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Router for Audio Streaming

I have been streaming Pandora, Spotify and Qobuz through a wifi network streamer from a Netgear AC1750 R6400v2 router with no sound quality complaints.

Recently a router firmware update failed (a known issue with these) and as a result it is no longer accessible for administration.  It still seems to perform ok and accepts new devices however the network settings are "frozen" and I am unable to view device IP addresses or traffic, neither via desktop browser nor via the Nighthawk app.

I will try a factory reset but have read that quite often this does not work in these situations, so I started investigating getting a new router to be able to pull the trigger quickly if needed.

I heard/read that routers can make a difference in sound quality, beyond just being able to keep up with streaming with no buffering.  I'm wondering what router experience and recommendations folks have here for reliable audio streaming with superior sound quality at a reasonable price.

Thanks!

yoramguy1
antigrunge2
1,366 posts
 

May I politely suggest you try it before opining? Your comment is otherwise useless

yoramguy1 OP
68 posts
 

Gents, no offense intended or taken.  I simply have not enough time or money to try every audio gizmo without some basic understanding of why, how and to what extent it works, and whether it is intended to address a specific "opportunity" with my current setup. Same is the case for dietary supplements, fitness programs, investment plans, etc...

In this case I read through some of the available literature online and cannot convince myself that this stuff works at all or that its effect is perceptible by the human ear.  I am an engineer with some grasp of vibration theory and signal processing, including Fourier series etc.

As to subjective evaluation, in my audio experience, when you have a very good system to start with, and you are introducing a subtle tweak -- not a very different speaker or an amp of a different performance category or bass traps etc. -- the only reliable way to evaluate its effect with no placebo effect requires:  a) blind A-B-A auditioning, and b) immediate and brief back to back auditioning - e.g., a 5 sec. segment repeated within 1-2 seconds.  These are impossible to accomplish on our own.

Of course I could be wrong.  And of course it could be that I am currently complacent and content with our sound quality and happy to just enjoy the music and not chase the ever receding horizon of promised improvements...

Cheers.

bemused
118 posts
 

ADD-Powr's concepts and assertions are rational. The Sym I/O audio benefits are not subtle. So you don't need to do blind A/B/A comparisons.

The products are worthy, cutting edge devices that offer more value to the quality of high end sound than any collection(s) of cabling ever can hope to achieve.

Do a little search here on Audiogon and you will find very few posts that show customer dis-satisfaction.

Open your mind. Ask the manufacturer questions. Contact a dealer and try any of the products for yourself. You have nothing to lose with a 30 day money back guarantee.

Maybe then you will be convinced intellectually and subjectively that the product

works.

antigrunge2
1,366 posts
 

@bemused 

+1

yoramguy1 OP
68 posts
 

Sorry guys, not buying (figuratively and literally).  But thanks for the tip!

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