An Audiophile in Seattle "The One Upgrade Every Streaming Audio Network Needs!" Ifi LAN ISilencer 

Remember, only 1 is needed. 2 did not make it sound better. I found best results at the router. 👍🎼✨

Paul, I just put it in yesterday. I could hear some difference right away but when I started listening this morning the difference was dramatic. Much more relaxed and natural!! I just put a pair of Focal Kanta No. 2 into my system a couple of weeks ago and was struggling with the sound being overly forward, sometimes electric guitar licks would send a beam of ringing and upper piano keys were too thin and extremely artificial sounding. This little dongle has relinquished 95% of the issues. The speakers are still forward ( I think that is their nature ) but nothing over dramatic and crazy like it was. Thanks so much for the time you put in finding these little tweaks that help in the world of streaming.

Thank you for reviewing this device. I am very impressed with this LAN silencer. In my systems (TEAC NT505 streamer). Bass reproduction improved, improved 3d sound stage and I am hearing "new" details. Really enjoying my streamer given that I am mainly an analogue biased.

🤩😎🙌thanks Paul for all your support and your great videos!!!!

I have purchased this device. I say there is a huge difference in sound. Very clean. Thanks

Great video as always, much appreciated.

Thanks for your advice.I also got my Isilencer today and I was shocked,how open it sounds. Night and day difference. Michael from Germany

I heard it immediately. U did it again, the first time with the fuse and we talked about before it WORKS!!! The Auric CD Treatment works, now this, getting it today. Thank u again. 💯❤️🍾

Great video. Thank you.

Paul, Am really enjoying the Rachel Podger "Tutta Sola" CD, just wanted to take a moment to say Thanks for turning me on to her playing.

Whew another great one !

Added one of these and 2 5V iFi power adapters to my Wiim streamer and iFi DAC. Noticeable improvement!

Hello, I also recently acquired the iSilencer lan that I connect to an Audiolab 6000N play streamer and I must admit that I am amazed at what this little box is capable of. The sound is like free, better outlined, more depth, more width, the brushing of the cymbal is just something barely believable of realism which makes the hairs of the arms shiver. For less than 90€ this thing is simply indispensable in audio and also in video. I lent it to a friend who listens to streaming music, he had trouble giving it back to me because it brought considerable changes to his listening.

Connected WAN --Everything has improved and works Thank you Czech Republic

My impressions are: better image & separation, sounds less boomy with improved low end definition and certainly more airy and transparent. Agree about soundstage depth. Thx for sharing!

Good timing! I have just heard about the Lan i Silencer and am working on my streaming quality, especially by improving my network. I've been able to put my modem and router on linear power supplies but still....I'm trying a couple of recommended switches now. After this, maybe the zLan iSilencer!

THANKS PAUL 👌🤩🤩👏👏👏💚💚💚

It took my ears a little while to adjust, but then I heard the difference after playing the line filter. More open , airy, instruments defined better, more realistic. The second play through was definately better. Nice tip.

Thanks for a great video

I've got two of these and they made a difference for the better in my streaming setup for sure. I would say the difference is not quite as big as I noted when I switched to using a decent audiophile great network switch, nor was the impact quite as big as when I started using a USB conditioner, but for the money I think this is an excellent value tweak. If you have a good streamer setup, it is well worth looking at this along with network switches, power supplies, cables and USB conditioning - done right, you can make streaming match or exceed the quality of CD playback

Ok I've had this little guy in and out of my system the last 2½ weeks. Connected to the back of my transport with an Audioquest Cinnamon ethernet cable. The main difference I consistently heard between it being in versus out was in the upper regions. My system is pretty revealing and somewhat warm by design but I immediately notice a more settling down in the upper ranges but not so much where its dead. Just kinda takes the edges off. Dampened some of the crispness in my case. I didn't notice those edges existed until screwing with this device. Mids, mid-bass, lower end, and all the other adjectives are still beautiful with or without the ifi. Like most have described, it settles things down BUT I can also see how some wouldn't like it. Depending on your system, room acoustics, ear, etc etc, some would say it killed my sound. For me, I actually prefer the edginess in some music so I could see myself enjoying my system with or without it. So yes it does change the sound but everyone will have to decide if that change is what you can/will enjoy in your system all the time.

