English Electric 8switch Gigabit Network Switch

English Electric 8switch Audio Grade Gigabit Network Switch

The 8switch by English Electric (a Chord Company brand), is an 8 port GbE Ethernet switch modified and upgraded for high-performance music streaming with high bandwidth compatibility and ultra low noise circuitry.

The 8switch features eight audio grade 100/1000 Base-T Gigabit Ethernet ports to connect even the most demanding of streaming setups.

Included in the box are resonance damping feet, used to decouple the 8switch from unwanted mechanical vibrations along with a medical-grade power supply designed to reduce electrical noise to an absolute minimum, with high power efficiency and of course short circuit and overload protection. Electrical and acoustic noise isolation is helped further by the machined aluminium enclosure.

Powered by a customised TCXO (Temperature Compensation Crystal Oscillator), accuracy is 0.1ppm – far higher than normal crystals and higher than a normal TCXO, allowing the 8Switch to generate higher accuracy network signals, which in turn helps provide more stable music data transmission. The power supply and clock generation circuits each have two electrical noise isolation circuits which ensure stable network signals. An EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) absorber helps to further reduce the noise from the digital circuit. Thanks to all of these upgrades, the 8switch plays music with 90% less jitter than its generic competitors.