I’m more then happy to share my experience on the subject and have been doing so. However this may be the wrong thread for it as people seem to think these are mandatory to get good performance from the Extreme. While the magnitude of these are in fact significantly reduced when the Extreme is in play, making all of them minor tweaks.
Let me put it this way, all of the networking tweaks combined have significantly less effect then one of our Daiza platforms. And the Extreme has very extensive “anti vibration” measures built into its construction already.
This has been a very healthy discussion so far in discussing many tweaks or to me implementations of networking that can make a positive impact with the SGM Extreme.
Except for the few lucky owners of the SGM Extreme, others maybe interested to just find out more which ultimately may pave the way for an upgrade to Emile's fine server.
Discussions with further exposure with what works or not is invaluable information, possibly with Mike trying more exotic cable implementations and related ancillaries that will be required with any server, but in this case the SGM Extreme.
After all, customers unvesting in a SGM Extreme will also go the extreme to want to ensure everything in the setup has been optimal.
This will also allow for further optimisation of the SGM server and recommendations of the server setup for even more sonic bliss users are already from the already highly tuned and tweaked SGM Extreme.
It may be the best for Emile to explore and recommend what possibly works as a improvement or not particularly in line with advancing the sonics in the right direction of the advancingbthebstreaming performance of the SGM Extreme.
It is important to understand exactly what and how Emile responds as many would not have the experience and exposure with differences in the supporting network implementation to know how it responds.
Clearly, Emile stated that certain implementation is less important or impactful with the SGM, but there may be certain ones when explored that may produce greater benefits when used with the Extreme.
It has certainly been my same conclusions and totally agree with Emile that a server of high level will need less of these so called tweaks, but almost certainly, the better offerings like adding a clocked Sotm switch and some other minimal audiophile networking implementations can be recommended in the network setup for Extreme users that will be worthwhile and beneficial to implement. If not, even mandatory at Emile's advice.
Even if some of these improvements may not be as large as when implemented with other lesser server, will be considered as an important improvements with the Extreme.
I also sharr my experience that for lesser servers, these tweaks certainly bridges the performance gap till a point and where as Emiles states, adding certain tweaks will impact less with the Extreme.
This is exactly what i have experienced upgrading from lesser streamers with much network implementations reinforces my understanding and totally convinced that all the network tweaks will never approach a decently setup Extreme which has been finely tuned by Emile from just his one sentence.
I would love to read and learn more from Emile through this thread in which areas can prove more to have an impact with the SGM Extreme, whether testing different ethernet, usb cables and fibre implementations.
