I guess my question follows yours. Why so many ports, but then again my equipment now seems to have ports in things I never would have expected. Like on my preamp and amps. Does hooking those up cause any kind of degradation to the signal going to your Roon core and then your streamer? So should you have all hifi components on this ultra switch or only streaming related ones?
Less things connected, less noise shared.
If you plugged an ethernet cable to a P20, every two to four weeks it would lock up and require a power cycle. The only known fix for this issue is to not hook ethernet to the P20. This taught me that just because there is an ethernet port, you might not want to use it.
Interesting! I kind of want to hook them up only as it does the triggers via the lan wake up bit definitely will do from the normal network switch instead of the hifi switch.
Thanks,
Veneet
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Hmm. I’ve had my P20 connected via Ethernet for about 2 years, on virtually every day 24/7. Oftentimes on weeks at a time, if not months at a time. Never had this happen. 
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Lucky you.
For Hi-Fi these days, four to five seems to be about right from my perspective.
For example, my system does 2.1/7.1 (stereo/home theater) double duty and my four in/one out EtherRegen provides enough ports for my AirLens, PlayStation 5, TP Link Media Converter and Synology NAS (with room left over for my TV, which I don’t currently hook up to the internet - I use the PlayStation as my “smart tv hub”).
Others may have more kit to network, I guess.
same here. . Al is it at latest firmware..not that they release that many. Or maybe it needs a Muon Pro
I’ve been running the latest FW since it came out - unless there’s a beta out there I don’t have.
Today I was kindly offered a chance to try a Tempus switch in my own system. A most appreciated and kind offer. I was also offered a chance to try the top of the line Stealth Speaker cables. Very generous, most appreciated. In both instances I politely declined.
I’m done. This audio ski hill is bottomless. Enough already!!!
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Startling
Declined the top of line Stealth speaker cables! Am I hearing this right? Even I wonder how big a deal of a Royal 17 sound. 
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Duly noted and appreciated, but aren’t you the guy that keeps putting us on the ski lift? 
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I can change! I just know it!
The Schnerzinger rabbit hole convinced me to stop. I am not saying Schnerzinger isn’t wonderful stuff, it certainly is. I’m just done.
The endless “try this new switch” stuff helped as well. I have tried and own a lot if different switches. They all sound the same to me.
Time to sell the Commander and Apex and get a Diablo 333.
Or M1200s.
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Fully understood. I am a Disciple of the Simple Path. I reject “unnecessary” offerings that are injected in the signal path and Ethernet filters and switches are prime examples.
But, I also like to try things that claim to improve it. I like the muon Pro and the Tempus. It moved the bar. Get or forget, move on.
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Uh huh…
= “taking a breather”, although you are among the most qualified in this forum to say, “enough already!!!”
Sit back and enjoy your the view from the peak!
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That was to Al, not you Tony..sorry
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Have you thought about Absolare?
I am unaware of what that is. I must study.
I love the red leather! Audio Porn!
The Eturnum Preamplifer now. Noice!
All Class A. Mmmmmm
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