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Hello dear user,

Maybe it's a simple question but I'd like to know. 
I'm using the Ethernet wired connection on my Devialet Expert 250 Pro together with ROON. Can WiFi be turned Off, on the Devialet Configurator webpage? Right now I'm still having it switched On.

Thanks a lot. Looking forward to hear from you.

With kind regards,
Sjors

Yes, you can switch the WiFi off. Just click the WiFi symbol on the amplifier in the configurator.

A friend says the audio quality is better using wi-fi instead of a LAN cable.

I could not hear any difference at home

go with your ears and what sounds best to you. everyone will have their own opinion, but ultimately you are the one who has to live with your choices and knows what you like the best. as Stian has stated, you can turn off the wifi in your configurator. I have everthging turned off in mine that I am not using. I basically only have my speakers and ethernet activated. like you, I am going from my roon nucleus via ethernet to my Devialet. I have everything else turned off in the configurator.

I agree with @mmorrison55 that you should go with your ears and what sounds best to you. As he said, "everyone will have their own opinion" or, as I would put it, we all have our own tastes.

Like @mmorrison55 I also use ethernet from my Nucleus+ and I also have every input I am not using turned off. There are times when I have thought that there's a small improvement to be gained by having unused inputs turned off in the configuration but I won't swear to it. In order to use WiFi you have to have ethernet disconnected, if an ethernet cable is connected then the amp will default to ethernet even though the WiFi input is disabled.

It's a bit of a pain but I would recommend creating 2 separate configuration files, one with only WiFi enabled and one with only ethernet enabled, and to put those files on separate SD cards. That way you can swap from one input to the other by swapping the SD cards and either connecting or disconnecting the ethernet cable from your amp. Try it both ways and see which you prefer.

Don't forget that you're going to have to enable your options in Roon's Audio settings and you're going to have both RAAT and AIR options available for both. You can have all of the options available in the Roon Audio settings and just swap between them in Roon but once you've decided which input and streaming protocol you prefer I'd also switch the unused Roon options off in the Audio settings.

(05-Feb-2024, 08:31)David A Wrote: [ -> ]I agree with @mmorrison55 that you should go with your ears and what sounds best to you. As he said, "everyone will have their own opinion" or, as I would put it, we all have our own tastes.

Like @mmorrison55 I also use ethernet from my Nucleus+ and I also have every input I am not using turned off. There are times when I have thought that there's a small improvement to be gained by having unused inputs turned off in the configuration but I won't swear to it. In order to use WiFi you have to have ethernet disconnected, if an ethernet cable is connected then the amp will default to ethernet even though the WiFi input is disabled.

It's a bit of a pain but I would recommend creating 2 separate configuration files, one with only WiFi enabled and one with only ethernet enabled, and to put those files on separate SD cards. That way you can swap from one input to the other by swapping the SD cards and either connecting or disconnecting the ethernet cable from your amp. Try it both ways and see which you prefer.

Don't forget that you're going to have to enable your options in Roon's Audio settings and you're going to have both RAAT and AIR options available for both. You can have all of the options available in the Roon Audio settings and just swap between them in Roon but once you've decided which input and streaming protocol you prefer I'd also switch the unused Roon options off in the Audio settings.

Hi David,

Hope you're doing well. Do you remember years back when we were listening to WiFi instead of wired Ethernet ?     And thoroughly enjoying everything till you discovered what was going on.

- Arup

@audio_engr

Hi Arup,

I’m doing well and I hope you are too.

I do remember back when and I am enjoying my system at the moment. I know myself well enough to know that only means that I’m waiting for a new discovery or for some other cause of dissatisfaction to provide another opportunity to lose my enjoyment and have to start the chase to regain it once again. We’re all boys with out toys here :-)

David

If nothing done, airplay can outperform the ethernet, not always but in many cases. “Rightly treated” ethernet will outperform airplay, always. Here is what I always do to my gears, just want to share:

- I will make sure that I have a recognized good quality router (many threads about that topic on audio forums). In some areas, it is not a concern because routers provided by telecom service providers are of good quality.

- I power my router with: 1. a decent linear power supply (cheap to build one) and get rid of the stock power adapter; 2. If not, I would simply use a good EMI/RFI AC filter, like by Schaffner, before the router stock power adapter.

The cost-benefit ratio is much better than other ways around.

Stock LAN cable by my service provider is enough for me. I build the usb cable for myself. I use normal domestic power cable, made of standard quality electrical wires that I know will not change its copper color and its insulation sleeves will not easily break under tough environments in many years

2K USD speakers cables sold, and one old set of once-upon-a-time normal electrical cable from “western electric” era, found for less 100 bucks in a local thrift store, now in place. And it sings so beautifully to my ears. It gets harder and more expensive to find these western electric wires. And a lot of fake ones out there.

Cheers!

P/s:

I never want a EMI/RFI AC filter for other gears in my system, except for the router. Devialet has one in the power supply, but surprisingly, it is the only experience so far to me to see that the filter works well in its power supply design. For now, I see no need to remove it.

The sole experience when there is no way to do ethernet better than airplay, it is the Apple’s Airport Express ), simply because it was invented to do that specific job.

And please don’t get me wrong. I don’t say no to expensive cables. Buy stuffs as you wish.