I have a Motorola/Arris cable modem/gateway that does do AC. My ability to
use airplay is far better than it was with the old one at my old place,
which was whatever SMC model Charter used to provide back then. I always
thought the one session limit before the little airplay to 30-pin dongle
needed replugging was because of that device and not the modem, so I
exchanged one and had the same issue. I almost never have that problem any
more, so some airplay problems that would seem to have nothing to do with
the router might.
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From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: enjoy uninterrupted audio/video streaming
Nothing wrong with Airport Express units connected the way you described
Mary, I have an older and a newer Airport Express unit in the house, one
is connected via a digital link to my Roptel DAC in the den and the
combination is absolutely wonderful when it comes to audio quality.
Now you asked about the Airport Extreme? Yes, if you can then I'd
certainly replace it, I've used the Apple Tme Capsule for a while and I
appreciated the service it gave me as you appreciate what the Airport
Extreme does for you but I can assure you that you'll notice a huge leap
in both quality and performance if you get somehting like the Asus
RTAC3200.
Without going into too many tech details on a public list such as this the
main problem with the Airport Extreme is that it creates data bottlenecks
on your network/Internet connection whereas something like the Asus
RTAC3200 gives a clearer flow of data to all devices connected to it.
Regarding the Airport Express units? Well the newer models are certainly
better but they're something I wouldn't be in too much of a hurry to
upgrade, just upgrade when you can afford to.
Now that you mention it I must check the Apple web site to see if the
newer Airport Express units - a new2er model than my 2 year old model and
certainly newer than my 7 year old model - has the ability to accept the
AAC Wireless protocol, if not then N will do just as well for most things.
On 12/19/2015 11:54 AM, Mary Otten wrote:
Do you still use Macs? I have an airport extreme router that I've had
for several years. It is behind the times, in that it doesn't have the
AC protocol. Then again, I'm using an xp box to type this note, so
there you go. Anyway, one of the things I have appreciated about that
Apple router is that the airport utility is so easy to use from the
Mac. That has not always been true of all routers I've seen over the
years. And it, the router that is, works well with Windoes, android and
Apple devices of various flavors. But as stated earlier, it is long in
the tooth and could undoubtedly stand to be updated to something more
robust that has the newer protocol for higher speed and better distance
etc. I have a couple of older airport expresses connected to sound
systems in various parts of the house for airplay streaming from Apple
devices. There again, having that airport extreme as the head router,
so to speak, has worked wonderfully.
Mary
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