Airport Express
Posted by: CP62 on 12 December 2014
Good evening,
I have no way to install a cat 6 cable from my Router to my Naim so it has to be wireless.
The Wi-Fi inside the SuperUniti is only 2.4GHz so it’s not possible to stream 24/192 so thinking of a solution I bought the AsusEA-N66 Dual-Band Wireless-N900 Gigabit 3-in-1 AP/Wi-Fi Bridge/ Range Extender and connected with UPT cable to my SuperUniti but did not get this working. So my next idea was can I connect an Apple airport Express and it connect with UTP to my SuperUniti . And because the Apple is 2.4GHz/ 5GHz is it then possible then to stream 24/192? Before I go to the shop and buy and install it and have to take it back again and it’s better to ask advice before ?
I use Solwise powerlines to take the feed from my router to a room 2 floors below. Then connect a LAN Cat 6 feed from the matching powerline in my living room to a switch. Another Cat 6 cable from the switch to my Uniti2 completes the link. Works excellently.
24/192 is the most difficult to stream. The variables include not just the hardware, but the wifi conditions in your home. Do you live close to others - or is your home free from interfering wifi signals of others. Etc. etc.
There are no guanantees -- you'll just have to try.
What are you streaming from? If you have a NAS/UPnP server, can you move it next to your Superuniti and connect them with a switch? Then you have a wired connection for streaming, which is the important bit. Connect your wifi range extender to the switch too, and that connects your SU to your router wirelessly for iRadio, Spotify, etc.
Just curious - Why is it not possible to stream 24/192 over 2.4 Ghz?
I am still not convinced that 2.4 Ghz or 5 Ghz has anything to do with 24/192 streaming. All you need is a stable, steady wifi network.
Just curious - Why is it not possible to stream 24/192 over 2.4 Ghz?
Peter, you can stream 24/192 with some of the protocols using the 2.4GHz ISM band. Quite frankly mentioning the ISM bands (either 2,4 GHz or 5 GHz) is misleading and doesn't neccessarily imply anything.
They key thing is the protocol, envionment/signal strength and congestion
Protocol. ISM. 24/192
------------ -------- ----------
802.11a 5GHz. No
802.11b 2.4GHz. No
802.11g 2.4GHz. Fairly unlikely
802.11n 2.4/5GHz. Quite likely
802.11ac 2.4/5GHz. More likely
It is true currently, there are less broadband home routers using the 5GHz ISM band as default, therefore that band is less congested and so there is less congestion and therefore greater throughput.. But that position will almost certainly change over the next couple of years iMO.
Most, if not all, Naim devices don't support 802.11ac. I don't know if the Muso supports 802.11ac, which is a significantly more capable protocol than its predecessors.
Simon
I use that set up: an AE as a wireless bridge from my router (an "n" 2.4/5ghz Airport Extreme), which connects with an Audioquest Cat cable to my ND5XS. Network used is "n" at 5 ghz. Router is about 4/5 meters from AE, no main obstacles in the way. It works perfectly for ALAC or FLAC at 24/192. It sometimes work and sometimes doesn't for WAV at 24/192. Works perfectly in lossless or wav for anything below that. You also get the extra of getting Airplay if you connect the AE to the toslink input of your streamer.
If you have an "ac" capable router and AE (mine are the previous generation), I'm sure it will work perfectly also for wav 24/192
Muso is :- Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) 2.4GHz from NAIM website specifications.
I have successfully used an AE as a wireless to ethernet bridge - if you buy from an Apple Store they'll give you your money back within 30 days, so you've nothing to lose trying. (I tried an AirPort Extreme as a router as well, but turned out I didn't need it, so those nice Apple people refunded me without any hassle).
Just curious - Why is it not possible to stream 24/192 over 2.4 Ghz?
Peter, you can stream 24/192 with some of the protocols using the 2.4GHz ISM band. Quite frankly mentioning the ISM bands (either 2,4 GHz or 5 GHz) is misleading and doesn't neccessarily imply anything.
They key thing is the protocol, envionment/signal strength and congestion
Protocol. ISM. 24/192
------------ -------- ----------
802.11a 5GHz. No
802.11b 2.4GHz. No
802.11g 2.4GHz. Fairly unlikely
802.11n 2.4/5GHz. Quite likely
802.11ac 2.4/5GHz. More likely
It is true currently, there are less broadband home routers using the 5GHz ISM band as default, therefore that band is less congested and so there is less congestion and therefore greater throughput.. But that position will almost certainly change over the next couple of years iMO.
Most, if not all, Naim devices don't support 802.11ac. I don't know if the Muso supports 802.11ac, which is a significantly more capable protocol than its predecessors.
Simon
Thanks Simon.
I think if you have little interference, or less congestion then you should be fine at either wireless g/n/ac regardless where it is 2.4 Ghz or 5 Ghz. The reason it is usually better at 5Gz because maybe you are the only one in your neighborhood using it.
Well i bought the Airport Express put on 5 ghz and it works. So i am a happy man
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