the others. Once I plugged 1321 I said to myself This is the one ! I lost totally need to test any of the SFPs, it's that good in my system. I am sure there are few as good or better SFPs somwere in billions of options, but I don't need to investigate any further 🙂

Nenon tested it first and his conclusion was that 1 PF Buffalo was much better than 4 regular Buffalo stacked. I was able to confim that in my system. It is jaw dropping upgrade. So if you have 2 Buffalo 2016 you might want to get the Pink Faun clock installed in at least one . I got 2 Buffalows with Pink Faun clocks and I love it . The othet 2 are still in chain waiting for me to collect cash to upgrade them with PF clocks. I am not sure if I need 4 fully moded PF Buffalows but wanted to try. Austinpop got the PF Buffalo from Nenon for testing and in his very detailed comparison it was a clear winner.

It is just different speed between SFPs . All other aspects are the same .

No . No short term problem. We don't know about long term reliability but as of now 2 - 3 years is no problem. I think it will last 5 to 10 years. I got 5dB , 10dB and 15dB attenuators and the first impression was encouraging but after playing with them for about 2 months I decided that the best place for them is garbage box. It takes the focuse out of controll. Instruments are not sharp anymore. So NO . No attenuators .Not even with 80 km Startech used with 1m LC cable .

Thanks to everyone who already answered this to Dev. I wanted to add to this that if you keep your server connected to any network wifi or lan it is always degradating sound . Try to turn music on your server playing and than physically disconnect lan cord. You will hear what your network is doing to the sound . It is so much better without network. So if you keep it at all times because of the remote function adding a good switch WILL be very beneficial to SQ of songs played from the internal drivers . So if you do not stream you still need a good switch . PF Buffalo 2016 preferred as it is on pair with Telegartner Gold swich with some aspects that are better in Buffalo as both Nenon and Austinpop pointed already.

Am I so stupid carring the 4 Buffalows if 1 PF Buffalo will do the job ? And keep ER as a isolator just for accesd point ? No. I keep them all because it is much better. We don't know why but stacking multiple switches brings additional benefits. By far the biggest improvement is when you get your first PF Buffalo 2016. Please keep it as the LAST in chain . Make sure to power it well. Adding switches in a chain brings additional benefits. Those are not as big as the first switch but it is still improving the SQ.

I am many weeks with that SFP. Some already tried to follow my findings. Glad they like it. It offers excellent balance of all aspects and very low noise. I think I should call it "universal" SFP with all important aspects like musicality , authority, detail and control 👌 Again this SFP is All in One for me. Also is very solid so it is not changing character with time once burned in , but I got used SFPs to avoid the burning process that might take several weeks.

I am so glad you like my higest recommendation from my top selection of SFPs. I still experiment with others but no one gets even close to 1321.

I am sure many of us would love to answer that question for much less than a one million dollar so you can save.

All I know is that whoever went the Buffalo 2016 route and upgrated it with Nenon proposed Mundorf gold DC wires as well as the Pink Faun Ultra Clock was amazed with the result including fantastic review by Austinpop. There is no return. Addictive sound. As Nenon already mentioned : 1 Pink Faun Ultra Buffalo 2016 was much better than 4 Buffalo 2016 stacked ! I was able to test this in my system and I had to agree. Now I have 4 Buffalows. Timing is not everything in Audio but it is by far the best way of improving everything in Audio.

Sure Please contact direct user NENON. He is experienced DIY and if he has time he can try to help you to install PinkFaun clock in your Buffalo. He is located in US not far from you.

I agree 100 % but as we all know now the noise gets "inprinted" in the data you are passing via switch . Don't ask me why , I dont know. I wish we know all about it . Good clock with great power device /SR7, DC4/Jcat Optimo will pass it to RAM undistructed or I should call it less distructed. So in summary BOTH should be done. Ps. I wish I could avoid passing signal via 4 Buffalo 2016 switches. Can't do it without significant degradation of SQ.