andrews
pfm Member
I too was also a sceptic, but a £50 secondhand Cisco 2960 from eBay, taught me to trust my ears.
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I too was also a sceptic, but a £50 secondhand Cisco 2960 from eBay, taught me to trust my ears.
You have this backwards. Before buying the Cisco you already had made the decision to "trust your ears". And that is the reason why you then heard it as sounding different.
andrews
pfm Member
I am sorry about your failure to comprehend what I wrote, as the syntax is unambiguous.
As an aside, if I had not obtained an audible benefit, the Cisco would have been re-sold via Ebay.
duckworp
pfm Member
The Cisco is an amazing switch. Built in such vast numbers that it gained from economies of scale which no audiophile switch can ever do. And even then the cost was high when new, due to its excellent components and build. Second-hand at around £40 the 2960 represents one of the great bargains in audio.
What's more you can add an optical converter at the other end, just before your streamer, and thereby get a fibre network for just a small amount more.
In a decent system you can’t help but hear an improvement to the sound of network-sourced music with a Cisco, whether using Ethernet or fibre. Unless of course you’re determined not to hear a difference, then confirmation bias will ensure that you won’t.
I hope you realize how utterly unlikely it is that anything in the quote above is true.
Darth Vader
From the Dark Side
You are banging your head against a brick wall of ignorance. Anywho its their money and if it makes them any happier let them play. After all some peeps will pay £10K+ for a watch that doesn't tell the time any better than a £100 one. However it looks nice eh?
Cheers,
DV
yet, you too insist to bang your head! must be some weird life of endless fun!
Darth Vader
From the Dark Side
mansr
Objectionist
It feels great when you stop.
Discopants
FTM
Good for you for having the sense to try, please let us know how you got on. I hope somebody factory reset yours with the special cable. I had to get mine done for it to pass any audio or video when I first got it.
The 2940/60 8port series should have a mode switch on the front panel, press it for >8seconds and the switch is reset. I've never seen them described as amazing before 
they are built to a price and basic functionality, I doubt Cisco has home audio users in mind when they designed it.
they are built to a price and basic functionality, I doubt Cisco has home audio users in mind when they designed it.
Amber Audio
This is the Day
AFAIK you only need a console cable/Cisco geek if you want to use the fancy features and need to clear the config, reset the password, as NRG says hold down the Mode button, power it up, wait 8 to 10 seconds and let go, that “should” turn it into a simple unmanaged single VLAN device that’ll work fine for home use.
Amber Audio
This is the Day
Amber Audio
This is the Day
Discopants
FTM
I had an automation engineer friend reset mine with a console cable I managed to borrow from work.
Built to a price point , yes sure what isn't , these did used to sell for several hundred quid back in the day. I paid £40 for mine from eBay.
Built to a price point , yes sure what isn't , these did used to sell for several hundred quid back in the day. I paid £40 for mine from eBay.
andrews
pfm Member
There do seem to be a number of variants, with some of the later (white case) units using an external power supply. I would suggest trying to get one of these (a bit more pricy and rarer) as thiss offers the possibility of adding a better power supply if desired
Discopants
FTM
The switched mode power supplies are well designed , and units have good earthing. If you wanted to convert though to DC it would be possible to modify. I use mine with a missing link power chord which has a ferrite and this definitely helps to lower the noise floor. I also run this on a separate power bar to my hifi components.