There is no free lunch.

So true, that's why my media/HT room is sealed and damped (walls, floors, ceiling, corners and panel traps) to make it lossy and linear across the audio spectrum. To offset that damping requires more power at normal listening levels and to keep that power noise-free and controlled when louder than normal, I have isolated “separately derived” (NEC Article 250.30) power from a 220V feed to the room.


https://wirexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/MidAtlantic-White-Paper.pdf

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/networ...g-noise-innuos-phoenix-switch-ignores-reality

A new three-port network switch designed for audiophiles has become available to purchase. Priced at an astronomical $4,349, the Innuos PhoenixNET comes with a multitude of eyebrow-raising audio quality claims about signal purity, low noise, better instrument separation, and enhanced realism. However, adding insult to our already injured intelligence, this premium-priced switch offers paltry 100 Mbps performance, as it the company claims that older / slower technology “results in lower operating noise floor compared to Gigabit.”

Choices for the audiofool.

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/networ...g-noise-innuos-phoenix-switch-ignores-reality

Choices for the audiofool.

Fiber would provide literal, measurable noise reduction (not necessarily at the audio out) compared to Cat wire -- due to elimination of ground loops.

For the price, I'm surprised they didn't go there.

 

hehe...you want to make up a nostalgic BT audio compilation with under 29$ in a wild wild web owned by capitalists and weapon dealers,
the only thing you can play is "The Last of the Mohicans" song then :--p