Audio Grade Ethernet Cable

@hickamore I just messaged you.

I added an Ethernet filter which then uses a very short run of cable to my streamer.  Very good results and positive bang for the buck.  There are many choices out there at varying prices.

The more robust, but more expensive, way to get the noise floor down is an audio grade switch to clean up the signal. Good luck. 

@kr4 It defies any sort of logic that hand-rolled Ethernet cables would actually be better than machines built cables (or even work at all).  As you obviously know, the whole idea of a machine twisted pair cable would be to eliminate variations in the twists and overall construction of the cable. Without those precise twists in the cable, you will have a problem.

Rolling them by hand would be like building a kit car on a Beetle chassis and then entering it into Formula 1 race and then acting surprised when it doesn’t even qualify.

As to Cat 8, it’s unnecessary.  It’s not "noisy" as it can do 40GB/S, but it won’t work better, since the fastest internet widely available in the US is around 1GB/S.   

In fact, Music requires very little bandwidth;   WiFi will work just fine.  Most streamers will support both.   Have a friend switch them without telling you what he chose and see which you like best.  Or if you can tell the difference.

@goofyfoot I am occupied at present, will get back to you. 

I went back and forth on this... seems to be different takes = one side is a "bit is a bit" and it doesn’t matter, the counter that the last 3 ft do matter.  I was skeptical...but I am doing the last few tweaks to my digital path. I picked up three from the TheCableCo. One from wall to switch, one to my Aurender N20, one to my TV. =  DH Labs Silver Sonic
Reunion CAT8 Ethernet Cables & a used (half price) Synergistic Research
Ethernet Switch UEF to feed the path into my audio room...it made a difference, even the TV path had notable improvement. A good review of the switch is here along with upgrading ethernet cabling...https://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/1121/Synergistic_Research_Ethernet_Switch_UEF_Ground_Block_SE_Purple_Fuses_Review.htm.  I am now going down the rabbit hole of grounding.  Ethernet cables, for the price point, are so much more economical compared to interconnects, power cords, and speaker cables. If you finalized these first (in a digital path the interconnects really matter), then I would offer it is worth it for the final digital path of your system.