You are making my life a bit easier ( also at 70 years of age ) as I am in the same situation and looking to improve my digital streaming environment with some solid gear in place - cabling, streamer, DAC. I have watched a number of videos on this and sought out and read most of the posts here on potential routes to follow. I cant offer advice yet but can confirm the path I am heading down as it follows a similar thread to what @tshark and the others you mentioned above have suggested. My approach is three pronged with LPSU's, a switch/switches, and some type of filter. I ordered last week an LHY LPSU for my router and am looking next to add a switch - something like the DLink or the Zyxel mentioned in the post above. This is an inexpensive way to see how the switch works in the chain. If this provides some improvement, I am than willing to invest in a switch such as the LHY SW6 or similar. Lastly I will look at the various ethernet filters - something like the Etheregen, Smoothlan, or possibly a bit pricer Network Accoustics network filter. Taking this approach I can see how each step impacts the streaming and its a somewhat minimal investment vs new components. Not offering "coaching" but my 70 year thoughts as to what you are thinking through. Good luck and thanks for the thread!