What cable are you using from the wall to the EtherRegen?
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I'm gonna get the Shunyata Theta cable for sure. But I need ATT to put an ethernet port near my equipment rack. I don't know where they will pull the signal from to get it there though. From another line inside my house? Or from the street? But I will ask them about using fiber opric hopefully from the street or maybe the side of my house to where they place the ethernet port...I don't know if I need to use an EtherRegen switcher from the wall port or go straight into my Playback Designs streamer from the wall. This is all new to me!!....Thanks!
As for the Ethernet cable, you’ll be thrilled with results. Regarding AT&T and such, I dunno. My home was pre-wired when I bought it new in 2016 so the line is coming out of my laundry room and snakes all the way through to my wall where my entertainment system is. My ISP provider runs fiber from outside station to this room and. I use their router to feed everything out to the home. I run an ethernet cable from that entertainment wall into a 24 port Araknis Switch. From that switch, I run an ethernet cable out to the EtherREGEN switch. It’s quite simple actually. There are many YouTube videos and reviews on this item and you can always call Alex Crespi aka @Superdad at Uptone Audio as he is happy to answer whatever questions you may have.
Thank you....My house was built in '94 so I don't know if ATT used FO then. But I keep getting mailers from Blue Stream about their FO upgrades if I switch to them. My WiFi modem is upstairs with my desktop and it's using VDSL and VOIP phone jacks with special filters to the Modem. And downstairs there are only phone jacks as well so I don't even know if there is new tech Ethernet run to my house! I'll need to hear from ATT 1st to see what is here and how they approach the task as FO is a must. As far switches, I need to learn why I'd need those in between the wall and the Shunyata Theta and my Playback Designs Streamer. I would think the Playback Designs Streamer and MPD-8 DAC should be able to clean up the signal well but maybe switches still help.
Geez, sounds like a cluster! I would suggest you just do a search for ISP providers in your market and have a consult with whichever company you believe provides the most reliable solution at the best price. I have no idea which market you are in and sincerely doubt that any provider have fiber some 30 years ago. Once you make a decision let them know what you have and what you WANT and if they can get you from A-B. If not you can go to an app like Thumbtack and look for a good tech who specializes in such work. Plenty out there for sure. Good luck!
Theta is the new line of cables replacing Delta. Gamma replaces the legacy Venom product line.
It does seem to be priced about the same or maybe just a bit lower. Another example of Shunyata aiming to deliver more for the money.
Yes, and that's always been an overarching "guiding principle" for Shunyata Research. They are always striving to provide increased value* for their customers across their product portfolio.
Excellent summary and useful points for consideration. I've been using the newer Venom-X PCs for certain applications in my system, so it will be interesting to compare it to the Theta PC at some point. Thanks!
