Post by MartinT on Feb 26, 2021 20:32:35 GMT
I've been thinking a lot about why it should be that 4G mobile (cellular) data for streaming sounds better than landline broadband or cable.
There's a lot of advice given by companies like Uptone about using fibre for noise isolation. Here's a typical good video showing how to use fibre for isolation from a broadband or cable connection.
Of course, you can avoid all of that isolation if you use 4G mobile data for your streaming. After all, any physical connection stops at your router, since it has aerials. There is no connection to a phone line with the miles of telephone wire and potential for noise pickup at the cabinet and at the exchange. It could also be clean since you could keep it for music streaming only, if you can afford a separate contract.
I'm using a TP-Link MR-6400 4G router and there are even better alternatives now, such as the Huawei B535 4G Hub supplied by Three. The advantage of Three is that they have an inexpensive uncapped service, perfect for lots of hi-res streaming from the likes of Qobuz, Tidal or Amazon.
Of course, it helps even further if you have some ethernet reclocking close to your streaming solution, such as an Uptone EtherREGEN, to finish the job of noise reduction right at the point of use.
My point, though, is that 4G may sound better than land-based internet provision because of the inherent isolation from noise. I have tried both, and will be sticking with 4G.
There's a lot of advice given by companies like Uptone about using fibre for noise isolation. Here's a typical good video showing how to use fibre for isolation from a broadband or cable connection.
Of course, you can avoid all of that isolation if you use 4G mobile data for your streaming. After all, any physical connection stops at your router, since it has aerials. There is no connection to a phone line with the miles of telephone wire and potential for noise pickup at the cabinet and at the exchange. It could also be clean since you could keep it for music streaming only, if you can afford a separate contract.
I'm using a TP-Link MR-6400 4G router and there are even better alternatives now, such as the Huawei B535 4G Hub supplied by Three. The advantage of Three is that they have an inexpensive uncapped service, perfect for lots of hi-res streaming from the likes of Qobuz, Tidal or Amazon.
Of course, it helps even further if you have some ethernet reclocking close to your streaming solution, such as an Uptone EtherREGEN, to finish the job of noise reduction right at the point of use.
My point, though, is that 4G may sound better than land-based internet provision because of the inherent isolation from noise. I have tried both, and will be sticking with 4G.
