Does not matter what you do. You will not be able to improve the sound quality sourcing through Tidal or Qobuz. The signal is full of jitter from upstream connections. Once that jitter is introduced, there is no way it can be changed or removed. Best place to start is with your own local files PCM or DSD. Put together a collection of your favorite music on a local disk … you can use Tidal or Qobuz for discovery. Once you have this ‘local’ music collection in place you can revisit the hardware again. Trying to improve the sound quality of Tidal and Qobuz is a fools errand.
Where should I go from here with my digital front end?
Good morning
My digital front end consists of a recently purchased Lumin U2 Mini hard wired with Supra ethernet cable from an Eero mesh unit. Modem and Eero router located on 2nd floor. My listening room is in the basement.
My listening is 100% streaming from Tidal and Quboz with a budget of under $1k
should I:
1) upgrade the supra cable
2) add an Etherregen or Eno filter
3) add an audiophile switch such as the English Electric
4) other
Thanks!