What if our modem and router is located on the floor above and on the opposite side of our house from the Node? Isn’t a very long Ethernet cable problematic?
Pontus ii and Hi Res
A bit new to streaming so apologies for a naive question. I’m streaming Tidal from a Bluesound Node into a new Denafrips Pontus ii via optical cable. Regardless of resolution (hi res or MQA), the DAC stays on 44.1 kHz x 1 multiplier. I tried setting the streamer audio to “MQA to external DAC”, but no difference. Also no difference toggling between OS and NOS
What am I missing? If the Pontus can’t unfold MQA or resolve anything above 44.1 (x1) is there any reason to keep Tidal’s highest res service? The DAC should certainly recognize higher res files...no?
Appreciate any ideas.
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@tcotruvo Standard Cat6 Ethernet cable is rated to 10Gbps over 180 feet. That’s probably at least 10x the bandwidth from your ISP even if you have fiber, and more than 1000 times the bandwidth of HiRes audio streaming… |
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