I can’t comment… but I guess I know a little about EMI and RFI decoupling professionally so perhaps use that to my advantage…
each to their own, at least for me and my equipment I have removed an annoying variable now, it lets me enjoy my music and stop fretting about the small stuff.
I am not saying that everyone will find that path… it’s cool by me.
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I don’t understand Simon what you have specially done, apart connecting the Ndx2 to the Hugo.
It’s good for you that it works, but you can hardly say that having the streamer and dac separated is the only solution for optimal sound.
As I said, if it was the case, there would not be so many users of streamers connected to a separated dac that use also expensive usb or spdif cables and expensive switches and ethernet cables. Or they are all wrong.
I bet you don’t return it or sell it. You will be delighted with it i’m sure…
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I’m open to all outcomes 
Because I feel the SQ is enhanced by daisy-chaining the 2960s. I believe I have ‘separated’ AV/Pooter stuff from audio by plugging the MacBook and Sky Box into the router and having the audio stuff hanging off the end of the daisy-chained 2960 switches.
Happy to be advised otherwise. All I know is everything is sounding wonderful right now, so loathed to fiddle.
Good advice 
Why are you planning to buy an ER then?
It’s fine comment! But how come Chord Dave manages to get rid of all the jitters, noises, etc coming from the USB, SPDIF, Toslink cables? Why can’t other hi-end manufacturers do the same for the Ethernet cables or WIFI input?
Does it, though? The Chord Dave famously requires (apparently!?) an SPDIF cable covered over its entire length with ferrites to help subdue the noise that a Chord M-Scaler generates.
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Why does anyone upgrade?
Always on the lookout for cost-effective upgrades. Part of the fun.
I don’t think it does. When I had one here on demo it did sound different between the 3 different USB sources I had to hand - not night and day, but still enough to show sensitivity to what was upfront. I suspect a high quality transport coupled via S/PDIF that a few on here use is probably one of the best sources for DAVE.
Very interesting.
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