Yup same here. I just commented on your earlier Ifi video, and I`m a believer. Ifi makes some magic products.

Right on! I just put in an upgraded pangea ethernet cable, and had a nice gain all around. Also ordered 2 synergistic research purple fuses for the streamer dac and intergrated amp. Thought I was done, but will have to get one of these on order right away. Thanks for taking the time to give your impressions and bringing awareness of such products! May I also suggest maybe trying Bybee qse passive pads. They work well on my two boxes when set on the power chord and box (amp, streamer) They recommend under equipment, which is not not as effective in my experience. Probably a comparable gain to what you achieved with the ifi. Cheers

I am accelerating the burning in by streaming 4K movies through the ISilencer - After 12 hours , significant quality benefit is apparent already.

Hai man, I bought this thing after watching your video, doesn't cost much anyway. Was VERY skeptical since I have a high end streamer. The change was immediate. It is clear and clean and tight as you said. Maybe it will change to be more organic at some point like you experienced, but its already a nice upgrade and the best low cost upgrade so far for me. Thanks man.

so first off i want to say that there aren't a lot of videos on the Ifi Lan silencer but this is by far the most informative one i have seen. I didn't want to go the fiber route as that solution requires 2 boxes which means i would have 2 more noisy switching power supplies in my system and to me it defeats the purpose of the fiber. My system Modem and router are in my basement and my audio equipment is on the firstt floor. The only way I can get internet there is wireless or moca which I have setup and is way better than wireless. I wasnt sure if the IFI would work the same on the back of my router so I plugged it into my Bluesound Node 2i. At first I noticed the changes but realized that i had the same result as you - a very bright stringent sound. I unplugged it and replugged it into my moca adapter - a little better but not an improvement and noticed a reduction in dynamics as others had stated. I decided to throw it on the back of my router which has much more traffic to break it in but I didn't think i would hear anything back through my moca setup. I turned off my system and came back the next day running it overnight. After now 2 days I am experiencing great separation and very clear highs and the dynamics are starting to improve . If it doesn't get any better i am happy but like you said it should burn in for a few weeks. So my suggestion is to place this device as far away from your streamer or PC as possible and closer to your internet source such as your modem or router. I have one router and no fancy audiophile switches on my system and it sounds fantastic! Thanks so much for a very good video!

I use several of these. Not had good experiences with other iFi products but this one really works.

Good morning. Thanks for this review as I purchased the product and plugged it into the router. The effect is striking, it's as if I had the entire hi-fi system freed up. I took care of everything in my hi-fi system and I was missing this element. The music came back to life and took on color.

4:39 I don’t stream at this time will someday. But what a beautiful view. I just celebrated Turing 65 in Seattle 2 months ago and had similar view from my hotel. Was wondering if the building next to me had any good audio systems in them. Seems I now have an answer

I picked up a Topping E50 DAC .. I put an IFI 5V Power supply on it ..and yup ..it made an audible difference..for the better . There’s an IFI fix for just about everything 😊 Take care ☕️🍕👍

Hi and thanks for a great video. I just got one and can hear the improvement right away but looking forward to hear further improvements when it's burned in. With this on my router, will I still benefit from a better psu for the router? I'm experimenting with a ifi elite on the router but it's still too early to tell if it's an improvement. As it is right now, I kind of like the sound when using the generic psu on the router. Best regards Steffen

Just ordered two so I have something to play with

I got one of these the other day. I use a PS Audio directstream DAC for Qobuz and Tidal stream, and an Oppo BDP-203 for streaming movies. I have not tested yet, but am wondering where to put it for best effect. I have a Netgear Prosafe GS108 between my internet router and the equipment. So, connect it to the internet router (out signal), the netgear switch (in signal) or directly to the DAC (in signal)?

Thanks for the video. I have looked though your videos for information about the LAN cables your are using. Can your share the cable brands you are using for LAN and USB cables?

