Improving streaming SQ

@veroguy Sounds good. Let me know if you do!

For those wanting to save some money compared to @audioengr‘s solution: inserting an Apple Airport Extreme to your ethernet and connecting it to the server via a Meicord ethernet cable achieves much the same thing for not much money

@veroguy  Have you considered adding a network switch after your router but before your Gigafoil?  I have a similar setup to yours...Router to BJ Cat6 cable to Gigafoil v4 (HDPLEX LPS) to AQ Diamond to my DAC.  I've been reading up on network switches...and was curious if you've tried it before.....The Gigafoil was my latest addition and I'm happy with the results so far!  

I have heard significant improvements in sound quality by adding the following to my Ethernet set-up:

(1) An English Electric 8Switch after a 50-foot run of BJC Cat 6a cable coming from my router.

(2) The high quality Network Acoustics streaming Ethernet cable connected to the switch  

(3) The Network Acoustics ENO filter, with its short built-in cable coming out of the ENO and connecting to my Innuos server/streamer.

This configuration is very similar to the pre-streamer approach described by @audioengr earlier in this thread, but I am using a different network switch, different Ethernet cables, and the ENO filter rather than the EMO isolator. I directly compared the isolator to the ENO filter in my system, and the ENO filter was significantly better at removing harshness and noise while allowing realistic high-frequency "life" and "sparkle" to come through. Other network switches may be a bit more or a bit less effective than the EE 8Switch in improving sound quality, depending on the cost/design of the unit and the power supplies used. As usual, cables matter, too, but the Network Acoustics streaming cable is an excellent cable and has worked well for me.

@calgarian5355  - I was considering adding a switch to my chain that includes the gigafoil v4.

But I bought the ENO a few months ago, and it was an uplift in SQ.  Very happy with the surprising results - knowing how the gigafoil works.

At first, I wasn't too impressed with the ENO.  By itself, it was good - about on par with the gigafoil by itself.  But together, it was a step backwards.  As a test, i switched out the ethernet cable between the gigafoil and the ENO (Sablon Panatella) with a Blue Jeans cable.  There we go!

Weird that the Sablon cable didn't play nice when used with those two devices.  Maybe it and the Blue Jeans have different grounding techniques?

I'm thinking about trying the Network Acoustics cable.  Overall, I can endorse the ENO with the Gigafoil as an improvement, in my system.