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Get something like a TP-LINK AV500 Nano Powerline AC adapter. Plug one side into the router / huh directly, and plug the N10 or uRendu into the other side. If your computer source is also set up wirelessly, get the computer onto the powerline network too. With 500MB/s worth of bandwidth, you can do much better than any wifi network. Wifi is more convenient, but for a small set of devices that need more bandwidth, powerline Ethernet can work better. And you can put your other devices on wifi for convenience. Of course, if you can go with straight up Ethernet to the bandwidth heavy devices, that would be even better. At the end of the day, even a mesh network based wifi network can't overcome the limitations of wifi.

Kinver: You probably don't need to completely re-start the iPad. Double click on home button, scroll to the A+ app, and swipe up to kill the app. Click the home button again to go back to the home screen and re-launch A+.

Regarding A+ remote: I wish that when you selected Artists, that it would show you an Album view rather than a Track view. If people also like the track view, perhaps when you select Artists in UITabBarController there could be a custom item in a UINavigationBar where you could switch between track view and album view. Wilson

If you have an integrated amp, then you have no need for a preamp, in which case the preamp function of the DAC2 HGC is of less utility. You may want it anyway, but it isn't functionally required. If you have a power amp, and you have a phono preamp, then you still need a line stage of some kind as phono-only preamps do not typically have gain/attenuation control beyond bringing the low level phono cartridge signals up to line stage appropriate voltages. If you have a preamp which has a built-in phono section, then presumably you don't need either a phono stage or the analog line functions of the HGC. The HGC analog preamp capability is well suited to the use case where you want to ditch the need for a separate preamp, but you still have analog line stage sources with which you want to integrate and continue to use. Whether the analog preamp functions of the HGC are as good as a top flight analog line stage preamp, that remains to be seen of course.

The option in the North American English version of iTunes is "Sound Check - Automatically adjusts song playback volume to the same level". This should be turned off (unchecked). Yes, it does impact sound quality, making it worse.

I'm using Audirvana Plus with the PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC MKII. Wondering what might be suggested or recommended settings for either or both software and DAC. I ask because: 1. Both Audirvana and the PWD are configurable for minimum phase, linear phase, apodizing filters, etc. 2. If Audirvana is playing 44.1/16 audio, should the output sample rate still be configured for 44.1 or should it be configured for 88.2, 176.4, 192, etc? The PWD will also upsample a 44.1 signal. 3. It seems like the DACs from Ayre, PS Audio, etc. have an abundance of digital filter selections. What do DACs usually do? 4. Is the correct way to turn off the Izotope resampling options in Audirvana to use Core Audio? Or does that have other unintended consequences? Thanks!

See my post above.

Try repeating the experiment without the powered hub using different USB ports on the MacBook Pro. Also, if you have other USB devices plugged in, unplug them or locate them on different USB controllers. http://m.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/05/the-macbook-all/ http://www.native-instruments.com/knowledge/questions/263/Which+USB+ports+should+be+used+on+a+MacBook+to+connect+the+audio+device%3F I don't know what recent MacBook Pros look like, but previous models only provided a single fully powered, full speed USB bus. You want your DAC to sit alone on its own bus and not have to contend for power with other devices.

I don't care myself that much, but one of the nice convenience features you could add is "Launch on startup". You can do this yourself of course by going to the System Preferences -> Users and Groups -> Login Items and add Audirvana to the list of startup items. But for users who don't know how to do this, a checkbox available on the same pane as "Turn off Spotlight, turn off Time Machine" etc. this would be a nice touch.

Wonder if maybe something on your system is using a lot of CPU. I'd monitor CPU activity and see if it is high and if so, which processes are consuming your CPU.

I just wanted to say that A+ is terrific. It is well designed, has so far been glitch free, and works hand in hand with iTunes and the Apple iTunes Remote app. It hasn't hung on me, doesn't require me to restart it once a day, and it hasn't lost track of what iTunes is doing. It has nice features. For example: - You can set a maximum master control volume level. So even if you whoops the volume slider on iTunes Remote you're going to be okay. This is a nice touch for those of us who accept that software based dithering volume is good enough. - It will turn automagically turn off Spotlight, Time Machine, etc. and then turn it back on again. - The interface is minimal enough and isn't obtrusive in any way. - It has nice progress indicators when loading a track into memory. And (this bears repeating) it is stable, not glitchy, etc. The use of the Izotope 64-bit resampler is welcome. I prefer this in my system to others. This is not my area of expertise, but for some time I was thinking I needed a DAC from Ayre, Meridian or PS Audio to take advantage of their apodizing minimum phase filter. But whatever benefit I heard for those systems I seem to be hearing from (I think) Izotope. Here's my comparison of the various players out there and why I think A+ is better. Amarra: Sound quality is about the same as A+. But A+ is more stable, less glitchy. Fidelia: A+ uses Izotope like Fidelia. But A+ leverages iTunes and hence iTunes Remote, which is I think a wiser investment of effort than maintaining a separate remote application. And, in my opinion anyway, the iTunes Remote App is better than the Fidelia Remote App. Pure Music: A+ is smoother, and whether you prefer one or the other is I think ear and system dependent. But A+ is more nicely designed, has convenience features I care more about, and as I was saying before, I really like Izotope. Damien, congratulations on making a really nice product.

I thought the M2Tech Hiface carried only 2 channel audio ...

http://www.slingbox.com/ Works with Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, etc. Presumably you'll want the Pro-HD version.

Michael from TweekGeek also just sent me the new Mac OS X driver. For everyone's convenience, and Michael's sanity, I've posted it here: http://tinyurl.com/yhs9a9y Can't promise how long it'll be up, but hopefully long enough for M2Tech to post it officially on their website.