I had an Ethernet cable run about 75 feet from my router to my listening room for $600. Much better idea than the mesh router path.
If you’re handy, you could do it yourself for under $100.
Streamer Recommendation.
Budget 7000US$. (+/-)
System: Amplification: Luxman L 509X. Speakers: Joseph Audio Perspective. DAC: PS Audio Perfect Wave. CD/SACD PS Audio Perfect Wave. Streamer: BlueSound Node 2.I
I am limited to WiFi, due to my router location. I would like a high quality streamer without DAC that will provide a noticeable improvement over the entry level Node.
Any assistance would be very helpful.
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I was Wi-Fi limited and tried extenders that sort of worked and finally ended up with the Netgear Powerline 2000. Had it about a year and it works great! Not one blip in a year! All the best. |
+1 @musicfan2349 on keeping the mesh satellite at least a few feet away from other audio electronics, especially tube preamps, and plan to use a good quality Ethernet cable to connect from the satellite into the unit. |
OP here. I want to thank all the kind posters above. What a wealth of helpful information. I am leaning toward a Auralic Aries G2.1 (DAC less) transport with 2 TB SSD storage. I should make my purchase at the end of November(+/ -) I will post my impressions and set- up experience in Jan 23 At this point I will not bore you with the issues I would have in running cable (tri level house, block walls, flat roof, 13 Ft ceiling etc.). Anyway, thanks again.
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i think you are making a fine choice with the auralic, especially with your need to use wifi - you just need to make sure your wifi is solid, with strong signal i would add though, in my music room i am using a mesh router satellite to deliver a ’virtual’ ethernet feed into my roon core/streamer, and it works very well -- one day i may bite the bullet, drill through and run an actual hardwire ethernet, but so far i have avoided that need with excellent performance with the mesh system |
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