Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion Meridian - Streaming LAN isolator anyone?

...apart from the OP - perhaps you missed that.

With regard to use of this device on the ethernet connections, per my previous post it appears to be reducing noise at 5KHz (which may or may not be present on the system in question).
Any device that affects the response at one frequency will have effects at all frequencies.
So maybe the questions should be:
is Meridian hardware affected by "noise" on ethernet in the 5KHz region? Bob Stuart is not short of experience in this field so it is reasonable to suggest that noise immunity is strong and has been considered in detail.

Clearly reducing any noise is beneficial however if this benefit is then outweighed by the effects of signal/edge distortion at higher frequencies which frankly are more likely to affect sound due to timing and jitter issues that could be introduced. Again Mr Stuart's expertise in low jitter PLLs is second to none so it is difficult to quantify this.
In the absence of being able to make detailed and comparitive electronic measurements on actual M systems, we have to rely on peoples acoustic experience and I am the first to acknowledge that acoustically it is possible to perceive differences that are nigh on impossible to explain technically.

I am mildly concerned at the nature of the SQ improvements perceived. We all love a valve amp - sounds beautiful - but is it accurate? Could this be an artefact of effects to the form of the high frequency data?

At the end of the day at $200 it is not exactly bankrupting for those with systems of many $1,000s. So for ethernet use why not give it a try. A few reports back should fairly quickly confirm whether positive as experienced so far/just different or even negative.