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Wifi speakers Echo
I have 4 wifi speakers and 2 are connected to the router and 2 are connecting to the satellite. The issue is that this creates an echo - the speakers connected to the satellite are slightly delayed ...
Thanks for you feedback st_shaw.
The source is pandora streaming. All 4 speakers are on the same floor of my house and will sometimes connect to the same router and when that happens, the speakers are almost perfectly synced or at least the delay is negligible.
The satellite is on our 2nd floor and 2 of the speakers have been connecting to the satellite recently so the relay is from the router on 1st floor, to the satellite on the 2nd, and back to the speakers on 1st floor, which is when we hear the echo.
Other stationary wifi devices in the house like our ring camera also switch between the router and the satellite which doesn't present a problem since they are not synced.
I appreciate the help.
Thanks for the further information. I can't think of anything to try other than what I already posted.
WiFi wasn't designed for synchronization across the network, so it's a side effect of using WiFi for distributed audio and having two separate APs.
I have Sonos speakers. They were designed with their own private network (Sonosnet) to avoid this type of problem. The HK system looks like a clone of Sonos, but perhaps HK didn't get the sync part right.