Hi Jim,
Hope this makes sense:
Modem > pfsense > Gigabit Switch > (powered from house ring) (Loft)
2960 > TPLink > TPlink > (Clean power supply) (Loft)
2960 > HiFi (Dedicated HiFi ring) (Living Room)
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I did chat to him about it, but he thought it’d be too tricky. Hence my alteration to the title - otherwise people interested in an optical solution wouldn’t think to look here. I agree it’d be neater.
I’m going to reorder the EE 8Switch. I’m just waiting for Paypal to put the money back into my account before i do. Keep things simple. I should of stuck with it but hey ho, yo yo! 
Hard to know where to start or indeed where to end. It’s all inter-related though, so I’m minded to keep it as is.
Also, while moving one or two posts to another thread is fine, I’ve found recently that the forum software tends to choke when I try moving lots of posts.
I’m just happy it’s a reasonable and good natured discussion…
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Oh Stephen.
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FR has started a new thread if anyone is interested. Seems reasonable given that the EE switch can’t use fibre.
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Sorry, I feel as if I opened up this can of worms. I do think Richard is right though - they are all related. Just how much else is there to discuss on the EE switch as it is? 
I have 2 EE8’s and didn’t even know it does optical, so I’m right confused.
But I do have an optical splitter…it’s not the EE8 though>…
Oh my…
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It doesn’t Mike, the EE is copper only. The thread drifted and there’s now another (!) thread on Fibre which I’m sure will come to the same conclusion…
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Oh… I don’t have the energy for another cable thread.
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I’m still trying to comprehend the first.
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I’m just old enough to remember how simple playing a record was…
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Azimuth, VTA, arm/cartridge combinations, phono stage matching, low mass rigid vs suspended vs high mass, optimum material for the platter and mat, etc, etc 
It’s always been as tweaky as you want to get.
My NDS is connected via ordinary cable to a bog standard TP-Link switch running from a normal IT Buffalo NAS. It sounds fabulous. Could it sound better? Probably. Can I be bothered to tweak? No, I’ll just kick back and enjoy the music.
I totally appreciate that for some the tweaking is a large part of the enjoyment.
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Heretic 
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I’m considering replacement of my my basic (cheap) TP-Link switch with the new English Electric 8Switch. My simple system is router cable >TP-Link > 2patches feeding Uniti Core & NAC272. Substituting the TP-Link with the EE8 switch, am I correct in understanding that the router cable should be connected to the EE8 “in” port with patch cables to the Core & 272 connected to any of the other EE8 ports? I want to make sure that using the “in” port will let the Naim app control the 272 & Core over the router’s Wi-Fi. Many thanks
Yes, you are correct. I have a EE switch, to which the router is connected to the “in” port. I also have connected a 272, Core and UPnP bridge (for Roon and Quboz). All works fine.
Had one installed on Friday wired as per your description all works fine with my ND555 and Core.
I’m not sure about that “IN” port.
Define what is “IN” with both Internet & NAS steaming ethernet feeds.
I note the switch mnftr Thunder Data does not have an “IN” on their own (identical) Silent Angel Bonn-N8 switch
