@audphile1 I was not using the same cable. I was using an HDMI cable from my disc player to the D.BOB and a DH Labs coax cable from the D.BOB to the DAC. So I would think the USB cable added an advantage for the streaming over the disc playback.
My DAC only takes one coax cable and one USB cable, so there would not be much practical value to connecting both sources with the same type of cable. Currently, my Hermes DDC is malfunctioning, so that wasn't even advantaging the SACD playback (I used to have the DDC connected via I2S cable to my DAC, just for the disc player.).
Your remark about the ethernet filter is interesting. I did disconnect a MUON ethernet filter when I was having trouble with the Mk3, and haven't returned it back to the system. I also have an inexpensive medical-grade ethernet surge filter I disconnected. Do you think that would have a negative effect on sound quality? We don't have electrical storms often where I live, just the occasional power outage due to wind, so I'm not greatly concerned about the surge protection. I could just turn off the streamer during periods of extra high wind speeds.

