Speakers are Focal Grande Utopia EM in black finish
Analog music sources,
Technics SP10 MK3 with two Kuzma 4 Point 14" arms. Koetsu Blue Lace on one and Air Tight Opus One in the other. Studer A820 half track tape machine with three sets of cards, each rebuilt by Studer electronics experts so I can compare upgrade performance.
Digital
music source is Aurender W20 Special Edition into Soulution 760 LEEDH. THe best input for music so far is Purist new USB cable and AES/EBU close second place.
Soulution 725 preamp, Soulution 755 phono stage Soulution 760 LEEDH and Soulution 701 mono block amps for electronics. See image posted Nov 18, 2022 to see how it looks.
Cable is 100% top tier Purist Audio design. All latest 35th Anniversary, all ten AC cords are the new Purist 35th Anniversary AC.
My space is 18 X 31 and
acoustically treated with RPG panels, tube traps and fiberglass acoustic treatment
over triple reinforced walls and ceiling. The floor is lamination beams
over steel plates to concrete pier and beam. Two sheets of 5/8 epoxy
lamination sheets make up the floor with two inches of
concrete topped with India multi color slate.
Whisper Wall
rail system and fine textured acoustic cloth covers the work, making everything appear as a normal room of
painted sheet rock or decorative cloth covering.
The room acoustics were conceived by RBDG
and the entire space was torn out to bare dirt under the foundation and
bare studs in the walls. The combo of all new electrical and acoustical treatment resulting in best sound I’ve ever had.
The best offering from Focal, shown with Stillpoints Ultra 5. Ultra 5 was an amazing upgrade for the speakers !
RPG Acoustics QRD 734 (variation)
On front wall, now obscured by acoustically transparent cloth, is floor to ceiling RPG (similar to QRD® 734) in foam, so it's partially absorptive.
Studer Studer A820
Found a near mint A820 at a production studio in Illinois. I was so excited about it's condition I had it driven here in the back of an SUV, covered with moving blankets.
Head block sent to John French and all cards at Soren Wittrup who worked for Studer. This is the machine I spent more than a decade searching for.
Technics SP10 MK3 Rosewood with Stillpoints Ultra 5
Technics SP10 MK3 Panzerholz with African Ebony lumber (no Veneer). This is the original design by John Semrad and myself, copied to death now.
TTM Stainless Mat and Oil Damp Weight
Japan, TTM Stainless mat (6.61 pounds) plus TTM oil filled record weight.
TTM record stabilizer TTM three piece set
Very hard to find, grateful I was able to purchase this last week. Three piece TTM record stabilizer replaces my previous single piece unit.
Air Tight Opus
Air Tight top of the line phono cartridge
Mutech Hayabusa
Excellent MC cartridge, retail about $4500.00
Koetsu Blue Lace Platinum
Top tier stone body Koetsu, perfect alternate to Air Tight Opus One
Soulution 725 preamp
725, Soulution best preamp, shown in system
Soulution 755 phono
Soulution best phono stage, unbelievable amount of adjustment for cartridge including channel balance to 1 DB
Soulution Soulution 760 LEEDH
Soulution top tier DAC, really pleased with performance of this DAC.
I still prefer analog but many recordings that were digital to begin with (and vinyl cut from CD master) are better on Soulution than on turntable.
Soulution 701 Mono Block Amplifiers
Soulution top tier 2KW solid state amps from Switzerland
ORB-DF03 USA version DF03
Excellent LP flattener, simple to use and so far perfect result
Aurender W20 Special Edition
Aurender music server, model W20 SE with 16TB solid state storage on board.
Vibraplane 2212-01
Under my Technics MK3, powered by Silentaire DR-150
Degritter MK2 Ultrasonic LP cleaning machine
From Estonia, very powerful ultrasonic LP cleaning machine. The MK2 version is better than the original which was already the best I’ve heard
Degritter and ORB LP flattner Degritter and ORB LP flattner
View of two important pieces to maintain LP collection
Milbank Transocket three phase 750 amp
750 amp meter base. Pass through design, three phase power is a huge benefit in conjunction with our dedicated transformer.
Porter Port Cryo outlets 20 Amp
14 of these in my system, each to a dedicated breaker in copper based electrical box
Furutech NCF Booster
New NCF Booster added to majority of AC cords in system. Easy to see against light colored wall, arrow points to NCF Booster to my (previous) owned Allnic M-5000 amp.
Purist Audio Design Focal EM Supply cable
New four conductor cord, replaces stock Focal supply cord from EM drive box to back of speaker. Amazing upgrade
(1) Soulution 725 preamp to Soulution 701 mono blocks
(1) Soulution 760 LEEDH DAC to Soulution 725 preamp
(1) Studer A820 to Soulution 725 preamp
Purist Audio Design 35th Anniversary Bi-Wire
1.5 meter Bi-Wire, Soulution 701 mono blocks to Focal Grande EM
Purist Audio Design 35th Anniversary AC Cables
New STUNNING cable from Purist Audio, silver and seven stage network box. This cable brought so much dynamics, resolution and transparency to my system it qualifies as a main component.
Leica Disto D2
Super laser measuring tool. Indispensable for setting distance and alignment of your speakers
Zephyr24069 Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. Do you run wireless simultaneity from service provider router and the X6?
Thats interesting info about Netflix, I assumed it was AT&T throttling or Netflix server issues. I have the same problem regardless if Oppo BDP-105D is connected to Netflix or the newer Amazon Fire TV.
