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The New PS Audio PWD MKII

Anyone tried the new PS Audio PWD MKII yet? I have been using their DL III with good results for the last two years. I was leaning towards a new Macbook purchase to use as my 'music server' but having learned more about the PWD capabilities I am considering trying it instead. If I understand the PWD details correctly I should be able to connect it wirelessly to my home network, access all music files on a stand alone hard drive of my choice, and steam all the music to the PWD. Have you tried this yet?
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knghifi
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I have a PWD MKII with bridge and the only PITA step was updating the bridge firmware. It came with a very old version that doesn't do auto update so had to do manual via web. The instructions are outdated, web page doesn't allow entering an URL (unbelieveable!) so had to download the file before update, firmware loader spits out debug statements while installing ... overall not very professional. Otherwise it was just plug and play.

All my music ripped to a hard drive, running logitech media server on my laptop, using ethernet connection to PWD and using Lyric on my iPhone to control the player.
knghifi
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Sc53,

Try the following steps to narrow down the problem.

1. See if you can access the bridge from your ipad running eLyric. In the browser, run http://ip of bridge

If it doesn't load, it's a network problem.

2. Connect your PWD via ethernet connection to the router. If it works, then problem with your wireless connection.
knghifi
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The only setup for me was plugging the CAT5 cable to my PWD MKII. If using wireless, just connect to a wireless bridge.

All my music have been ripped to a hard disk and running Logitech Media Server with all my Logitech products. So after I bought the elyric app, it found my PWD and Media Server after launch.

Like I said earlier, the only manual step is installing the new bridge firmware. The latest firmware improved the sound dramatically and SURPRISED it was not installed by PS Audio before shipping. The old firmware doesn't do auto updates but future updates should be just selecting GO on the menu. :-)

Goldmanjay, I suggest find a tech savvy friend to help you. What's the current state of your components?
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