I had a faint hum I could not shake and it turned out it was coming from my Cable system so I plugged a Galvanic isolator into the cable set top box and it cleared the system hum that was being introduced . so I know how galvanic isolators work , I can see them lowering the noise floor because it stops the signal from getting thru , better to have it and not need it than the other way around . Im getting one today

Dropouts in Tidal realy heavliy to igmp being activated on routers and possible in swithces, and also enable upstream downstream igmp snooping if those are aviable. I had that problem when i used Tidal, i now use Qobuz. I belive i will try this also. I have the Usb silencer 3.0

Thanks for you review! Would you say it made highs more airy and with better timber and pin point imaging ? I dont like recessed and faded highs , do you think it can make some difference in that regard?

Do you (or any of your subscribers) have experience with this compared to a FMC (Fiber Media Converter) set (like the "10GTek Gigabit Ethernet Media Converter")? In case you're not familiar (like I was before), this uses 2 devices where 1 converts a LAN cable to fiber (removing any noise), which then goes to the 2nd device (with a clean lineair power supply) that converts it back to LAN (which then feeds a noise free signal into your DAC). A set like this incl cables usually costs you about 100 eur (incl cheap LPS). So curious how these 2 options compare, if you need both or if they both do the same?

These really work. Combine with LHY SW-10 switches with SFP+ optical links FTLX1475D3BTL and be amazed.

Well, I ordered two audioquest ethernet cables and a couple more double shielded, high quality ethernet cables and I intended on just doing the upgrade to my streamer and PC ethernet cables, as they'll be in the mail from Amazon tomorrow. But, I saw this earlier today and I decided, especially after this video, I've got nothing to lose, I need to order it. I hope to report back good news.

I would like to propose an experiment… run a sinewave sweep and record through the line out of you gear, with and without the device plugged at 192khz 32bit. Later pass the recorded file to an fft analizer to see if there is any real difference between the files.

My router has 3 outputs. I run a Ethernet wire to my TV & another port to my Streamer. I first tried it connected to the back of my streamer. It tightens up the soundstage and imaging in a good way..slight hint of more clean decay on cymbals. Bass seems tighter & a little more focused but also a hair softer..less dynamic. I hope it will improve with burn in and change in that aspect..only had it a day now. Not sure if that compromise is worth it to me..maybe it is. Tried it into the back of my TV. Definitely an improvement. Made my TV seem more colorful..but not sure why/how it would do that. Since I use 2 outputs on my router I tried the ILAN on the input to my router..not as noticable a difference. I'll see if the ILAN improves over the next couple weeks..if so I'll probably get another one for the TV..the one for the streamer. Although I'm thinking of trying a Switch and LPS after experiencing what I have with the ILAN. I didn't get any detrimental effects no matter where I put it. Would be nice if 2 weeks from now it all of a sudden transforms to something better. Nice review..thanks.

Hi Paul. I just received ifi LAN isilencer and pluged it in on the line to my audio streamer. The sound became horrible - sharp, artificial - just as you described at the beginning of the video. Connected the unit to my PC for now to let it burn in for two weeks. I will try again later, but if it doesn't improve, I am sending the unit back.

Hi Paul great video I like you have a whole series of ifi products silencer, purifier etc but I'm wondering where is this best to plug it in? Nearer the source IE directly into my main router hub where my fibre comes into the house OR maybe into the back of my PC where I have the internet cable going in? I'm guessing if I went with source then it would benefit all devices on my house...? Id appreciate your opinion

In these tests did you turn off the Wi-Fi radios in your router? Wi-Fi imparts so much rf on Ethernet router. I have never been satisfied with streaming till I took this advice from someone in a forum. I did an a/b test Turing Wi-Fi on and off. Night and day difference. Now I have a second router for Wi-Fi only.

Hi, what is the brand/ model of that black router? :)

For burn-in purposes, will it work if I plugged this guy in anywhere in my network to get bits flowing through it before placing it inline with my audio system?

I put this device just before my EtherREGEN as a first cleanup.

Pour moi, ce Ifi Lan a fait disparaître mes hauts parleurs ! Plus d'espace, plus de musique. A1. Votre vidéo est super !

