I can't say I share that experience. By biggest problem with player is lake of chromecast on IOS and half balled chromecast on Android (lake of volume level, default 10% volum, doesn't see my speaker pair, doesn't always discover chromecast devices).
Agreed the PCI layout is bad. My problem is the x16 slot.
I would prefer 8 slots/onboard with PCIe5 x2 from CPU. From the chipset 2 slots of PCIe4 x2. This would probably adequate IO. Aiming for 2x25 Gbits performance.
I think a exception can be made for industrial service (infrastructure, bankterminals) run on a dedicated MPLS network. With low bandwidth <1Mbit/s but higher level of reliability (low packaging drop).
On a per app level is definition of no net neutrality.
Think you need to prefix it with Skyss :P