The connector quality can make a big difference in my AQ Diamond they use very expensive telegartner ethernet connectors $30 each vs what most use $5
super precision and with the super high purity Silver a excellent interconnect
it does take around 300 hours to fully settle in similar to their Diamond usb I am pretty happy with there is always better ,but how much do you want to spend ?
hdmi used as I2S is probably the best I use that with upsampler .using Wireworld best $400 a meter is reasonable.