Ethernet Switch- what's the point?

Jeff / Earl: my apologies. Not sure who controls the Audiogon posting today, but I thought I’d apologize. You and I are in the same “camp” most of the time (other than The Orange related stuff). But you keep attacking me for some unexplained unexpected reason, whatever that is.

@thyname 

Just ignore the likes of Freddy….it’s best not to engage them. I am glad to hear you’re loving the Muon Pro. 

@thyname first off I am not Earl, Jeff or any other name in your head. You also need to get a sense of humor the joke was Freddy is the bear. I will never address you ever again. The EJDS runs deep in you. 

I thought so. Thanks. Carry on

Nate - a switch, apart from being a convenient device to increase the number of ports you have available for attaching things to your router, will often improve the sound. To do this it needs to be a good quality switch. It does this by reclocking the data and removing ‘noise’ (rfi/emi noise) which your router may inject into the digital path through its poor shielding and power supply. 
My experience tells me you need a good quality switch but not necessarily an expensive audiophile one. For example a second hand Cisco 2960 to my ears sounds as good as audiophile ones I have tried.   Cisco make high quality business switches in vast quantities hence prices are low (especially second hand prices which are next-to-nothing) for arguably a better quality piece of hardware than a small production run audiophile switch.