We have been over network switches here extensively, including the Alpha Audio article that is behind the paywall, and including the comments of Alpha Audio themselves, here:
Stereophile mentions some changes in the perception of listening through the Silent Angel Bonn NX, the same that I mentionned in my thread above:
Listening to music with the Bonn NX, I immediately heard, or thought I heard, an intensification. Most of you know what I mean—everything seemed more vivid, even the silences (“blacker background” and all that).
It had to do with the structure of the soundstage especially with large-scale music such as symphonies: They had better separation between instrumental sections. By “better separation,” I mean that the spaces between sections (first violins, violas, double basses) became blacker (or let’s say darker gray) and deeper.
It sounds better: darker background, better stage dimensions, more sparkling…