Hello, how are you? Is the MT5 very good? Can you please tell me about your experience? thank you

Hello, I have a Netgear AX2700 Cable Modem/Router (Cable attached) so I assume I don't the option to apply the Ifi LAN ISilencer like you mention in the video to the router end. I have a Bluesound streamer which I have connected to the router along with TV's and computer all hardwired. Is my best option to just to connect this device to the back of the Node? Also to improve the router output should I plug into my power conditioner? I see no Ifi power supply's that will output 12V at 3.5A.

I just installed my lan silencer and it does what it says going into my streamer I think the next one will be going into my TV for the streaming on the smart TV

What be your recommendation in my set up ? Only one ifi plugged into my router between that and the streamer ? Or one more plugged into the other port of the router connected to the NUC which has my hard drives connected? I am only running Roon. Thanks

A few questions: - You found 2 did something good and then at the end, 2 wasn't recommended? - If you have a modem and a router, would you just plug one of these into the WAN port on the modem going to the router? Or would you have to plug one into each of the LAN ports on the router?

I just got mine and with just an hour of use the bass is more controlled and polite. But the bass was not muddy without it, like it had more reverb before. Not sure which bass I like more. The treble with it installed is way better already. Sibilance is gone. I feel some dynamics are reduced with it in, this could be lack of burn in.

Hi Paul from New Zealand, I have a separate modem and router should I put the ifi in the WAN on the router connected to the modem or in a input on the router then a lan cable to my intergrated streaming amp ?

I bought one and tested it in my system, but it made no difference at all. I assume that the inputs on my MSB streaming DAC already filters out/does galvanic separation so that another external filter has not any impact.

did you find there was some improvement using the ethernet cable from Wireworld?

Is it a wireworld chroma 8 ethernet cable the ifi silencer is attached to? If so doesnt the chroma cable have superb sheilding

For some reason I can’t find our email conversation I need to talk to you preferably over the phone so if you can please reach out to me. It’s about exactly what you’re talking about in this video I’m going through the same thing and I need to ask you some questions if you don’t mind . Thank you so much for this video man couldn’t have came at a better time!

are you using any specific brand of switches?

What is the yellow ethernet cable?

So did you end up just plugging it into the router or into the back of the DAC?

what ethernet cable are you using ?

I see you put the iSilencer on the output from your router. Doesn't it make better sense to put it on the input of your streamer? Ethernet cables are very susceptible to noise, so I figure it makes most sense to put the iSilencer at the end of the chain, not the beginning.

Why wouldn't the manufacturer burn in the device before shipping it to the fulfilment house (Amazon)? You pay a premium, so why wouldn't they make it ready for use?

Now I have tried it. I let it burn-in for 50 hours and started my listen session. The sound was to warm and the bass muddy. I guess that's it's to much with the EtherRegen and the iFi in the signal path. Then I experiences the same as you! I removed the iFi and the sound was just better then ever, WTF!! So I will keep one to scrub my router with and return the other. I bought two

1 or 2? 1 for ethernet into amp or at router. Or both. Thanks.

So you’re running 2 lan isilencers there? Just wanted to clarify

how about jitter? All streaming servises have it.....bzzzzzz not in music.... Try to play vocal song it's like you fishing songs in the sea of.. Jitter I try it hope it works

Cool apartment, beautiful view.

What about data centers which host streaming music? They don't use any of that nonsense.

Absolutely unnecessary and expensive. Unfortunately I bought it and I am not happy with it at all. Not only did it not improve anything, it even worsened the dynamics in the music. Make her sound dull and clipped.

Did you try A/Bing using a double blind test? Ethernet offers galvanic isolation by design. It is disappointing that this field based on hard engineering / science has so much snake oil peddling under the guise of risk free trials.

Do a blind test.

If something like that actually affects the bits coming from the internet something is wrong

So you're trying a one USD HX5084NL Pluse isolator you already have inside your switch and found it useful ... our planet is doomed

Streamers exchange data with servers using a network protocol named TCP (or equivalent) which guarantees the integrity of data (FLAC format for example). To me, this thing is complete bullshit, sorry.

Dropouts because of router power.... 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