Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end?

@audio-b-dog the TP Link Deco caused issues my friend has been facing since he introduced this mesh, and these problems were eliminated by replacing TP Link with eero.
I never had issues of any kind with eero which Ive been running for years.
And when you said you were using TP Link I was sure that was the culprit. It’s also a low risk try with amazon return policy. I’m happy to hear we hit the bullseye with this fix. 

@mclinnguy OCD Mikey is a dealer for PBD. The owner of that system who Mikey solicited feedback from wasn’t going to dive too deep into the sonics and differences. PBD is great stuff, no doubt. But I’d take all that was said there with a grain or 2 of salt. 

@audphile1 Of course 

It sure would be cool if that fella could post in here to compare the two setups though, relevant to the OP's original question. Some sweet gear. 

@audphile1 

But my Meitner MA3i wasn't hooked up to the TP Link. It was hooked directly into the ATT fiber hub/router. The Meitner was on a separate password than the TP Link. Rationally, it didn't exactly fit what I know about networks, although I'm no guru. I worked at HP in computer sales and stuff rubbed off on me. Anyway, it worked, and is working now as I wirte this.

I think I mentioned that the guy who wrote the Meitner MA3i review for Stereophile had a dCS stack, the $1/4 million one, and his bottom line was the dCS stack was better but he could happily listen to the MA3i. He dismissed the MA3 as so far beneath the MA3i, it wasn't worth talking about. That's one of the reasons I decided to upgrade early.

@audphile1 

I might have sold you as a network guru to Amadeus Meitner. He said maybe you could help him with networking problems and earn points toward a DV2i.