Pimping your router


1. Use a wired router only
2. If wireless router is needed, separate router for wifi
3. only streamer, NOTHING ELSE connected 
4. use LPS to feed router
5. use shortest possible quality cable to streamer
6. use Acoustic Revive RLT-1 filter on spare router or streamer port
7. wrap router and LPS in EMI/RFI shielding material
8. use EMO EN70-HD filter near streamer for ethernet connection
9. use quality shielded cable between router and internet access point

All of these will individually improve your streaming SQ, in aggregate the effect is significant
Enjoy the music
antigrunge2

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

@antigrunge2 

I like the idea very much of having wired router only for streaming, then the second one for the wifi and rest of the house.

Wired router out - one port to wireless router and one port to the streamer.....is that right?

Also, how would you control the streamer via wifi then?

 

I'm a little confused here as well -- I've seen both side to this argument about a dedicated router for my renderer.  Over on Audiophile Style they talk about Unifi equipment.  Anyone over here use it?  Of I'm using Jplay on my iPad to access Qobuz through my opticalRendu, the iPad needs to be on the same network as the renderer, correct?

I just realized that I can control my streamer via Bluetooth and that will answer my question. :)

Any recommendation of the good non wifi router to use just for the streamer and what would be the things to look for in Specs?

Also, if anyone can explain the baby steps for having those 2 routers connected together?

Typically Cisco and Drytek are mentioned as superior routers. More important than the router though tends to be the PSU