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Silent Angel

Country of origin: China

Silent Angel Bonn N8C HiFi Grade 8-port Network Switch

SKU: N8C-S-AU
Sale price$2,700.00

Includes GST. 🚚 Free shipping on orders over $100 Australia wide at checkout.

HiFi-grade 8-port network switch engineered to optimize audio streaming. It features a high-precision TCXO clock and external clock input to minimize jitter, reducing signal noise and packet errors for enhanced sound clarity and stable performance.

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Every order ships free to any address in Australia via fully tracked, insured delivery. You’ll receive a tracking link once your order is dispatched so you can follow it the whole way. Estimated delivery is 1-4 business days.

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Description

Bonn N8C

HiFi Grade 8-port Network Switch

Interference-Free Streaming Network for Pure Sound

The Bonn N8C is engineered to optimize network audio streaming. By minimizing signal noise and reducing data packet errors, it significantly improves streaming stability and sound clarity. With a high-precision TCXO clock and support for external master clock input, Bonn N8C delivers consistent, low-jitter transmission, ensuring every sonic detail reaches your system intact.

  • Built-in High-Precision TCXO
  • Noise-Free Streaming Network
  • External Word Clock Input

Network Purification Engineered for High-Fidelity Streaming

Exclusive Clock Control Module

  • 25MHz TCXO Minimizes Network Latency and Jitter Problems

Medical-Grade Power Supply Design

  • Stable power delivery isolates electrical noise from the network.

Advanced Isolation Circuit Design

  • Enhances data integrity and suppresses noise-induced errors

Professional Connectivity for High-Fidelity Streaming Systems

Equipped with 8 high-speed network ports, each with status LEDs to monitor activity and speed, ensuring optimal connectivity across all devices.

Includes a BNC input for 25MHz master clocks  and a manual toggle to switch between internal and external clock sources for high-end timing precision.

Precise and Flexible HiFi Streaming Network Environment

Exquisite Craftsmanship for Perfect Audio Creation

The Bonn N8C features a robust aluminum alloy chassis that protects against vibration, dust, and electrical noise, ensuring consistently high sound quality in any environment.

Built-in TCXO with Clock Selection Switch

Equipped with a high-precision internal TCXO oscillator and a physical switch for selecting between internal and external clock sources, the N8C ensures consistent timing accuracy, even without a master clock.

Flexible BNC Clock Input Selection

Supports either 25MHz external clocks, via a dedicated BNC port, enabling integration with the preferred master clock based on system requirements and acoustic preferences.

Engineered for Native Ethernet Precision

Learn how Silent Angel’s 25MHz clock architecture enhances network stability and reduces phase noise. By synchronizing directly with Ethernet’s base frequency, it delivers cleaner, more stable streaming performance.

Explore the 25MHz Advantage >

Tech Specs
Available Color Black, Silver
Ethernet Port 8 Gigabit Ethernet ports
Clock Input Option 25MHz
Power Input (DC) 12V/1A, 1.2W (5.5mm x 2.5mm connector)
Temperature Operating: 32 ~ 86 °F (0 ~ 30 °C)
Storage: -4 ~ 158 °F (-20 ~ 70 °C)
Humidity Operating: 10% ~ 90% RH (non-condensing)
Storage: 5% ~ 95% RH (non-condensing)
Dimensions 200(W) * 62(H) * 200(D)mm
7.88(W) * 2.45(H) * 7.88(D) inches
Weight Net: 2.8kg (6.18lbs) / Gross: 3.6kg (7.94lbs)
Certificate CE, FCC
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Warranty Information
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Why Choose Silent Angel

Silent Angel is a specialist network audio manufacturer focused on optimising the digital infrastructure that supports modern streaming-based Hi-Fi systems. Rather than treating networking hardware as generic computer equipment, Silent Angel designs products specifically for high-performance audio applications, recognising that switches, clocks, servers, and network architecture all play a meaningful role in the final sonic result of a modern digital playback system.

What makes Silent Angel particularly distinctive is the company’s ability to deliver very audible improvements within streaming systems without requiring complete system replacement. Many listeners are genuinely surprised by how much performance can be unlocked simply by replacing a basic low-cost consumer network switch with a purpose-designed audio network device such as the Silent Angel N8.

At HeyNow Hi-Fi, Silent Angel products consistently demonstrate that the network itself is now a critical link within modern Hi-Fi systems, particularly as streaming increasingly replaces traditional physical source components.

Signature Design and Sound

Silent Angel products are engineered around low-noise power supply architectures, precision clocking systems, vibration-controlled chassis construction, and highly optimised network signal management designed specifically for audio playback environments.

The N8 network switch has become particularly respected for its ability to dramatically improve streaming system performance compared with standard low-cost network hardware. Even replacing a basic $50 computer-grade switch with an N8 can introduce noticeable improvements in clarity, dimensionality, timing precision, and overall musical calmness. The sound often becomes smoother, more spatially organised, and less digitally congested, particularly within highly resolving systems.

As customers move further through the Silent Angel range, the sonic gains continue to build through increasingly sophisticated clock implementation and power supply refinement. External master clock systems operating at 10MHz and 25MHz frequencies further improve timing stability and reduce jitter throughout the digital signal chain. This contributes to greater image stability, cleaner transient behaviour, improved low-level detail retrieval, and a more natural sense of musical flow.

One of the most interesting areas within the range is the Rhein series of dedicated Roon Core servers. Unlike conventional computers such as Intel NUCs, Apple Macs, or even some off-the-shelf Roon Nucleus systems, the Rhein servers are purpose-built specifically for audio playback performance. Through optimised operating environments, low-noise architecture, precision clocking, and highly refined power implementation, the Rhein platforms are capable of delivering noticeably more open, relaxed, and natural streaming performance while also improving overall system responsiveness and library management stability.

Rather than sounding like generic computing hardware adapted for music playback, the Rhein systems feel purpose-built for serious high-end streaming systems.

Silent Angel Product Range

The Silent Angel range available through HeyNow Hi-Fi includes network switches, external master clocks, linear power supplies, music servers, dedicated Roon Core systems, and streaming infrastructure products designed specifically for modern high-performance audio systems.

Products including the N8 network switch, precision 10MHz and 25MHz master clocks, and Rhein Roon Core servers showcase the company’s philosophy that digital playback quality is heavily influenced by the stability, timing precision, and noise behaviour of the network ecosystem itself.

At HeyNow Hi-Fi, Geoff and his experienced digital audio setup team provide assistance with streaming integration, network optimisation, Roon server configuration, clock implementation, and complete digital system optimisation to ensure Silent Angel products perform at their full capability within each customer’s listening environment.

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