Quietest Wifi adapter for dealer use

[EMBER A+D]

Hey All - We're a dealer for your fine wares, and it's largely the only streaming kit we recommend above an entry level price point.

We also do a lot of in-home trials for clients, and often they're building for a newly available room and there's no way to run a hard
line into the unit. In cases like these, we're concerned with giving them the best audition possible, but often at the mercy of the noise
floor of whatever wireless access point they have on hand - which one has to assume impacts performance.

I suppose this is aimed directly at the engineers from within the company that helpfully haunt these hallowed halls of illiteration: If you
were forced to examine the best wifi adapter or solution for these temporary auditions, is there a specific model or spec you would be
looking at to potentially set the client up for the best experience possible - knowing that long-term they'll be hardwiring anything we
sell them?

Thanks much,
Chris, EMBER

 

[Stephen Healy]

Hi Chris, welcome to the forum!
There has been a discussion along these lines that you can have a look at here:

Zeni Mini Mk 3 how best to link to distant router

I have just had ultrafast fibre put in. Unfortunately, I forgot that the Zenmini Mk3 was not wireless: now my router is in the front of the house and the mini is in the back! I am trying to investigate the best way to link it up with the router. The options so far are: - Ethernet cable -about...

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My two-cents is that it's a 'least worst' compromise when looking for wireless adapation solution. For sure I would be avoiding any direct USB-plugin options. If it were me, i would either be going for an Ethernet-over-mains 'powerline' kit, or if the overall home could do with a bit of a WiFi coverage boost, then these mesh kits you can get like the Netgear Orbi or TP-Link Deco seem to work really well, and the wireless 'nodes' you position around the property have Ethernet outputs on them that you could feed into an Innuos device to get it online.

 

[EMBER A+D]

Hi Chris, welcome to the forum!
There has been a discussion along these lines that you can have a look at here:

Zeni Mini Mk 3 how best to link to distant router

I have just had ultrafast fibre put in. Unfortunately, I forgot that the Zenmini Mk3 was not wireless: now my router is in the front of the house and the mini is in the back! I am trying to investigate the best way to link it up with the router. The options so far are: - Ethernet cable -about...

community.innuos.com

My two-cents is that it's a 'least worst' compromise when looking for wireless adapation solution. For sure I would be avoiding any direct USB-plugin options. If it were me, i would either be going for an Ethernet-over-mains 'powerline' kit, or if the overall home could do with a bit of a WiFi coverage boost, then these mesh kits you can get like the Netgear Orbi or TP-Link Deco seem to work really well, and the wireless 'nodes' you position around the property have Ethernet outputs on them that you could feed into an Innuos device to get it online.

Hey Stephen -

Very much appreciate the suggestions - and 'least worst' is unfortunately the name of the game in these cases. Often it's clients who really need a weekend to get the hang of using an interface for the first time, so while we always strive for the best fidelity in any given situation, the best is what is reasonable.

If Innuos ever runs out of ideas and falls in a huge pile of money... perhaps a lower noise floor mesh system?

Thanks again!
Chris, EMBER