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| To extend Ethernet to remote location, are Powerline extenders or Mesh systems better? Another vote on a quality mesh wifi network. One key is to be sure the mesh device in the listening room has Ethernet out. Some do and some don’t. For example older google wifi pucks do but the new Nest ones do not. Avoid extenders (they just gene... | |
| Bluesound Node2 with outboard DAC FYI, Have the current Node with Google Mesh wifi (older version) and the new Google Nest mesh. Flawless connection and no issues. I use an external DAC. Joshindc has an issue but a mesh network does not seem like the culprit. Maybe a network o... | |
| Google Nest WiFi Yes, but it is called “Google wifi” It is more puck like in shape and less rounded. On amazon. It is the older version of what nest is today. | |
| Google Nest WiFi The older ones all have an Ethernet out. When you setup, one become the router and the rest are wifi points with a Ethernet out. The devices are all the same but once you configure the main one it is the only router. I just looked and this looks p... | |
| Google Nest WiFi Pretty sure you can not have two routers on the same wifi network. The older google wifi devices can do this however. Maybe check if you can add one of those, which will be used as a switch, to a Nest wifi network. With that said I have run wirele... | |
| Problem duplicating my external HD onto another one I used have this happen when copying a large library from one HD to another. Do not use the windows tools to do this, I use terracopy. It rarely fails with such large IO operations. I have about 2T. If you stick with the native windows tools usual... | |
| thought on eBay? I use eBay plenty and have bought and sold higher end ($500-$2,000) audio gear there. When buying I always look for many instances of positive feedback and drop a question to the seller just to check out how the buyer responds. I have had excellen... | |
| Car Audio and the High End I enjoy both and look for similar things from my home and car system. Obviously what can be done and how they sound are dramatically different. In cars I generally spend 2-3k and can get a very nice setup. I always start with amplification and the... | |
| Which dimmer switch for LED bulbs? Dimming LEDs is tricky. I recall the resistance is quite a bit different from incandescent bulbs so you need quality LEDs lights that are setup to be dimmable. Many that say they are dimmable end up being more binary in brightness or worse create ... | |
| New ebay payments require SS#? It has probably been mentioned but you do not need to provide your banking password. It asks for it, as that is one way they can verify, but if you say no you simply enter in your bank acct # and routing info just like any other electronic payment... | |
| Samsung flat screen TV’s I've had great luck with Samsung TVs. Own 2 and both are medium-high end models. One is 15 years old and one is 7 yrs old. Nary an issue with either one. With that said we do not leave them on 24/7. Given your poor failure rate I'm guessing power ... | |
| Best amp for 4 Sonos ceiling speakers? I've never heard of "in ceiling" SONOS branded speakers nor any SONOS branded speaker that are not powered already i.e. do not need a separate amplifier. Maybe this is a SONOS system than played thru some other brand speakers and amp. If so you re... | |
| Insuring Your Vinyl Collection and Equipment As noted it needs to be excluded to not be covered. But there are also coverage limits for certain types of things. Vinyl may be considered a "collectible" and those items generally have fairly low $$ limits. If your collection is super valuable (... | |
| Do you care about car audio? I've been into both home and car stereo for a very long time. I'm a bit surprised how many don't seem to care much about car stereo. Maybe that is because I do more long drives than your average Joe. I have probably listened to more music in my ca... | |
| 30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs? For a run that long you'd really be well served to run it balanced. A regular XLR->RCA adapter at one end defeats this. So while not what you want to hear, if you really need to run that long you need electronics which accept balanced as well. ... |