My Constant State of Change System...

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Just swapped out my beloved Schiit Bifrost 2 Multibit, Raspberry Pi4 and Roon for a brand new Cambridge Audio CXN V2 streamer/DAC. Yes, after well over a year of issues with Roon, I dumped them due to their truly horrible, non-existing customer service...

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Just for the heck of it, I decided to connect a CAT6 up to the CXN V2 a few minutes ago. I have to admit, this is the first time ever that I have heard an immediate sonic improvement switching over from WiFi to cable.

A bit more solid, a bit more defined, a bit better layering. It even seems to be blacker in quiet passages and between tracks.

Color me impressed!

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Excellent move Charles.

When I first got my Zen streamer I had to install a 15m Ethernet cable. Initially it was strung up from on top of the door under the stairs (where the router was), then briefly through the corner of the kitchen, then suspended from ceiling hooks to get to the other side of the music room.

I eventually got the landing floor up, routed it through the airing cupboard, under the bath then through the wall into the garage, finally back through the wall behind the equipment rack.

Fortunately no problems from the wife in its temporary position. Now all hidden of course.

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Excellent move Charles.

When I first got my Zen streamer I had to install a 15m Ethernet cable. Initially it was strung up from on top of the door under the stairs (where the router was), then briefly through the corner of the kitchen, then suspended from ceiling hooks to get to the other side of the music room.

I eventually got the landing floor up, routed it through the airing cupboard, under the bath then through the wall into the garage, finally back through the wall behind the equipment rack.

Fortunately no problems from the wife in its temporary position. Now all hidden of course.

Thank you, sir.

Right now, I have mine across the floor from the floor lamp next to the router to under the couch, roughly a 1m stretch across the floor. I'll probably run it along the ceiling back in the corners and down to the streamer, then eventually get someone to run it through the walls and over the ceiling.

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i used cat 6 too.. it was an improvement. mine is visible round door frame, but it doesn't bother me tbh..easy to remove or change...

nice room and system charles

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i used cat 6 too.. it was an improvement. mine is visible round door frame, but it doesn't bother me tbh..easy to remove or change...

nice room and system charles

Thank you for the kind words, Grant.

As for the CAT6, I'm probably going to do very similar, but use J-hooks in the ceiling. Also thinking of moving the two front acoustic panels to the rear of the room, and move the two that are currently at the rear to the side walls along side my listening seat, which would put one of them directly behind my system racks. I could then run the CAT6 down the wall, hiding it behind the acoustic panel.

I might do that today or tomorrow if I'm not hurting that much.

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Just upgraded my Cambridge Audio CXN V2 to an Auralic Altair G1.

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This is a big upgrade. Aurelic make excellent streamers.

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This is a big upgrade. Aurelic make excellent streamers.

Yes, it is a big upgrade. And right now, I'm witnessing that upgrade with my ears. Gotta say, it was the right move. Wow!

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Speaking of big upgrades...

Picked up a new (to me) piece of kit this morning!... Pass Labs XP-20 with upgraded Revelation Audio Labs 'Passage' CryoSilver Dual Conduit Reference umbilical cord.