Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion Meridian - Streaming MC200 location

In the next few months I will moving my Meridian system. Currently I have my MC200 very close to the 861/ID41 so have very short cable runs. The MC200 and ID41 are fed from a hard wired netgear FS108 switch.

In the new setup I will able to use the MC200 as a second zone in another room feeding a pair of DSP3100's. The compromise is that this will need to be connected via a pair of netgear home plugs running through the mains electricty supply. On the plus side the noise level would reduce. If at some point I add a QNAP drive, not sure how the traffic will work between the various devices and alter the situation.

My priority is to keep the 7200/861 system running as well as possible and I am therefore concerned that the MC200 being some distance away via a mains network will compromise its performance. The alternative option is presumably to use an Explorer to feed the second zone but this does mean yet more money.

I'm currently looking at the M SpeakerLink debate going on. Is cabling as important between the MC200, network and ID41 as it is between the 861 and the 7200's.

I use a Draytek router which has proved reliable and has good range with the upgraded antenna. The BT master socket is the other end of the house to the music room although there is a hardwired network cable and BT cable running between the two (not sure on quality but only a couple of years old).

Am I better to locate the Draytek away from the master socket and near the ID41 or does it not matter. I use a second homehub set up as a repeater at the other end of the house so range is not over critical. Internet speed is about 4000 Kbps, may be a few years before we get fibre.

Any thoughts gratefully received.

Thanks

David