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Just placed the order... should arrive next week.

Just got mine today and testing it right now...

I connected 3 sources to it: High Quality Marantz CD Player, Cheap Denver DVD Player, Asus O!Play media player. DVD Player was powered off so I guess it can be addressed as dead quiet source...

I connected the output to the line-in in my macbookpro.

I started recording and did some "stress" tests. I tried switching between all sources, stopped and playing music. What impressed me most was that even when switching between 2 playing sources the transition was very smooth... I couldn't notice any clicks, glitches or clipping in the recording.

What didn't impress me as much was when I tested the difference from recording through the switcher to connecting the source directly to my macbook. With the CD player, which has a very low noise output, with the cd stopped and mac's input level at max, when I connected the cd player through the switcher (regardless of having other sources connected to it or not) I got a lot more noise. This could be due to the extra cabling, but I'll run some more tests...

Doing the same test with the Asus O!Play, didn't show any difference between connecting directly or through the switcher, but the noise level from this source was considerably higher than that from the cd player.

I'll run some more tests later with different cables.

Overall, considering the price, I'm satisfied with this product, specially with the smoothness of the transition between sources.

bgravato wrote: ... when I connected the cd player through the switcher (regardless of having other sources connected to it or not) I got a lot more noise. This could be due to the extra cabling, but I'll run some more tests...

Doing the same test with the Asus O!Play, didn't show any difference between connecting directly or through the switcher, but the noise level from this source was considerably higher than that from the cd player.

I'll run some more tests later with different cables.

This could certainly be a big contributor to the noise Bruno. I ran through several of my RCA leads before I settled on the least noisy combination.

Formerly I was running with a set of high quality (aka expensive) leads for the pre-amp straight to the Edirol soundcard. Now I have not only the switch but also an additional, non, optimal (aka cheap) pair of RCA leads from the switch to the soundcard. As the switch and the soundcard are sitting in close proximity I seem to remember that my local hi-fi shop sells vert short high quality RCA leads for close proximity kit - so I am thinking about acquiring a pair of those.

But in daily use the switch is doing it's job well, switching easily between my FM tuner and my TT. I'm sure that in the long run this will be much better than the continual swapping of my RCA leads.

WC

I'm connecting it to a pair of computer speakers, with built-in preamp (Creative Gigaworks T40). It's a pretty good pair of speakers for computer speakers, but I doubt I'll notice any difference in noise level when listening through them...

It also looks with the furniture and the rest of the equipment... fits perfectly between the left speaker and the O!Play And it surely will save me a lot of time in the long run, than switching the cables on the back of the speakers and having a bunch of cables hanging behind it

Thank you very much WC for finding and suggesting this little piece of equipment!