Some early Sooloos kit had integrated switches. I assumed that part of the reason why it was removed was to keep unwanted Ethernet noise out of the audio components.

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Meridian owner since 1992
Prime & PSU, Focal Elear headphones, Roon (ROCK 8Gi5 NUC), Explorer 1 & 2, F80. 200/203, various Sonos (via Roon).