Pimping your router

@jerrybj

have a look at Zoerax Cat8 on Aliexpress. I used Onti Cat8 originally and had to switch to it when Onti was discontinued. Great cables, both.

@jerrybj any SmoothLAN impressions yet?

The antenna geometry determines the shape of the equal power boundaries. Obviously router specific. They are generally designed for max signal at same level as receiver. 

‘mostly below’ is an inaccurate generalization—if its actually true for any router. 

@gladmo 

Sorry for the delayed response.

I have the Stack Audio SmoothLan in. But cancelled my Qobuz subscription of the summer. Will reactivate that in March, and evaluate the SmoothLan then.

Haven't yet resubscribed to Qobuz. Will be a few weeks away. 

Some changes though:

Have upgraded my wifi router to an Asus RT AX86U Pro

Replaced LPS fuses on switches and wifi router with SR Orange

Changed my modem LPS to a FiiO PL50, with a HiFi Tuning Supreme fuse for it

Ordered a set of IsoAcoustics Gaia III to go under my system rack

Ordered a Furutech NCF FI-33 IEC inlet for my Puritan PSM156

Upgraded my modem cable Canare L4.5CHD coax cable with Canare connectors

Have Blue Jeans Cat 6a Horizontal in wall ethernet cable to install and replace my wifi extender

Upgraded my power cables to Mad Scientist Black Magic Ultra

Replaced an Uptone Audio USB Regen with an ISO Regen

Upgraded Mad Scientist Black Magic Ultra USB cable to a Mad Scientist Black Magic Gold