Have fun. Worth experimenting with the PSU on the media converter connected to the Linn.
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I presently use an iFI iPower2 on the Netgear switch, so have ordered one and a splitter cable to try on the media converters.
DG…
I’d not use a splitter cable to power both media converters from a single PSU. Just power the one connected to the Linn with the decent PSU.
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Sorry, getting a bit confused here.
Are you saying that with the converter connected to the Netgear Switch, use the PSU that comes with it. But with the converter connected to the Linn Selekt DSM: Edition Hub, use a decent PSU, such as the iFI iPower2.
Also not to use a y splitter with one PSU for the two converters.
ADOT supply and use a y splitter with their two converters.
I’m just trying to understand why.
DG…
Sorry DG - Work gets in the way of the forum 
Yes. I’d use a decent power supply for this converter, preferably one that has a mains earth connection. Avoid using a shielded Ethernet cable (where the shield is connected at both ends) to connect to the Linn.
Ah yes, the MC02 kit. It’s a bit of strange configuration using one PSU with a Y output cable feeding both media converters. You isolate them electrically with fibre, then couple them again via the common power supply, defeating the object of the fibre connection.
Just to note - I just run the Hi-Fi kit on my dedicated supply. I’ve found that keeping the final switch / media converter on the lounge ring works better for me.
I’ll be interested how you get on.
I understand now, thanks for explaining.
I’ll use the iFI one and one of the supplied ones. The splitter can be easily returned, so no issues. If it works well, I can always try another iFI PSU. Still be cheaper than the ADOT system
DG…
Work. I remember that.
Thanks for your help and I’ll let you know how I get on.
DG…
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Coincidentally, I was recommended the ADOT MC-02 combined with the Melco S100 switch by a dealer today. I was enquiring about a second hand 555PS DR he had on sale. It may have been a sales pitch as the owner turned down my offer…but his view was that adding those two would benefit my system more than adding the 555PS. He also recommended ditching my Nucleus, which to quote ‘increases the network packet traffic considerably and it actually affects the sound quality’. I thought it would be helpful to share in the context of this thread.
I refuse to let anything Chinese made on my network, which seems to be 90%+ of what Amazon sell nowadays. It might be overly cynical; but (a) I don’t trust it and (b) the quality can be so poor it is a false economy a lot of the time. I do realise there are many non-Chinese brands available but whenever I search their names on Amazon they seem to be hidden 3-4 pages down the list…maybe it is my poor searching skills…
It depends what you are wanting to connect, but since the S100 already has a couple of SFP ports, the MC01 kit would be fine here (but I’m not trying to sell you anything 
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I think that you will find that Chinese components are in a large number of electrical products, irrespective of the brand.
Written on a Chinese built Apple iPhone.
DG…
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I hear you, I don’t use one though 
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The photos off the inside are the same, if you do a search on it, someone took it apart, and it was the same as the cheap one.
You just need to buy the same cheap one, and save yourself hundreds.
Or just get ripped off buying the Adot ones if it makes you happy i guess.
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I doubt I’ll buy either to be honest but I’m interested to see what results people get as a potential future purchase. To what extent does all this conversion impact the signal quality and also sound signature? I get the objective is to reduce noise, but does this process add it’s own voice in any way that could be confused with noise reduction improving sq? Just a question,I have no knowledge of these things 
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That is a bit of a bizarre thing to say. Network traffic is really specific, if you are using network switches and switches that handle multicast groups, like most quality switches do as opposed to some so called ‘audiophile’ switches… then this will almost certainly not be the case or if so irrelevant. That is the while point of using switches as opposed to old fashioned hubs. Increase in unicast network traffic is irrelevant for all other connected devices.
What is is claim based, on what is the increased network traffic and to where? Without that it’s a fascile statement.
I don’t own a Nucleus product, just keen to prevent misinformation on social media. Too much of that goes on these days… and more people should challenge it.
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Not sure the reason…….but Signals did have the nucleus for a while, and they said it did affect the sound quality in a negative way?
Well it won’t be network traffic… possibly common mode currents through connected cables.
Networks are segment isolated. One busy segment in terms of traffic does not necessarily affect all segments. Group traffic is managed by quality switches, Roon and UPnP discovery use group traffic, and if using a quality switch only devices that negotiate into a group like a Naim streamer receive that group traffic.
Never said it was network traffic.
Yes it was mentioned above which is what I was commenting on…
Andy @ Signals has never mentioned that to me… I will talk to him to help fix what ever his issue is if he is still experiencing it, when I next pass over there.
I use a Roon Core… and no issue what so ever and certainly no extra network traffic… in fact very low load unless being used.
I think a lot off people just find roon itself doesn’t sound quite as good for whatever reason, myself included, and that’s after trying itrunning on a mac pc, and roon nucleus.
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