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Are some streaming players more reliable than others?

I love streaming music and listen to my CD player and TT less and less these days.  It's almost like having the world's music library at your feet, al for $149 /year (Qobuz). That said, I'm pulling my hair out between drop-outs, freezes, devices not being recognized, etc.  It' s always something.  My personal opinion:  It seems to me that this is a wonderful idea that was foistered on us before the bugs were worked out of the technology.  Now that I have vented, can someone tell me if some streamers are less problematic than others?  My present set-up:

MBL CD 31 CD player / DAC

Sonore Ultra-rendu

EtherNet Regen

Using MConnect for the connecting software.  

thanks.

 

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jbmac75
186 posts
 

I do not have drop outs. My Blue Sound Node 2 sounds a touch better than my Marantz SA8004 CD player. I have had drop outs in the past but very, very limited. 

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jond
5,689 posts
 

I've been using the same Auralic Aries Mini for some 5 years now I almost never get dropouts and it's been super stable.

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sfar
1,756 posts
 

I don’t think there’s anything inherently unstable about streaming. I have a fairly simple, relatively inexpensive streaming setup in my main system, Bluesound Node 2i feeding a Ben Canto DAC 3, on to a Raven Audio integrated and have never had a dropout or interruption of any kind while listening several hours a day over the last two or three years. The only other element in the chain is the WiFi itself, AT&T fiber, which has also been completely trouble free.

mlsstl
1,405 posts
 

I have Qobuz and don't have dropout or freeze problems with my several Raspberry Pi based players. Same with my Roku video streaming -- no problems.   My first thought is that you should check your internet service.

big_greg
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Could be the streamer, could be your network.  I have two identical streamers, one connected to my router by CAT 8 a few feet from my modem.  No dropouts.  Ever.  The other is on the other side of the house connected to an Orbi mesh unit by Cat 8.  Even though I get almost the same download/upload speeds from that Orbi unit, once in a while it drops out while streaming Radio Paradise.  It doesn't drop out while streaming music from my network.

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