# "The Wiring and the Switches" (ethernet that is)

**URL:** <https://forum.psaudio.com/t/the-wiring-and-the-switches-ethernet-that-is/40838>\
**Category:** Network Audio\
**Created:** [February 1, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/the-wiring-and-the-switches-ethernet-that-is/40838 "2025-02-01T18:42:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![rs350z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@rs350z](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/rs350z)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/the-wiring-and-the-switches-ethernet-that-is/40838/21 "2025-11-17T04:13:41Z")

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i used to install enterprise networks as far back as 1990 using ethernet, token ring, appletalk,etc.. Don’t waste your money on the so called ‘audiophile’ switches. Do this instead: i go out of my mesh router into an enterprise switch with a built in power supply, no walwart plug. I then go into my Airlens, then have a $1000 i2s cable going into my ps audio ds sr dac.

The biggest improvements are the Audioquest ethernet cables, using the enterprise switch, the airlens, and the i2s cable. I went from using ethernet into the ds sr dac to using the airlens and there wqs a big jump in performance.

I’ve heard a couple demos at audio shows that did a/b comparisons with audiophile switches and i preferred the sound ofnthe non-audiophile grade switches. I’ve also heard people state that some of these audiophile switches/clockers actually add more noise/jitter to the signal.

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