11-May-2015, 10:59
(10-May-2015, 00:28)hk6230 Wrote:(09-May-2015, 14:23)PhilP Wrote:(09-May-2015, 12:12)hk6230 Wrote: ... And, its antennae is very poor on reception. You have to place your Devialet really close to your router to get connected (as close as just next to each other, unless your wireless router is commercial grade.)
Hmm... not my experience. I have a fairly cheap Netgear wireless modem router and can stream 24/192 files from 4m away with no drop-outs at all. The signal strength reading on my 200 is typically in the range -44 to -54 dB.
Hmm... I was trying to connect my D200 to my router which is about 8-10m away, and D200 cannot connect well. Anyway, I bought one more router and placed it next to my D200 for better AIR performance (-30db and below).
Well I got fed up in short order with trying to get my Dev 200 to 'see' the router, maybe because of solid walls internally, so at the weekend since I did have some plug-in (mains) wifi extenders floating about with ethernet port, which seemed to work well with my television, I pressed my third one into commission. I plugged it into a spare mains socket next to another - pressed the 'pairing' buttons and in a few secs got both talking to each other (private network). Then I unplugged and transfered it to my dining room next to the Dev 200, and used an ethernet cable to connect - Voila!
To my ears the stream from my nas-Itunes was pretty damn good, but I cannot compare yet with raw wifi... anyone care to comment?
Later, I do intend to commission a spare laptop I have (with iTunes) and connect this via USB, so we will see how that compares later.
I am sure there are some experienced audiophiles here that can give us newbies the benefit of their finding?
Fairford UK area - Devialet 440, Aurender Streamer- Linked to QNAP NAS 453mini - Triangle Signature Deltas, Van Damme Professional Blue Series Studio Grade 2 x 4.0 mm cables, Moon Neo 260D DC Transport, Dell notebook Client linked both ethernet & wifi.
