Wireless router "contamination" of sound?

When you setup your wireless network for your laptop let us know how many other networks are in your vicinity. It might surprise you how much contamination you're already living with.

Hi I think onhwy61 nails it. If you're in a neighborhood, vs out in the country, you likely already have several wireless routers penetrating your room, wires, and snooping on you...

Good quality interconnects and power cables/conditioning always seem to help...maybe it's this reason.

PS...have a cell tower close?

Your should name your network something like "DEA", "ATF" or "FBI".

It didn't in my experience. In my home office the router sits 3 to 6 feet from my stereo and haven't noticed anything amiss.

My understanding is that a strong wifi signal, as received by an antenna that is designed to receive wifi frequencies, will be received with a power level in the rough vicinity of -50 dbm. That corresponds to 0.00000001 watts, at frequencies that are vastly higher than anything in the audio system is capable of responding to. And it would seem safe to assume that there is nothing in the audio system that is optimized for receiving those frequencies as well as a wifi antenna is.

So I wouldn't worry about it. And after purchasing the router you could of course perform a conclusive test by pulling the plug on it and seeing if you can perceive any differences.

Regards,
-- Al