AIR quality

[hk6230]

Well, it has been so highly debated topic among us that I'm posing this question for us to discuss further:

If Devialet claimed that AIR is a better interface as no wire means lesser resistance and noise interference from wired interconnects. But, wouldn't this means both the music server (which usually our PC/Mac) and our Devialet must also be connected wirelessly to our router for it to be truly wireless?

Anyone using such wireless connections on both ends and still achieve good results with no dropouts?

[f1eng]

Well, it has been so highly debated topic among us that I'm posing this question for us to discuss further:

If Devialet claimed that AIR is a better interface as no wire means lesser resistance and noise interference from wired interconnects. But, wouldn't this means both the music server (which usually our PC/Mac) and our Devialet must also be connected wirelessly to our router for it to be truly wireless?

Anyone using such wireless connections on both ends and still achieve good results with no dropouts?

I was doing exactly this with no problem ever since my system was tuned to get a good signal at the Devialet, use a different channel to every other wifi network in range and got rid of my Android phone. Then all of a sudden recently my wifi signal as picked up by the Devialet dropped so low that it only just registered on the Devialet display but was not strong enough for Air to see it on my iMac. I haven't tried to de-bug this yet, but until now Air worked fine from de-bugged version 1 on my D-Premier. It had a setback when V2 came out which was then resolved. I still had the odd rare dropout which was fixed by running Onyx on my mac to clean up the caches etc. and did not come back until another cleanup was required.
I should say that a Mac which is on 24/7 probably doesn't need Onyx since most of the maintenance scripts run automatically if you never shut down.

[Jean-Marie]

The only objective reason why Air on WiFi could be better is because of the electrical decoupling. Which means that only the hop between the AP and the Dev counts.

I have been unable to hear any difference between WiFi and Ethernet so I'm not sure there is any real difference.

[hk6230]

The only objective reason why Air on WiFi could be better is because of the electrical decoupling. Which means that only the hop between the AP and the Dev counts.

I have been unable to hear any difference between WiFi and Ethernet so I'm not sure there is any real difference.

Well, my D200 is wired to my switch. So, I'm technically half-AIRed.   And, still music to my ears.

My D200 wifi signal detection is pretty weak even though my other devices can receive the wifi signal well. I guess Devialet wifi antenna is not good. And, my wifi router is just less than 15m on the same floor level. 

[Jnan_devi]

The only objective reason why Air on WiFi could be better is because of the electrical decoupling. Which means that only the hop between the AP and the Dev counts.

I have been unable to hear any difference between WiFi and Ethernet so I'm not sure there is any real difference.

My D200 wifi signal detection is pretty weak even though my other devices can receive the wifi signal well. I guess Devialet wifi antenna is not good. And, my wifi router is just less than 15m on the same floor level. 

Yes wifi signals could be weak or not designed well or there is some interference around the AIR (wifi/radio card). My AE sits like within 2 feet of my Devialet. i only do wired as wifi drops are more prominent. sometimes i dont see the AIR_WIFI option in the AIR app on macbook at all.