{"id":278477,"date":"2025-02-28T07:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T07:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecoustics.com\/products\/ee1-plus\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T21:57:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:57:41","slug":"ee1-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoustics.com\/products\/ee1-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"English Electric’s EE1 Plus Ethernet Noise Isolator is For Those Suffering From a Case of the Jitters?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chord Company is well-known for its extensive line of interconnect and related products and has announced a new product from its English Electric<\/strong> brand<\/strong>, the EE1 Plus Network Noise Isolator.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Built on the previously released EE1<\/a>, the EE1 Plus<\/strong> refines the ability to reduce noise that may be present in network-connected\/streaming systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EE1 Plus fits between Ethernet cables, eliminating the network noise often generated by household devices, without hindering digital signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The EE1 Plus requires no power to connect and operate. It converts unwanted noise into heat. This ensures digital data quality remains unaffected. It features galvanic isolation, targeted common-mode filtering, and Chord Company\u2019s proprietary ARAY technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noise reduction can be achieved in various configurations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Between a data switch and a streamer\/server.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Between a server and a streamer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Between a router and a data switch. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Further reduction can result in connecting additional devices, such as between a router and a data switch, and between the switch and a streamer. The EE1 Plus is made from precision-machined aluminum and includes two decoupled isolation feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Note<\/strong>: Chord Company<\/a> (cable maker)<\/a> and Chord Electronics<\/a> (high-end audio component maker) are separate companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Bottom Line<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Chord Company offers a wide range of affordable interconnect and loudspeaker cabe solutions, but their two most recent product releases, the PhonoARAY<\/a> and EE1 Plus (through its English Electric brand) are designed for audiophiles with either terrible grounding issues or “contaminated” Ethernet lines that are impacting musical enjoyment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    All of us have experienced grounding issues with a turntable, but that’s often solved with a secondary ground wire or rerouting power and interconnect cables around the affected components — and it cost nothing. Some of us have used cheater plugs from Home Depot for $4 and solved the problem that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But when it comes to home networks, routers, switches, and network streamers — the problem can usually be solved by using a better router or higher quality “generic” CAT7 or CAT8 cables (if you insist on being that fancy). Spending hundreds of dollars on a solitary noise isolator seems like a questionable ask unless nothing else works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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