pfarrell Wrote: > Jim Dibb wrote: > > But which switches/routers actually supply power that way? > > More and more every day. It is the coming thing, as you more than > save a wire, you have one less thing to worry about. > > > guess it's convenient, but with so many upgrading powersupplies, how > > many would really downgrade to the power that would come over an > > ethernet cable from some random switch? > > No audiophile would use it, but it is really convenient. > > > > This whole thing brings up an interesting thing from my office. > When > > they put in wiring for wireless access points, they put 2 ethernet > jacks > > next to each AP. I figured one was for the signal, and they were > goind > > to run power through the other one. But when they were done, each > one > > only had a single wire. This is clearly the technology used. > > There are four spare pairs in most CAT5/6 systems. > Reducing part counts is a big deal for manufacturers. > While the hated wall wart is cheap, it is far cheaper > to not have it at all. > > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html
I wasn't thinking this would generate so much debate and fun ;-) Regardless, since I run 192 kBit/sec MP3's "audiophile" quality is not my reason for this...convenience and wiring layout is. If audiophile listening and making my friends drool and my own eyes bleed with quality were the reason, I'd dust off my Revolver turntable and Mirage loudspeakers and drag my knuckles over to my milk crates of vinyl and listen to Jazz at the Pawnshop. All sarcasm aside, Pat and group, the feedback was interesting. However, unless you are listening to FLACs, if the wiring was done correctly, I don't see how any line AC hum would percolate through to the listening environment unless the volume crept up, since its essentially a 48 VDC regulated system. I plan on looking through the IEEE specs a little more and seeing if some vanilla PoE hardware would work "out of the box". Where I live, the renovations I have in mind will require an electrical permit IF extra outlets and power installation is necessary. If I do PoE, running extra CAT5 cable is a piece of tasty cake. Hmmm, PoE with those sprinkles on them....gurgle (like Homer). Squiff -- squiffy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ squiffy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3173 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21936 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
