Hi! Just to add to what I've already written so sorry about the extra irritation <smile>.
The B&W stuff also have a LAN connection so - if the Wi-Fi turns out to be a real issue - you can at least look at alternative ways of connection, connection straight to your router for example or connected to a switch. On 24 Feb 2014, at 4:47 pm, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: > Okay a few questions here, do the people having problems talk about Wi-Fi > congestion at all? How many other Wi-Fi networks are in the area for example? > > One reviewer for a magazine mentioned for instance that he had to contend > with 23 other networks in his area, that's a hell of a lot of traffic so he > then made appropriate adjustments to his router which solved the issues, have > the customers at Amazon posted about tweaking their routers? I'll be > perfectly honest with you, I reckon about 0.5% of people who own a Wi-fi > Router would know anything about tweaking the Wi-Fi settings let alone give a > damn about doing it for better performance. > > Okay so that out of the way, what sort of places were the people writing > these reviews using their A7 system in, was the router a considerable > distance from the A7 itself? If the router was say at one end of a rather > large house and the A7 at the other then perhaps its time to get a Wireless > extender. > > And finally, did the customer bother to use say Google and trouble shoot some > of these issues they were having? Did they indeed bother to read the manual > for the A7 to see if any suggestions were offered. > > So many factors in reviews and so much depends on Customer knowledge of the > product. > > On 24 Feb 2014, at 2:12 pm, Mary Otten <maryot...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Well, I am a big fan of B&W when it comes to the sound of their >> speakers. But I have to say that the only thing the bad ratings on >> amazon talk about is the issue with the drop outs from the network. >> People talked about using the same set up with other speakers and not >> having the problem. So it makes me think there might be some fire with >> this smoke. >> >> Mary >> >> >> > > > ********** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
