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    H390 streaming - question

    Hi,

    After looking at so many options to stream Tidal I think I'm coming to the conclusion that the H390 maybe my perfect solution. However, I'm still unclear about how best to stream to it.

    As I understand the H390 prefers to be hardwired to a network via ethernet. Here lies a problem for me. My listening room is three floors away from my router. I do, however, have the Netgear Nighthawk wifi 6 mesh with two satellite extenders. I could place one of the extenders that have an ethernet port on it in the listening room.

    Do you think this is a suitable and reliable solution to being hard-wired and is there a way to test to see if it is?

    Thanks

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    Re: H390 streaming - question

    Have you ever streamed Tidal or Qobuz before - prior to getting the H390? If your network system was OK with your previous streamer, it will be OK with the new one - Hegel isn't more greedy than any other streamer. Even if you used wi-fi before (never ideal) and it suffered few if any dropouts, the Hegel should perform similarly. I guess the Hegel has a wi-fi ability. Otherwise you could use your house wiring to carry the signal from your router (all effectively hard wired) using a pair of Powerline Extenders.

    This may be worth a read - WiFi Extenders vs Powerline Adapters – Which is the Best?
    Sources - NAD M50.2 (streamer, CD player, CD ripper, hard drive music store)
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    Re: H390 streaming - question

    Tell me if i'm wrong. My h360 max rez is 24/96 so wifi didn't cost but the new 390 has higher resolution that you wouldn't get with wifi anywhere in the chain no?
    KEF Blade, Mc-611's, C49 rega jupiter, roon nucleus, revox tuner. Meridian dsp8000 se upgrade, meridian 218 zone controller VA Beethoven's, Hegel h360.

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    Re: H390 streaming - question

    I don't know the spec of wi-fi or the different damands (if any) of a streamer that offers hi-res streaming, or H390 vs H360. If you're concerned, all the more reason for looking into Powerline Extenders. They cost £50 per pair or so and extra receivers are available so you can hard wire other things around your house as well as your streamer, that may need a better link than your wi-fi can offer.
    Sources - NAD M50.2 (streamer, CD player, CD ripper, hard drive music store)
    Amplification - NAD M33 all-in-one, NAD M12 preamp (in reserve), Atma-Sphere Class D monos
    Speakers - Avantgarde Duo XD, Avantgarde Duo (2006) - both aesthetically modified

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    Re: H390 streaming - question

    You can get one of those WiFi adapter/extenders with an Ethernet jack that’ll plug into your H390. From there you can use mConnect to steam into the H390 via uPnP. You get the full unfolding of mqa and it’ll show up on the screen of the amp at the bit rate of the stream.

    When you stream ‘hires’ files, keep in mind they are much larger files than say Spotify at 320kbps. So if you like to jump around or scrub through music files your (mConnect or other) app may crash and you have to restart the app - no big deal, but quite annoying for me. I had my H390 hard wired so this is just the robustness of the app…the Tidal app couldn’t natively stream MQA into the Hegel so you have to use uPnP to get those “benefits”
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    Re: H390 streaming - question

    I'd say any wifi router or access point could pick up the mesh network and go cabled to any streamer. I'd prefer it over a power line adaptor. Make sure to use 5GHz network as this has more bandwidth and less issues with band overlaps/interference than the 2.4GhZ
    Hegel streaming option is just an endpoint though. Note that every upnp player app may have its quirks. I noted with Audiostation on Synology that each time I launched the app that it would lower the volume setting by -5. Other players could not browse throughout the song nor pause.

    Just some thoughts to further investigate, regardless nice amp!

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    Re: H390 streaming - question

    While hegel claims eazypezy when I tried streaming directly from tidal as explained in the owners manual and the constant crashing had me shopping for a dedicated music server pretty quick.
    KEF Blade, Mc-611's, C49 rega jupiter, roon nucleus, revox tuner. Meridian dsp8000 se upgrade, meridian 218 zone controller VA Beethoven's, Hegel h360.

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    Re: H390 streaming - question

    Don’t use the extenders, they are more trouble than they are worth! Mine’s siting on a shelf. What I then got works through the wiring in your home. Netgear, Powerline 2000+Extra outlet. Bought it from Crutchfield, but it’s on Amazon as well. Works great and I haven’t lost signal since I plugged them in.

    All the best

    JD

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    Re: H390 streaming - question

    Powerline! Easy setup and no drops!
    I am using the Netgear Powerline 2000+ extra outlet. Works great!
    I bought from Crutchfield but they’re on Amazon also.

    All the best.

    JD

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