I have a Bluesound Vault 2i that requires a hard connection. I tried a Netgear PowerLine 2000 for a while which is Ethernet over AC. After a while i noticed a cracking , distorted sound through my speaker that actually sounded like a bad tube. After ruling out the preamp and amp not being the culprit, I discovered that the Ethernet hard connection was the cause, even if my Vault / DAC was not the source.... even set to Tuner the system still had noise.
It was driving me crazy....then I found the Linksys AC1200 MAX , a wireless bridge with 4 LAN ports. Works perfectly with Tidal Master playing through Vault, BluRay, wireless cable box all plugged in . Streams netflix , plenty fast. System is dead silent again.
It was driving me crazy....then I found the Linksys AC1200 MAX , a wireless bridge with 4 LAN ports. Works perfectly with Tidal Master playing through Vault, BluRay, wireless cable box all plugged in . Streams netflix , plenty fast. System is dead silent again.