(09-Mar-2016, 08:17)Johnnydev Wrote:(09-Mar-2016, 07:16)frenkb Wrote: Congrats with your Phantoms! I'm wondering why your setup doesn't connect via PLC like mine. Are they far away from each other? With PLC you have the benefits of both worlds (no additional cables and hard wired through the mains).
And don't use any filtering etc by PLC connect.
It's not possible and right that wired by ethernet cables sounds better than connected via PLC!
If you consider the "sound quality" as determined by the original file and the bits/bytes, then you are correct, there should be no difference whether it is Ethernet, PLC, or Wi-Fi. Jitter is a non-issue due to the extensive buffering on the Phantom. However, there is a VERY real reason why an "iffy" WiFi connection in particular, and just possibly via PLC too, will result in exactly the symptoms described by the original poster. It is due to the constantly shifting time-sync between two Phantoms. The time-sync algorithms only work if the buffer is kept full at each Phantom. If the quality of the connection via Wi-Fi means that the buffer is marginal and even sometimes empties (which would result in a momentary sound glitch), then it is entirely possible that the effects of phase differential between the stereo pair occurs which would result in exactly the symptoms described (weak bass etc) due to phase cancellation. I am assuming of course that the reason for lack of time-lock between the Phantoms is caused here due to poor Wi-Fi reception and not the fact there is a bug in Devialet's implementation when the Phantoms are using Wi-Fi resulting in a lack of time-lock.
