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Wireless to Ethernet Adapter for DAC

I stream Tidal through a PS Audio Perfectwave DAC with the Bridge circuit. The Bridge input is an ethernet cable from a router, located in another room. Faced with the prospect of laying a permanent run of ethernet cable in a split-level house, I researched wireless-to-ethernet adapters (e.g. https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Universal-Ethernet-Adapter-WNCE2001/dp/B003KPBRRW). Internet is piped to the house via optical fiber at 500 Mbps down/50 up, and the wireless reception in the DAC room is about 300 Mbps down/40 up. Does anyone have experience using the linked wireless-to-ethernet adapter or a similar device as input for a DAC? If yes, any difference in the sound integrity vs. using ethernet directly from the router?
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audioengr
3,282 posts
 
I sell a WIFI to wired Ethernet adapter with hot-rodded Hynes LPS that sounds virtually identical to wired Ethernet.

In addition, I highly recommend these between the adapter and the DAC:

1) 0.5m Wireworld Platinum Ethernet cable to the isolator
2) EMO EN-70e isolator
3) 1.5-2.0m Wireworld Platinum Ethernet cable to the DAC

Steve N.
Empirical Audio

gdnrbob
4,444 posts
 
Yup, I use a Netgear WNCE 300, to get a 5ghz signal to my aged Bluesound Node (only 2.5 ghz capable). It works like a charm.
I am thinking of wiring the house, as it isn't very hard, thankfully. 
But, I can't say if it sounds better. What I can say is that it sounds pretty darn good for a wireless signal.

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sbank
3,378 posts
 
@rwroberts With same issue in a rental where I can't add long ethernet cable after much research I settled on this one
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Y3QYTS6/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Can't say if it's better than the Netgear, but it crushes regular wifi and considering aural memory is suspect, I don't hear much detriment vs. my old ethernet connection in my old place. Cheers,
Spencer
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
Build a mesh network. Use one of the mesh routers, close to your PS Audio DAC for ethernet.
erik_squires
16,059 posts
 
Here’s a cheap solution, and you’ll learn something building it:

https://www.instructables.com/id/Share-WiFi-With-Ethernet-Port-on-a-Raspberry-Pi/

The nice thing about the Pi is that it's dual band WiFi compatible.
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