Alvin is well aware that there are issues with connections to Tidal and Quboz via the Blusound Node 2i. I bought a Pontus dac with the new DSP board from Alvin and Vinshine Audio in October 2019 and have been messaging him monthly about firmware updates that he's promised from Denafrips. Sorry to air my dirty laundry.
From the beginning I was getting constant skipping and dropouts via a SPDIF cable between the dac and Node. Quoting a message from Alvin in November 2019:
"The issue of skip in split second was due to fifo buffer clock sync with source's clock mismatch by split second, hence the dac skip.This doesnt happen to all source, some sources clock has larger different with denafrips dac, so it will skip when the time sync is out.
I am pushing a firmware fix to address this"
Alvin seems to be like a great guy to deal with but saying its a network issue seems disingenuous. I use a direct ethernet cable connection to the Node and have 200mb/s download speed. It's not Alvin's fault, but him being Denafrips only dealer, there should be a firmware update after 6+ months. I wonder what my system could sound like without all the skipping and dropouts. Skipping happens with every listening session and dropouts have to be resolved by turning the dac off then back on.
What helped with the skipping and dropouts was me going out the first week and getting an iFi SPDIF iPurifier reclocker. I shouldn't have needed to do that. But the issue still persist on a smaller scale and we still need a firmware update as promised. Hopefully others with the same issue can voice it here.
From the beginning I was getting constant skipping and dropouts via a SPDIF cable between the dac and Node. Quoting a message from Alvin in November 2019:
"The issue of skip in split second was due to fifo buffer clock sync with source's clock mismatch by split second, hence the dac skip.This doesnt happen to all source, some sources clock has larger different with denafrips dac, so it will skip when the time sync is out.
I am pushing a firmware fix to address this"
Alvin seems to be like a great guy to deal with but saying its a network issue seems disingenuous. I use a direct ethernet cable connection to the Node and have 200mb/s download speed. It's not Alvin's fault, but him being Denafrips only dealer, there should be a firmware update after 6+ months. I wonder what my system could sound like without all the skipping and dropouts. Skipping happens with every listening session and dropouts have to be resolved by turning the dac off then back on.
What helped with the skipping and dropouts was me going out the first week and getting an iFi SPDIF iPurifier reclocker. I shouldn't have needed to do that. But the issue still persist on a smaller scale and we still need a firmware update as promised. Hopefully others with the same issue can voice it here.