Bridged Ethernet Any Pro's or all Cons?

[wklie (Peter Lie)]

I think it is.

As far as I know, some people from A novel way to massively improve the SQ of computer audio streaming - Music Servers - Audiophile Style advocate a bridged topology to improve SQ. I have not looked into what theories, if any, those guys came up with to explain the SQ improvement though.

Another recent thread about a bridged setup is here:

RAAT and Routing

I’m using Ubuntu 18.04 with the MSB Renderer, and my question pertains to the Ubuntu bridge and RAAT (and perhaps lower level protocols). Would you please address the following question to your Linux experts? My Ubuntu server (with Roon Core) has a dual Ethernet card, both connections slaved to a bridge in Ubuntu, with one slaved connection to the LAN and the other to the renderer. In theory this configuration provides a direct Ethernet connection between Core and renderer, the sonic benefits o…

The trick to getting it work is that there must not be multiple subnets, and multicast packets need to be allowed to pass through the bridge.