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Streaming Qobuz via iPad

I have the Qobuz app on my iPad and I stream to my Marantz streamer into my Bifrost 2 DAC. The thing is the streaming is twitchy or even drops out for a second or two before continuing on. By twitchy I mean I get these hangups in the music accompanied by pops. 
 

what could be causing this?  Is this an iPad issue or bandwidth issue? Also, just to confirm, is the iPad just acting as a remote control and the Wi-Fi music signal is coming from the Wi-Fi router?  Sorry not really technically proficient in computer. 

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ghdprentice
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OP,

I am confused. If what you say is that you are streaming “from” your iPad. That is the problem. This probably means you are using communication from the iPad to the streamer… you do not want to do that. This is exactly what happens to me when I tried this. This is an Apple communication problem. You do not want to be using the Qobuz app on the iPad. You want to use the Marantz app on your iPad to control the Marantz. The Marantz should have an internal app to link up with Qobuz. 
 

You want the Marantz to pick up the signal directly and use the iPad as controller. What model do you have? 

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cleeds
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ghdprentice

If what you say is that you are streaming “from” your iPad. That is the problem. This probably means you are using communication from the iPad to the streamer… you do not want to do that ... This is an Apple communication problem.

Eggzactly!

You do not want to be using the Qobuz app on the iPad. You want to use the Marantz app on your iPad to control the Marantz. The Marantz should have an internal app to link up with Qobuz.

Yup. Otherwise, he’s sending the Qobuz signal from iPad to the Marantz using Airplay (or similar), which relies on wifi and is also limited to 16/44.1.

last_lemming OP
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I have the ND8006. I think I should be using the HEOS (marantz) app. But is doesnt appear to have Qobuz

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cleeds
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last_lemming

I think I should be using the HEOS (marantz) app. But is doesnt appear to have Qobuz

Hmmm, it looks like HEOS does not directly support Qobuz. I think you may need to use something like BubbleUPnP, but that’s for Android - I'm not sure that it works with iPad.

 

 

last_lemming OP
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Yeah, I ended up going with Mconnect HD(Bubble for IO). Works like a charm, no more Airplay, I get full resolution.

I went with Qobuz because I kept reading it was better than Tidal I was using. I didn’t realize AirPlay was the issue. My streaming is perfect now, no glitches.  My only question now is I don’t know if Qobuz through Mconnect will change the quality vs going strait from a Qobuz embedded device?

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