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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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deep_333
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A good Wifi signal can do justice to any music, but wifi signals do go bad. I’m lucky enough to live in a detached home with excellent wall to wall signal coverage and no channel conflicts with my neighbors.

I don’t think anyone’s too worried about signal strength/drops when they have a 1gbps connection and hefty modems/routers these days...it’s the noise...

 

For example...

Call some hifi nerd on your cellphone.

Borrow wife’s phone and call another hifi nerd.

Set both active cellphones next to the wifi receiver of your hifi streaming device.

Sit back at your listening position and see how it goes...

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