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| iFi iPower X - hifi bargain? I now have my 3rd iFi X on order. Now powering all my cable modems, switches and wifi access points with them. At that price you can’t go wrong. Each one entered into the network chain has improved things. In the dedicated listening room I use a ... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers I’ve not heard a good result from fibre yet. The conversion from photons to electrons is very critical and can itself cause noise. Different Fibre SFP modules from different manufacturers sound different. In theory they should all sound the same ... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @soix You have to be on a PC and log into the admin console of the modem/router by typing its IP address into your web browser. Default IP address will vary by manufacturer, but for TP-Link its often... 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.100 Then you wil... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers Ok I got a TP-Link wireless access point today. My setup is a Lindemann Limetree Bridge II streamer - spdif out into Teddy Pardo DAC (with alps blue velvet volume control option). When turning the wireless off in the modem/router there was a noti... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @singingg I think its so new there is no distribution yet. Melco does have an older model cable that does the same thing. But remember this is just an entry level product. There is now a huge number of boutique ethernet cable builders doing weird... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers I wish a manufacturer designed an in house wireless streamer. With the air gap it could theoretically solve all these network noise problems. But because the only choice is off the shelf wireless solutions they all sound worse than hard wired. | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @sns I got all setup to do a subjective A-B test to see how much gain there is to be had disabling wireless on the modem router. When I sat down to do the 2nd half I found I could not connect to my Lindemann streamer with my iPhone app. Cos wirel... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers There are a few manufacturers who now eschew the use of metal housed RJ45 connectors as used on many high end ethernet cables (such as Nordost), claiming the metal connector touches the ground, and this then exposes the external jacketing to a hig... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @singingg Drain ground wire only on one end, so as not to pass noise. Melco Audio specialise in audiophile switches, so have hardware experience in this. | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @singingg Its not a choice between shielded vs unshielded cables. Its whether the ground is contiguous. Some of the cable manufacturers are floating the shields, floating at one end, not using metal RJ45 connectors, e.t.c Of course doing these th... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @singingg The contiguous ground is what passes noise down the chain from one component to the next. For the purposes of audiophile streaming this is one ‘performance benefit’ you don’t want. | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers It seems the best solution is to wire your house with Ethernet ports, then turn wireless off permanently in the modem/router no? | |
| Need HDMI Cable Input: Knowledge/Comparison Assist, Please @sfcfran Of course it will differ from model or manufacturer, but check this thread for what is going on in the LG tv’s; The cable is connected to the TV power supply via a white connector, but pushed into that connector is spade plugs, wh... | |
| Need HDMI Cable Input: Knowledge/Comparison Assist, Please BTW I have hard wired my last 2 OLED tv’s using high end audio power cable. The very recent one, done 2 months ago, an LG G2, I had to take off the entire back shell, as there was no small panel port to access the hardwired power cable like there... | |
| Need HDMI Cable Input: Knowledge/Comparison Assist, Please @sfcfran That's a real shame, but I understand after a bad experience not going there again. Sounds like it was definitely defective, not just the connector. I have had all 3 versions of the Mapleshade HDMI cable. The last, v3, was a huge jump ov... |