Very interesting, although I am one of those for whom SB2 works
flawlessly on wireless (Airport Extreme from an eMac boosted by
Airport Express in the same room as the SB2) - or, at least, it does
for more than 95% of the time. There's the odd irritating glitch, but
that's about it.
I wish I could say the same for the the TV streaming aspect of of
Elgato's Eyehome, though, which plain doesn't work over wireless
(although everything else about it does), freezing and jumping more
or less constantly. Wireless obviously can't cope with the bit rate
there. So, thank you very much for the recommendation, Omri. I'm
looking up UK prices as this mail sends, and since the SB2 is in the
same room as the EyeHome box, it may well end up on ethernet over
powerline, too.
On 28 Sep 2006, at 05:41, Omri wrote:
Five weeks ago I switched from using my Squeezebox 3 wirelessly to
powerline ethernet, specifically a pair of Netgear XE104 85 Mbps
wall-plugged switches. I selected the Netgear XE104s based upon a
review by Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal. I had already
decided to try the powerline ethernet solution, but his article helped
me to select which unit to buy.
Installation on a Macintosh/iTunes system was painless and took less
than 10 minutes.
I am delighted to report that for me powerline ethernet has been a
resounding success. In the last five weeks I have not had one instance
of dropouts or stuttering. This has been paradise compared to my
experience with wireless. I had purchased my Squeezebox 3 in February
2006, and was using it wirelessly. About 70% of the time it worked
beautifully, but 30% of the time it was totally unreliable.
My only regrets are that: 1) I spent an extra $50 on the
wireless/ethernet Squeezebox combination, 2) I wasted so much time
struggling to get wireless to work, and 3) it took me so long to
find a
solution. This was extremely frustrating, and I would not have
persevered if I did not think that the Squeezebox was one of the best
audio devices I have purchased
It is obvious from the Slim Device forum that many people have had a
lot of problems with wireless streaming. Of course, you don’t hear
from
people for whom it is working perfectly, and they indeed may be the
majority. But from my perspective, wireless is simply not ready for
prime time. (Incidentally, I had the same problems earlier when I used
the Airport Express to stream music, but eventually Apple figured out
how to solve the stability problems. It is a pity that Slim Devices
has
so far been unable to do the same, since it is a far superior
product to
the Airport Express.)
On a final note, after finding Nirvana, I decided to buy another
Netgear XE104 for my other Squeezebox 3. However, since Mossberg’s
article came out, the price of the unit has gone up, and many online
retailers are out of stock.
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