People are free to add whatever they want to their network and enjoy the bling. Just to balance the conversation, however, there are many in the audio world that do not believe tweaking networks as described in this thread have any benefit whatsoever. As above, please believe as you wish. But I have never seen a trained network engineer agree with the rationale for these devices.
Help optimizing my streaming setup
My streaming setup is pretty simple and sounds very good right now, but I'm wondering if I can do anything between the router and the streamer to make it better. I'm not interested in a DAC upgrade at this time. My virtual system is not up to date. The system is:
Verizon FIOS router>6 meter DH Labs Reunion Cat 8 ethernet cable>Aurender N100SC>Oyaide DR-510 spdif>DAC
Since I'm able to hardwire the streamer to the router, would a switch provide any benefit? I'm aware of the Eno that some of you guys seem to like and have been looking into them. Would an LPS for the router do anything? Is there anything else I can do?