Ethernet Switch on Devialet

[CongoFather]

I also think and had a similar experience that not using Expert CI Board for streaming would give better results. I use Pi2Design Mercury Streamer which has very low jitter values and excellent SPDIF and AES output for Devialet. When I use it(Mercury Streamer) with a very optimized, Audio-focused Linux operating system like Gentooplayer and run everything directly on RAM with Bit-perfect output, the results are fascinating. You'll probably receive similar or even better results if you use a very good DDC like Denafrips Gaia.

Using audiophile switch and a fiber-optical network between the audio stream(NAS/Router and other digital sources) and the audio devices devices(streamer, Devialet) improves the sound(clarity, blacker background) significantly. I use SOTM SNH-10G (Devialet and Streamer are connected to it) and a managed Ubiquiti Fiber Edge10X Switch(NAS/Router/ISP and other digital sources are connected to it and audio traffic is prioritized on it) for other sources.