If the switch is causing noise on your power lines, you could try direct-connect to the NAS, but leave the switch plugged in where you normally keep it. If you still think the direct-connect sounds better, then you can probably rule out the hypothesis that the switch is introducing noise on the power lines.
If the switch is introducing noise to the SB3 across the ethernet cable, you could either try wireless or try a different cable. In any case, the only hypothesis that does not violate the laws of physics is that the switch is introducing noise somewhere. If the network packets are getting there in time to keep the SB3's buffer from emptying, it is EXACTLY the same as direct-connect, and the timing does not matter. -- jeffmeh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55950 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
