Computer Audio Design’s (CAD) Scott Berry firmly believes that reducing unwanted high frequency noise in a hi-fi system audibly improves the system’s sound quality. To that end, Berry has pioneered a portfolio of highly effective solutions to the problem, including the new Ethernet Control. Chris Baillie puts it to the test for online magazine Pursuit Perfect System. 

Launched earlier this year, Computer Audio Design’s (CAD) Ethernet Control is designed to reduce unwanted high frequency noise on the Ethernet network connection in audio and video equipment, thereby improving the performance of streaming-based and file-replay systems.

The Ethernet Control is intended for use with audio source components such as servers, computers, streamers and DACs, and also with amplifiers and other analogue components with RJ45 connections for service, control or configuration. The device is small, unobtrusive and simple to use, and will deliver audible results with both streaming services (Spotify, TIDAL, Qobuz, etc) and with locally stored music files.

Reviewing the Ethernet Control for online audio magazine Pursuit Perfect System, Chris Baillie, said, “You get two products in one here: an inline filter and a ground noise drain.”

Baillie auditioned “this clever device” on a variety of systems and noted that the resulting improvements in sound quality “were immediately apparent and musically beneficial”. “Music via the Ethernet Control sounded tighter and more focused, the bass appearing subjectively deeper and more controlled, and there was a better sense of ambience. The natural acoustic of the best classic, folk and classic recordings was better resolved. Electronic music… sounded cleaner and had more depth and texture.”

Read Baillie review in full online at www.pursuitperfectsystem.com/making-a-noise-about-removing-noise-cad-ethernet-control-review

Discover more about CAD’s Ethernet Control and locate your nearest specialist retailer at www.computeraudiodesign.com