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Repeater/extenders are evil!

As highly recommended by dCS, I had the Xfinity tech move the router/modem to near the DAC and Streamer. All he had to do was run the coax line around the outside of the house and connect it to an existing cable coax that was already there in the wall. It took about an hour and only cost me $70 for the service call.

Guess if you have no existing wall port, it would be fairly simple to drill and create one. Maybe in that case there would be a bit more cost.

But go for it!

For decades, I was a die hard analog guy. Previously, I only used my DAC for TV. Music was way digital sounding. Edgy, hard, disturbing. No more. 
It still does not sound more organic than analog, but I now find myself enjoying streaming and not listening much to my TT. I am finally enjoying the benefits of digital. Even though not perfect, the soul of the artists shine through.

If you are connecting by using an extender, get rid of it and hard wire directly to your modem/router.

mglik

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@mglik congrats on the new Aurender streamer!!!

I have good news and not so good news for you.

Good news - Aurender caches your streamed music to a large SSD cache

Not so good news - Because the Aurender caches the songs and or playlists onto its built in SSD cache, as long as you have adequate download speed, bringing the router over and hard wiring from router to Aurender or using mesh network or a good extender will unlikely to make any audible difference, so you kind of spent $70 that you didn’t need to spend. But you have a piece of mind which is priceless.

Enjoy!!!

As a side note…I’ve never compared direct vs. mesh network but I can tell you I have absolutely no issues with the EERO strategically placed around the house.
I consistently get 200-300 mbps download speed from the EERO node that feeds my Aurender N200 streamer. Sounds fantastic as well!

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