Ethernet

I just got back from Best Buy & picked up a j5create - USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter to go from my PT-Link with the LHY battery lps to my Wiim Ultra. Now I can hear the difference from my home wifi this morning & now. Definitely a change for the positive. Better separation, enhanced top end & more defined base.

Yesterday I was ready to throw in the towel. Now I see why this was a good choice by many in our community. No where the hell is my Aero? lol

I tried an iFi power supply 5v for my Eero mesh node and it did not work.

When I first got my N130, I tried the same thing.  I bought a long Cat8 Amazon cable. Yes it works, but the cable doesn’t have a lot of insulation and occasionally picked up noise.  I ended up buying a Netgear Powerline 2000 +extra outlet on Amazon.  Used it for years.

Wow.  I think reading this thread is going to give me an ulcer.  I have no idea what 95% of anything mentioned is except for the word cable...  I will be setting up my new room in our newer home soon after the remodel.  Using Starlink and their router mini mesh extender in the same room.  I reckon I'll see how it works eventually.  I use a Samsung laptop USB to a Benchmark Dac2HGC from a SSD hard drive thru J-River.  -John

@maprik 

I attached an ethernet cable from my mesh router satellite to my Node 130, and didn't hear any difference from my wi-fi, which was usually excellent in strength.

What did make a significant difference was adding a Teddy Pardo linear power supply to the Node.  Unless you're in a really noisy wi-fi environment, I doubt that all the other changes are worthwhile. 

One of the good things about the Blusound software is that you can monitor the strength of the wi-fi signal that gets to your Node.