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While it's true that the newer Pi's has built in WiFi...

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In Reply to: RE: Looking for a good, cheap WiFi dongle for my Pi... posted by Rod M on September 26, 2017 at 19:53:58

Some here claim that the dongles work better, depending on the S/PDIF 'HAT' one chooses to use, or so I am told.

I have a bedroom that has poor WiFi coverage so the below was suggested by another inmate. Yet to more the Pi so I haven't tried WiFi as yet but will soon.

What are you using to power your Pi?

In my experience, and my streaming reference is the much more expensive uRendu with a $400 LPS-1 for power, is that the Pi is quite sensitive to the quality of its 5V source. Real audible improvement can be had by a simple $20-$50 PS upgrade.

Cheapo Jameco transformer LPS or the iFi iPower are a couple reasonable choices.

Wifi Adapter Wireless N Adapter 300Mbps 2.4GHz Wifi Usb with (Open in New Window)

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I think the deciding factor is... - E-Stat 15:31:57 09/27/17 (1)
Some here claim that the dongles work better

whether or not you stream hi rez (88-96-176-192/24) content.

Never had any trouble with low rez stuff, but now have quite a collection of the former where the thirteen buck device prevents drop outs.

Tripling (or more) the bandwidth requirement can make a difference. :)
- Since I went with Gigabit fiber... - Ivan303 18:42:40 09/27/17 (0)
  along with gigabit routers and switches and a new NETGEAR Nighthawk X4S WiFi router, all is good. Even my decrepit 2011 MacBook Air cracks 100Mbps on WiFi.
  
  Before that, drop-outs with SONOS running TIDAL or QOBUZ on WiFi was plagued with drop-outs.
  
  No more.
  
  Still, the bedroom is the weak spot as it's at the other end of the house with even the inner load-bearing walls stuffed with insulation as sound proofing.
  
  No Cat-5E in the bedroom as the wife got to the contractor that did the re-model (2003) before I did and said 'no phone in the bedroom'.
  
  OK, no TV in the bedroom either so I win! :-)
  
  For $12 that dongle looks like a good solution.

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