Which Ethernet filter?

I started with Fibre Optic converters similar to what’s shown on the Green Computer website but ftom amazon and much cheaper (looks like it’s the crap). That did improve some things and it gave me a taste of what’s possible.
I started this post to get some more thoughts on the subject.
The fibre optic media converters lowered the noise floor but also thinned out the presentation and imparted this slight dryness in the midrange. In a long run I couldn’t live with it. So I gave the Network Acoustics Eno a try and am really enjoying it. As @lalitk pointed out, smooth and natural presentation.
I heard the EtherREGEN is also solid. But I kind of dig the Eno - no power supply to worry about, no power wires to run.

Ultimately, only trying this in your system will show wether or not you like one network filter or switch over another. 

@p05129 agreed on good components. Very important!
However, a good filter like the Eno or an internet switch like the EtherREGEN can help improve sound further.
In my system the Network Acoustics Eno helps relax the overall presentation smoothing out the sibilance, opening up the soundstage and that attributes to a more natural presentation. This was the case with the Lumin U1 Mini/Benchmark DAC 3 HGC combo I was running and continues to do so with my current DAC the Bricasti M3 with a built in network player. And the M3 is already a very refined sounding D to A converter. I’m using EERO mesh network and I think it might be injecting noise into the analog signal it feeds via the Ethernet cable. The filter cleans it up a bit making the job of the network player/renderer slightly easier.

At least that’s the explanation that makes sense to me.

@lalitk my DAC upgrade materialized!

@lollipopguild give it a shot with amazon. Return it if it didn’t produce the results you’re expecting. Get ready for additional wire mess though…hehehe 

@lalitk the M3 network player is a pure renderer. It has no UI. So it kind of marries you to Roon. Another option if Roon is not at play is Mconnect (not a fan, I use Roon). 

I have compared my Lumin U1 Mini to the Ethernet wired Bricasti M3 and I didn’t hear anything from Lumin that the Bricasti player isn’t already doing. In addition, the M3 was slightly smoother without any loss in resolution.
Lumin was connected to the Bricasti DAC via Audience AU24SE+ USB cable.

So, over a week into Bricasti at this point and I’m loving it! Running it off the EERO-> Network Acoustics Eno streaming system. Lumin’s boxed up, heading to a new home soon. I’m hanging onto the Audience USB cable for now…it’s too good to let go and might come in handy you never know….

@lalitk Yeah a relationship with Roon can be one of love/hate type but lately it’s been OK plus Roon works great with this DAC. 
I’ve not graduated to the level of Taiko Extreme or Merging + player yet.  I’ll be enjoying things at this level for a bit 

@lalitk very true! Thanks!

@wsrrsw +1 Less is more.

@lollipopguild Eno is very good and is enough to take care of filtering out garbage that lives in the analog signal traveling thru the Ethernet cable messing up our listening experience. Any time you think you need to add more crap to the Ethernet chain before or after Eno, in my opinion that’s the time to think about upgrading components instead of adding more clutter.