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CD Ripper Ethernet conundrum

Just wanted to contribute that these devices can perform without Ethernet.

Aurender, Innuous, Naim, and Melco, and some others were contacted by customer support. *All* of them insisted Ethernet was required and there was no other option.

I am currently using the BS Vault without Ethernet, going around this by using a “bridge” dongle that utilizes our lame wifi. So far no issues. I can post a link to the product on Amazon if anyone is interested.
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recluse OP
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Just a word of caution. My PC picked up a corrupted file preventing any practical use. I was unable to reset to a previous state or restore it so I ended up wiping the drive for a fresh start.

Unfortunately, SURPRISE, all material that was ripped by the pc using dbpoweramp and transferred to the vault via shared drive, was also deleted ON THE VAULT!

Wishing I had shut down the vault during this.

Also, any other alternatives to DELL for desktop PC besides Apple/laptops?
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aguilar0
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Bluesound Vault 2i High-Res 2TB Network Hard Drive CD Ripper and Streamer ... Q: To simply use this as an audio streamer, does it need a wired Ethernet  Paycheckrecords Login
recluse OP
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I believe so Aguilar, unless you create a bridge(see OP).

The Node, less $, is wireless.
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