From the digital leaders at Chord Company comes the re-opening of English Electric. The 8Switch is an ingenious petit box that takes your streamed music to a higher level by isolating and insuring proper transfer rates to your streamer or streamer/dac. The result is better sound…and at a very reasonable cost and a small footprint. We look forward to more products coming from English Electric as this one is a no-brainer.
Regarding the 8Switch, what is it you ask? More specifically ; Eight audio grade 100/1000 Base-T gigabit Ethernet ports make it possible to connect even the most demanding streaming setups. Significant (ie. audible) improvements can be experienced in music playback via streaming services or music stored on a NAS. The 8switch features low and high electrical noise isolation, reducing data issues that can often be apparent during the playback of high-resolution material.
Compare the increased performance and jitter measurement (90% less!) of the 8switch compared to that of a general network switch.