Superdad

Wow. Just wow.

Probably not—unless you find some used ones on eBay. But why go multimode instaed of single-mode when the two are close to price parity? Well DigiKey is an authorized and stocking distributor for Coherent (that’s the new name of II-VI Corp., the company that bought Finisar a few years ago). Prices are in the $50-80 range. https://www.digikey.com/en/products/filter/fiber-optic-transceiver-modules/118?s=N4IgjCBcoEwBxVAYygMwIYBsDOBTANCAPZQDaIAzAGwVxgAMIAuoQA4AuUIAyuwE4BLAHYBzEAF9CVAJyIQKSBhwFiZSnDj16VEIVqb6AVmZtOkHv2FjJ4aXFnR5aLHkIlI5RkxsBaCI4UlV1UPEAAWOAB2L18HZCh%2BAFcVd3IIb0IfCjkFJJS1BmZfGByEvmS3NWNvGx1HAQATLj96CFMuXRB2AE9WXC50bBRxcSA

That is incorrect. SFP and SFP+ transceivers have exactly the same PCB width/contacts.

Those Renesas clock synths are nice, though a bit pricy at $16pc. in quantity, and we don't really need 3 inputs and 8 outputs. The Silicon Labs (now Skyworks) synth we use in the EtherREGEN has phase jitter specs equal to the Renesas, but the Analog Devices synths we are moving to for EtherREGEN Gen2 have dramatically lower phase noise that any of the others. So one does not need to go to 10G/100G switches to get that level of clocking performance. Of course this leaves out the noise/jitter that gets embedded by optical transceiver modules (differences in which I believe is the primary cause for the variations folks here between SFP brands/models; and why Finisars generally end up as preferred).

Well we have been selling our JS-2 LPS to RME users for many years. And those folks have not been shy about reporting audible improvements. Chord is another manufacturer who scoffs at the benefits of a fine linear supply--yet there are people modifying their $14K DAVE to run from an external PS. It's funny, I just read the rather roundabout technical description in the User Guide of the DPS-2 and see they have adopted the DC-choke filter technique (as used in JS-2 since 2014). Still, $1,300 for a single output (has 2 outputs but only one usable at a time), fixed 12V, 2.5A max supply seems a bit rich. But the market does seem to be creeping and leaping upwards a lot these days...

Phone glitch duplicate.

Phone glitch duplicate.

Phone glitch duplicate…

So that tallies up to around $12K+ in Ethernet switches! Sorry if our humble—yet chock full of unique tech and costly chips—$680 EtherREGEN got lost in your mix. Obviously yours is not a typical use case…

Indeed, our two favorite UK Martins! (One is great dealer, and one is a great client—for both Sonore and UpTone.)

What, an Etherternity until Martin Redus his Deluxe impressions?

A couple of questions if you don’t mind: What is the processor of the machine you installed it on? Where are you storing your music library (elsewhere on you network? Directly attached?) And how did you point Audirvana to your library? Do you upsample (with built in R8brain), and if so, how high? What app/device do you control with? And how/where do you edit metadata for your library since Audirvana for Linux is headless and remote apps don’t let you manipulate much? Sorry, I guess that’s more than a couple of questions. (But I have very specific reasons for each of them.) Thanks!

From an interior photo I found, I believe it is this one, by Aucharm: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832186843185.html

I'm jealous. So many great records from my youth. Aside from classic Procol Harum (A Salty Dog was great), he and his band put out some staggering hits on well-produced LPs. My favorite albums for them were Bridge of Sighs, Long Misty Days, In City Dreams, and Caravan to Midnight (that's about where I stopped and my tastes went in multiple other directions). Enjoy the show!

I agree with your wife on both counts!