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Is 7 feet way from wifi access point (ceiling) to stereo risky for noise?

For my stereo system, I have 2 seperete power lines running to keep no noise in my system. It's important for me to have that black background in the sound. 

I want to get a Unifi router system with a wifi access point that mounts in the ceiling. The cieling type gives a donut type of signal through out the house. With the way my house is (kind of like a shoe box), my stereo is in the middle of the house. The wifi access point would also have to go near there... probably like 7 feet away. Is that risky in inducing noise into my stereo system? 

 

 

dman777
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audioman58
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Buy a good linear power supply for router  like a LTA 

AND A good ethernet hub  lots of noise from these two points

a direct connection far better then wifi for music.

lanx0003
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Use a mesh system or Wi-Fi extender along with a good Ethernet cable to create a wired connection, and turn off the wireless networking on your streamer. The sound is noticeably better and darker.

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drmuso
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My mesh router extension was a little farther than that from my Bluesound Node, and I got a strong signal, so I doubt you will have a problem, but I guess it depends on what sources of noise are in your environment.  I live in a suburban part of a small town, so there may be fewer sources of noise, although a university is just a few blocks away.

smtpdxor
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First time making any comments, but figured I’d share my situation just in case it’s helpful. I also use the EERO Mesh system and it worked great with no interference… but when we moved into our new house, I suddenly started getting loads of emi/rfi interference. It was very audible, and resembled old-school router noises. It was persistent and very annoying. I chased it down for months and ultimately determined that it was likely due to cheap-ish switching power supplies for the router and other ancillary items in the room. I have no idea why it was so bad on this particular house/location… but just goes to show that all situations and environments are unique. I ended up completely solving the issue by going to 100% balanced (xlr) interconnects. Now everything is quiet again. I’ll let others with more technical knowledge try to explain how/why this worked… I just know that it did.

rmdmoore
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The only time I've had issues with noise from my Wi-Fi router was when it was too close to my phono stage. It has a step up transformer and that picked up the noise from my router. It only needed to be 5 feet or less away for it to be gone completely. You should be fine. 

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