I am am running my Ethernet cable into the Lan input and running another cable out of streamer jack to my secondary streamer an Bluesound Node, everything is working great and it appears the Bluesound is enjoying a nice sonic step up (per the cable setup) when compared to its Wi-Fi connection. Should this be expected since it is now running from the innuos streamer connection. Was the Innuos designed to provide this type of usage for a secondary streamer?
Zen MK 3 Lan and Streamer out connections
- Thread starter Toneranger
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Hi @Toneranger,
Your question raises a good topic/feature that is worth expanding on a little.
Firstly, whilst the convenience is undeniable we are generally not in favour of WiFi when it comes to ultimate performance. The purpose of a WiFi antenna is to absorb as much high-frequency RF as possible, which is rather counter-intuitive considering all the lengths we go to with shielded cables and so on. Some things can be done to help mitigate this issue, but we generally prefer treating the network that comes in from cable as you get much more speed and reliability. So, simply switching from WiFi to Ethernet may be a small upgrade in of itself.
The Streamer port on our devices is not only useful/convenient to add a secondary streamer like you have done, but it also isolates that streamer away from shared network traffic (and noise) that would otherwise come in from a busier and noisier switch or router. Although its only the STATEMENT that has Ethernet reclocking built in, the majority of our devices have noise-isolation transformers on the LAN port, of which itself is placed on a low-noise mainboard and often powered by an LPSU. Point being, the Streamer port does function as a pretty decent-performing 2-port switch.
Quite a few customers use our devices strictly as servers only, and not as streamers/players, so the Streamer port was provided to give a good connection method for the Streamer to be connected to the network directly through the server itself.
Thanks for the reply, great information and I assumed some benefit would be coming from the utilization of direct connection as opposed to Wi-Fi.
One further point to add to this, is that naturally the performance of the PhoenixNET far exceeds the Streamer port section found on the servers themselves - it even outperforms the Streamer port of the STATEMENT quite decisively.
Therefore in cases where Ethernet is the primary/sole connection, it can make more sense to allocate a good portion of the potential budget towards the network switch than entirely investing it into the server.
Therefore in cases where Ethernet is the primary/sole connection, it can make more sense to allocate a good portion of the potential budget towards the network switch than entirely investing it into the server.
