Curiousjim...good answer.
Repeater/extenders are evil!
As highly recommended by dCS, I had the Xfinity tech move the router/modem to near the DAC and Streamer. All he had to do was run the coax line around the outside of the house and connect it to an existing cable coax that was already there in the wall. It took about an hour and only cost me $70 for the service call.
Guess if you have no existing wall port, it would be fairly simple to drill and create one. Maybe in that case there would be a bit more cost.
But go for it!
For decades, I was a die hard analog guy. Previously, I only used my DAC for TV. Music was way digital sounding. Edgy, hard, disturbing. No more.
It still does not sound more organic than analog, but I now find myself enjoying streaming and not listening much to my TT. I am finally enjoying the benefits of digital. Even though not perfect, the soul of the artists shine through.
If you are connecting by using an extender, get rid of it and hard wire directly to your modem/router.
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@mglik congrats on the new Aurender streamer!!! I have good news and not so good news for you. Good news - Aurender caches your streamed music to a large SSD cache Not so good news - Because the Aurender caches the songs and or playlists onto its built in SSD cache, as long as you have adequate download speed, bringing the router over and hard wiring from router to Aurender or using mesh network or a good extender will unlikely to make any audible difference, so you kind of spent $70 that you didn’t need to spend. But you have a piece of mind which is priceless. Enjoy!!! As a side note…I’ve never compared direct vs. mesh network but I can tell you I have absolutely no issues with the EERO strategically placed around the house. |
@curiousjim It is not your ears but it may be your neighborhood!! :) A good Wifi signal can do justice to any music, but wifi signals do go bad. I’m lucky enough to live in a detached home with excellent wall to wall signal coverage and no channel conflicts with my neighbors. When I lived in an apartment complex I was not so lucky and every channel on either band was swamped. Some of those problems were made worse because of the Xfinity routers which put out separate SID’s for their mobile service in addition to the one you paid for, so twice as many signals would be out per router. I'm also lucky enough to have a dedicated Ethernet from my data closet to my TV and entertainment center as well as my work PC, and I absolutely use it.
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Hey curiousjim: my placebo brain tells me that Powerline adapters make the power dirty in your house - I have used these for various applications in my house but always unplug them for serious listening - I ended up running a 60 foot Cat6 cable but I'm thinking of moving my modem instead, which would require running the coax cable to a spot near my hifi rig I also turn off my fridge and hot tub at the breaker box.... don't forget the dimmers as well |
I don’t think anyone’s too worried about signal strength/drops when they have a 1gbps connection and hefty modems/routers these days...it’s the noise...
For example... Call some hifi nerd on your cellphone. Borrow wife’s phone and call another hifi nerd. Set both active cellphones next to the wifi receiver of your hifi streaming device. Sit back at your listening position and see how it goes... |
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