Sound quality differences between NAS units

[DavidL]

(02-09-2016 07:42)tgb Wrote:  hi David,
you're right !
A small optical "bridge" as you mentioned brings a nice improvement of SQ.
Anyhow, a complte optical network goes much further in SQ, by far over other current technical solutions.

Here are some topics about it :
in English on computeraudiophile.com forum :
http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f22-ne...ons-24641/
or in French the thread I created about it (I had to face quite large skepticism anyhow:cool : http://www.homecinema-fr.com/forum/post1...p178699294
Rgds

Hi tgb
I'm familiar with the computeraudiophile thread and made a couple of contributions. I decided not to go down the route of switching all my wired ethernet to fibre as most of my network components are upstream of a wireless bridge (formed by 2 generation 6 Airport Extremes) so wire-borne noise is eliminated. Of concern to me however has been airborne noise (RF) from the downstream wireless bridge 'end' which also acts as an access point for control (from an Android tablet running BubbleUPnP). I got a noticeable improvement in SQ when I moved the Airport extreme 3 metres away from the hifi gear.
regards
David