Improving streaming SQ

@rareace , I didn't do a formal A/B with LPS on the router.   But I remember a slight uplift in SQ.  At the time, I was using Netgear Powerline adaptors to get ethernet to my streamer from the router. (this uses house electrical wire to send packets)   I was having intermittent dropouts.  The LPS on the router solved it.  So the change did "something".  I no longer use the Powerline stuff, and run a long cable to the streamer.

In theory, with the Gigafoil downstream it shouldn't matter.  I should A/B router LPS.  If I do, I'll report back.

Thanks for sharing your experience of using the ENO after the gigafoill. I've been considering it.  I'm going to try it out now.  I think the Gigafoil is a great, but little-known, product.  Thanks for sharing the etheregen experience, too.  Been wondering how it stacked up against the GFv4.

@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.