vortexbox prestige

Posted by: Louis-Andre on 22 March 2014

hi all,

I am considering buying a Vortexbox Prestige to complement my streaming set up. I would like to place in on my Hi Fi rack as this would be the safest place from kids. How many users put their VB together with HiFi equipment? Does the Prestige serie make a lot of noise? Is it ok if the Cat6 connecting the VB to the router is 15-20 meters long?

Louis
Posted on: 22 March 2014 by hungryhalibut

I have my UnitiServe on the rack with the SuperUniti, and it's fine. I run a long lead from the router to a switch, and short leads from the switch to the server and streamer. This isolates the system from the rest of the traffic going through the router, as advised by others here. Even if the router is switched off, so long as the switch is on, streaming still works. 

Posted on: 22 March 2014 by Louis-Andre

hungryhalibut,

 

What is a switch, what does it do and how does it look like? Where can i buy these things?

Posted on: 22 March 2014 by sjbabbey

http://compnetworking.about.co...r/g/bldef_switch.htm

Posted on: 22 March 2014 by Tog

The prestige is nice but why don't you build your own - cheaper and it will sound just as good.

 

Tog

Posted on: 23 March 2014 by Salmon Dave

My house is nice but I had no intention of building it myself.

Posted on: 23 March 2014 by Tog

i've always thought that would be really cool - but it's not really the same thing is it?

 

Tog