[rghanbari]

Thank you Eric.  I have a 2m DAC cable that I will be experimenting with (maybe 15cm diameter is the tightest you can wind it, so no easy looping)

From previous experiments, there was a big benefit here in reducing power impulses from the NIC side (lower power consumption by the SFP, more network isolation to reduce packet volumes, look ahead caching of files to concentrate traffic -> better the sound quality).

My presumption there is some induced noise on the power or ground plane at the transceivers, and the Taiko preference for direct attach networking is related to that, but that is all speculation

That being said, I clearly (and unambiguously) hear the benefit of of common-mode noise reductions using the techniques you’ve detailed here.  These seem to be complementary (and perhaps competing) optimization levers

Like Jawed, I was very active with trying to optimize digital transport with Chord DACs back in the day (ferrites on BNC cables, optical transceivers for isolation, shielding experiments, power optimizations, etc)  I am getting a sense of deja vu with these discussions and experiences with ethernet, which is very interesting (see https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/audiowise-opto%E2%80%A2dx-optical-isolation-bridge-for-dual-spdif.23757/reviews#review-22155 for some experiences from 2019…I had forgotten about those Chromecast experiments!)

(with apologies again for intruding with English on this forum)

[rghanbari]

Thank you for the response.  I was able to track down the issue to a flakey solder connection causing the wifi extender to get into a reboot cycle (multi-meter was able to integrate through the intermittant glitches).

Since addressing that, performance with the Ian Canada mini supply and conditioner has been outstanding (thank you for all the research with this solution)

 

[rghanbari]

Thank you Eric, my ferrites and chokes for the v3 throttle cable should arrive Friday, so I will be some crude tests with them on the DAC cable this weekend.  I will report first impressions here

I am using the Taiko Audio network stack (Taiko Router, Taiko Switch, and a Taiko power distributor), feeding a Taiko Olympus.  It continues to amaze me how much the network side impacts sound quality with this kit

[rghanbari]

(forgive English post, very much appreciate reading experiences here in translation)

I ordered the parts for the v3 cable and looking forward to experimenting with it on the connection to my audio router (the TL-WR902AC has been a fantastic addition here)

The connection from my audio router to my streamer is a direct attach cable (DAC).  For Eric or others, has any experimented with similar common mode noise suppression on DACs vs ethernet?

[rghanbari]

(please forgive me posting in English, but I thought it less bad than posting machine translated German)

Folks,

I have been having wonderful results with the TL-WR902AC powered by battery, and wanted to take the next step to bypass the 5V -> 3.3V down converter and power my TL-WR902AC with 3.3V

I am running into a curious problem, and wanted to get advice here

I have 2 wires soldered to the appropriate pins on the serial interface on the PCB.  When I power the extended via USB (5V), I read 3.3V on those wires (all good so far)

However, when I connect 3.3V power supply to those wires on the serial interface, my extender does not power up at all (nothing on LEDs, etc)

For those with version 4.x of the extender, has anyone successfully powered the extender with 3.3V to the serial interface?

Do I need to remove the 5V->3.3V regulator perhaps?

Any advice/leads appreciated (alas, I can’t trace leads on the PCB so difficult to debug)

Best wishes

Ray

 

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