You’ve probably seen my ramblings about the LHY SW6, LHY SW10 Pro and Network Acoustics Tempus in the other threads. Tonight’s insanity… adding the DLink DMS-105 unmanaged 2.5GB switch to the mix…
The D-Link immediately hooked up at 2.5Gbps to my Ubiquiti Pro Max switch. I tried it with the stock wall wart immediately after listening to the Tempus.
Umm…. This is actually… quite good… tons of detail, a bit forward but lots of energy and texture. Not as relaxed as the LHY switches or Tempus, but no haze whatsoever.
I switched the D-Link back and forth between the wall wart and Tempus PSU using a plug adapter (the D-Link uses one of those skinnier plugs). The Tempus PSU makes a difference - takes a bit of edge off, loud passages are less harsh and better sorted, instruments are a little silkier. No it does not make it sound like the Tempus, but it’s pretty damn good. Might be interesting trying something like an iFi iPowerX.
I then switched to the SW10 Pro. Definitely more relaxed than the D-Link (and the Tempus for that matter), a bit more emphasis on the core of the note vs the leading edge, rounder but also a little less present. Bass has a nice resonance to it but also just a tad boomy at times - that can be tamed with a different power cord though.
The SW6 has been powered down for quite a while so probably unfair to swap it in cold - will give it a shot tomorrow.
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This is good work and I appreciate what you are doing a great deal!
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When you put a Network Acoustics Origin or Farad Super6/10 on a switch (or actually any digital device) you will see what it’s capable of.
There is a lot of room for improvement.
Isn’t the Tempus PSU basically an Origin?
EDIT: ah maybe not, saw your reply in the other thread
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I have studied the Origin story of the Origin. It seems like the ideal thing for not me. Maybe two or more of them for not me.
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lot of that going around
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