NAD T778, BluOS, ethernet vs Wi-Fi

[Lwood]

Hello Audiophiles,

I've been using BluOS speakers for years, and I'm looking hard at the NAD T778 as a replacement amp for home theatre, replacing my current Denon.

I'm aware that BluOS requires that you choose between ethernet or Wi-Fi, but you cannot function across both ethernet and Wi-Fi.

Looking through the T778 documentation, I wonder if you can only do BluOS with the T778 using Wi-Fi.

Goals:

• All bluos capable speakers wired to ethernet ports
• T778 wired to the ethernet port on the T778
• Move bluOS speakers and the T778 with all of the attached analog speakers at will across the bluOS application
• Mix and match speakers within the BluOS application at will across my ethernet
• not have to worry that any little change to the Wi-Fi network will knock down my BluOS setup

One of my goals is to have all of my BluOS-capable speakers connected to my wired network, not Wi-Fi. I want to assume that since it's an ethernet and a broadcast domain that I can control with little interference, the BluOS topology will become very reliable compared to Wi-Fi and all of its sensitivity.

I would greatly appreciate any assistance. I've reached out to NAD support but cannot seem to get a reply to these simple BluOS wired vs. wireless questions.

 

[Jinjuku]

You would run the BluOS via wireless and the NAD by wire. As long as the IP address is reachable you should be good to go.