https://us.kef.com/blog/kef-hydro-blaster-improved-wireless-audio-experience-in-a-canYou guys are all missing a trick by not experimenting with which flavour of Wifi "sounds better" . 802.11A/G/N/ac ...
Yeah thankfully they saw sense and kept it below the thirty grand mark, otherwise they might not shift many
Try this oneThere are lots of individual posts and articles, is there a full guide on what’s currently best of breed, am out of touch and fancy a lockdown project. Could just decant a NUC into a HD Plex but might take on something a bit more complex/interesting.
Try this one
Funny you say that. I am doing a WiFi access point shoot out this weekend, have a new WiFi 6 which is 1 better than the 5. ;-)
Wifi 6 (IEEE 802.11ax) hasn't been finalised yet. Devices for sale today have the required hardware (radios and processors) but will need a software update to actually enable all the new features once the spec is ratified.So I tried WiFi 6, apps which run over the network now feel like native apps rather than web apps. And I get a nice "6" icon on my phone.
I didn't bother trying to compare the sound quality Vs 5 or wired, but I'm pretty sure it's not worse.
Wifi 6 (IEEE 802.11ax) hasn't been finalised yet. Devices for sale today have the required hardware (radios and processors) but will need a software update to actually enable all the new features once the spec is ratified.
Supposed to get shot of phase noiseStupid question:
Data over a network, even if it contains an audio stream, is sent as packets, with no specific timing guarantees. As long as packets arrive at the streamer in time to be unpacked and sent to a DAC, it is working. The OP said the device 'reclocks' data (packets) between a router and streamer. This doesn't make sense since the streamer is already tasked with (per the IP stack) putting packets in order and unpacking them for a higher layer layer. The application or software running on the streamer is in charge of turning the data from packets back into a stream to send to the DAC, so it manages timing. I don't understand then what the device is for or how it could possibly have any effect other than adding a little latency. It is so far away from the stream sent to the DAC, it would seem that it couldn't possibly have any effect, unless it is just doing extra buffering and masking late packets.
Maybe I haven't read enough of the thread and there's a clarification of the purpose of the device?
to be followed with some measurement proof of the effects
Take it up with them thenThat has never materialised....
Take it up with them then
So why keep posting on a thread you clearly have no interest in apart from trying to impose your own belief system and protect people from themselvesThere's no need !
I'm not trying to protect anyone from anything!
Well, let people demo/hear the product and let them decide whether it makes a difference to their listening pleasure. There are many things we can detect by using our hearing.