The Oppo has current updates and Amazon Fire also shows no downloads needed. The Netflix problem is less now than two months ago when I had 29 MB down with AT&T. I was very close to cancelling and called AT&T and told them.
They said faster 45 MB service was available and for less money. The games these providers play is maddening.
Zephyr24069 Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. Do you run wireless simultaneity from service provider router and the X6?
Thats interesting info about Netflix, I assumed it was AT&T throttling or Netflix server issues. I have the same problem regardless if Oppo BDP-105D is connected to Netflix or the newer Amazon Fire TV.
The Oppo has current updates and Amazon Fire also shows no downloads needed. The Netflix problem is less now than two months ago when I had 29 MB down with AT&T. I was very close to cancelling and called AT&T and told them.
They said faster 45 MB service was available and for less money. The games these providers play is maddening.
Zephyr24069 Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. Do you run wireless simultaneity from service provider router and the X6?
Thats interesting info about Netflix, I assumed it was AT&T throttling or Netflix server issues. I have the same problem regardless if Oppo BDP-105D is connected to Netflix or the newer Amazon Fire TV.
The Oppo has current updates and Amazon Fire also shows no downloads needed. The Netflix problem is less now than two months ago when I had 29 MB down with AT&T. I was very close to cancelling and called AT&T and told them.
They said faster 45 MB service was available and for less money. The games these providers play is maddening.
Zephyr24069 Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. Do you run wireless simultaneity from service provider router and the X6?
Thats interesting info about Netflix, I assumed it was AT&T throttling or Netflix server issues. I have the same problem regardless if Oppo BDP-105D is connected to Netflix or the newer Amazon Fire TV.
The Oppo has current updates and Amazon Fire also shows no downloads needed. The Netflix problem is less now than two months ago when I had 29 MB down with AT&T. I was very close to cancelling and called AT&T and told them.
They said faster 45 MB service was available and for less money. The games these providers play is maddening.
Zephyr24069 Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. Do you run wireless simultaneity from service provider router and the X6?
Thats interesting info about Netflix, I assumed it was AT&T throttling or Netflix server issues. I have the same problem regardless if Oppo BDP-105D is connected to Netflix or the newer Amazon Fire TV.
The Oppo has current updates and Amazon Fire also shows no downloads needed. The Netflix problem is less now than two months ago when I had 29 MB down with AT&T. I was very close to cancelling and called AT&T and told them.
They said faster 45 MB service was available and for less money. The games these providers play is maddening.
Zephyr24069 Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. Do you run wireless simultaneity from service provider router and the X6?
Thats interesting info about Netflix, I assumed it was AT&T throttling or Netflix server issues. I have the same problem regardless if Oppo BDP-105D is connected to Netflix or the newer Amazon Fire TV.
The Oppo has current updates and Amazon Fire also shows no downloads needed. The Netflix problem is less now than two months ago when I had 29 MB down with AT&T. I was very close to cancelling and called AT&T and told them.
They said faster 45 MB service was available and for less money. The games these providers play is maddening.
Zephyr24069 Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. Do you run wireless simultaneity from service provider router and the X6?
Thats interesting info about Netflix, I assumed it was AT&T throttling or Netflix server issues. I have the same problem regardless if Oppo BDP-105D is connected to Netflix or the newer Amazon Fire TV.
The Oppo has current updates and Amazon Fire also shows no downloads needed. The Netflix problem is less now than two months ago when I had 29 MB down with AT&T. I was very close to cancelling and called AT&T and told them.
They said faster 45 MB service was available and for less money. The games these providers play is maddening.
Zephyr24069 Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. Do you run wireless simultaneity from service provider router and the X6?
Thats interesting info about Netflix, I assumed it was AT&T throttling or Netflix server issues. I have the same problem regardless if Oppo BDP-105D is connected to Netflix or the newer Amazon Fire TV.
The Oppo has current updates and Amazon Fire also shows no downloads needed. The Netflix problem is less now than two months ago when I had 29 MB down with AT&T. I was very close to cancelling and called AT&T and told them.
They said faster 45 MB service was available and for less money. The games these providers play is maddening.
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
Ah...Google Fiber; we all can dream! Definitely check out the X6 and now the X7. I have fought with getting stable and high performance home networking for work & personal use with cable/other providers for years. The installation technology is finally catching up to where that is possible. I know some folks with TW service in other cities,...I'll ping them and see if that aspect has improved for them. For now, the only current gripes I've heard from people at my company that also thrive on high bandwidth internet for home-office is typically directed towards Comcast and ATT. I've fought my own battles over the years with Charter in NJ, MA, CT and later in SC; they seem to be finally looking more deeply at, and replacing older concentrators, etc...in the 2 counties here in SC where I've lived that were laid in when many subdivisions were originally staked out.
In general, 45MB on the downstream assuming it is capable of sustained throughput (nobody gives more than 3-5MB on the upstream but you don't need that for UHD4K or even HD) would be enough to sustain UHD4k...
The other issue in this age of rapid software development techniques, frequent releases of software with small improvements/corrections, etc...the providers of apps like Netflix, Vudu, etc...for HD/UHD HDTVs, BluRay players, etc...and the operating system developers for the devices themselves have their own issues they have to test for and find fixes that need to be released. I'm altogether too familiar with the "stutter" from Netflix even when bandwidth is high and sustainable at that moment; the apps seem VERY sensitive to minor time-out issues, DHCP IP lease refresh points, etc....sometimes even locking up and requiring restart of app and/or device and app. Ah...the joys of technology!
