Update on good Ethernet switch

Sir Isaac Newton made some observations about falling objects and developed a few basic equations to describe the motion of bodies.  It took some time for people to accept his equations.  Then Einstein came along and showed that Newton’s equations were not entirely accurate.  Still, the observations never changed.

Many of us have experienced and observed that audiophile grade ethernet switches improve the sound of streaming music.  I have even observed it dramatically improve the picture quality on my TV while streaming.  Therefore, it is an exercise in futility to insist that an ethernet switch can do nothing.  Try to be more like Einstein. 

@fredrik222 Your explanation is spot on.

On the internet data reaches the end user via hundreds of such ethernet switches.

TCP/IP protocol ensures bit perfect transmission at every stage.

If it was not true than I will see random missing letters in the data I read on my screen!!

Then why does a page fail to load sometimes and I have to refresh the screen?

Sure, it happens sometimes. It is probably due to breakdown somewhere along the data path. But the data when you finally receive it will still be bit perfect.

If this failure happens locally on a streamer/swtch then the streamer will simply not play the song!
 

As others have explained, TCP/IP is what it is.  But I love to read people rationalizing why they spent $$$$$ on Ethernet switches.