Hey @debrajray , no need to explain your keeping the Nautilus 804's. I still have a pair of N802's and a pair of N803's in my vacation home. In my opinion, the Nautilus line were the smoothest B/W ever made. And, at 30 years, with the exception of one midrange driver, they are still going strong.
Wifi vs ethernet revisited
For this discussion I want us to forget the usual problems of wifi: stuttering, buffering, loss of signal strength. Let’s assume we have a strong, reliable wireless connection. Questions: how would you rank the following:
1. [No wireless, my current config] Ethernet from router -> Switch (or OM) -> fiber -> Etherregen -> ethernet -> streamer.
2. Eero wireless mesh -> receiver -> ethernet -> streamer.
3. Eero Wireless mesh -> receiver -> ethernet -> Etherregen -> ethernet -> streamer.
Or, to really go hybrid and (probably nuts):
4. Eero wireless mesh -> receiver -> ethernet -> Switch (or OM) -> fiber -> Etherregen -> ethernet -> streamer.
I haven’t done [4] yet. But to my ears, [1] definitely beats {2] and (less emphatically maybe) beats [3] even though I have a very strong Eero wireless mesh system. Maybe my assumptions to begin with are still wrong? I can’t seem to read a good forum thread where the usual stuttering’/buffering problems (that we all know about) are removed. Thanks in advance everyone!
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Well said @fastfreight! In fact I auditioned the BW D4 series recently before the WWP and still preferred my old Nautilus 804 (certainly to the 804 D4 but also to the 803 D4). I’m envious that you have the old 802s, I remember them sounding beautiful. |
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