I do have them, set up with the Moon 791/761. I cannot compare them with previous WWPs as I haven’t heard them. But my own experience was simple -- and pretty mind-blowing. I was in the market for a pair of B&W 802D4s to go with the Moons, and auditioned up the B&W food chain starting with the 805s. At the 802s I switched over to the WWPs and (this is admittedly subjective) I was blown away. There was no coming up that rabbit hole without the WWPs so here they are, singing as I write this. They are pretty amazing. I should qualify things by saying that I have a very long run of ethernet cable going to the 791, and plan to either create a short fiber moat or simply add an Etherregen. I can report back if you're interested (though probably it's not too relevant to this discussion).
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Hi @ritter06 sorry I missed your post: Analysis Plus Black Mesh Oval 9. |
Hi @ritter06 I did have a set of Analysis Plus cables (not the Oval 9s) on another system and I’ve always liked them. I’ve also used Chord Shawline X cables in the past. All good stuff. The Oval 9s sounded better --- I had switched to them before the WPs so I could fortunately register the "marginal contribution" of the cables alone. Whether the whole package is optimal God only knows but it sounds just great to me. @soix I have to say that I am old-school enough that I am still anxious about drops on WiFi. I actually have an entire mesh of Eero Pros, though there are thick walls in my apartment and (for boring historical reasons) I am going literally from one edge to the other: internet entry and Roon core (MacMini) at one end, the Moons/WWP on the other. What I did do was terminate the ethernet at a TrendNet switch, changed to fiber optic and ran that into an Etherregen with a short patch of ethernet out its B-port and into the Moon 791. It did make a discernible difference probably because my ethernet run is so long. I was very happy with the sound before, and even happier now. (Also very happy to share details about the exact fiber optic setup.) That said, I should probably bite the bullet and see if an Eero extender with ethernet out can do just as well. Ah, rabbit holes. One thing I will say about the WWPs. They are significantly directional speakers. I do have a sweet spot in my living room where the music is transformative. But I am not always in that sweet spot and I would say that there is a very well-defined drop-off as you move away from it. It’s still fantastic music, but --- how shall I put it? --- the WPs kind of tug you back to that one location. It can be slightly irritating sometimes, but look, these are seriously audiophile speakers and I guess I am not *that* serious an audiophile to stay rooted in one place ...
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@soix I will do this and report back when I find some time. However, unless I am completely mistaken, the Eero mesh does run over wifi (and not power lines, unless you use an adapter, and I am even more suspicious of those). Of course you can daisy-chain eeros together with ethernet, but then we're back to ethernet anyway. Anyone else with experience of Eero mesh over long distance for audio? The big advantage, of course, is that WiFi would not carry electrical noise. |
@ritter06 They will be amazing. And I’ve heard Transparent at a dealer. The whole package should sound great; let us know. PS which Transparent cable did you get? |
@ritter06 great! I'm envious (but hopefully for my wallet not envious enough :-)). @soix I tried out the mesh in different ways and started a thread on it as it is kind of off-topic here: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/wifi-vs-ethernet-revisited --- --- any responses welcome. |