Wifi connected AMP and Roon Core, both with good/excellent sign strength, -50dBm.
Deco M9 Plus Mesh network. 750mBps fiber connection to ISP. No VPN.
Reset several times. No solution.
Connected Audio Devices
I connect the Roon Core to a NAD M10 v2 amplifier using RAAT.
Sometimes use Apple Music from MacBook or iPhone using Airplay, no problems then.
Number of Tracks in Library
8442 tracks, all files on lokal harddrive, no problem with these.
When playing some albums, streaming from Qobuz, it won’t play, just silence for a few seconds until it skips to next song. This happens every time with my favorite album, Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories. Its a 88,2kHz/24bit, sampling
I have tried deleting the album from my library and added it again, no solution.
It plays on the MacBooks local speakers and on my other connected speakers as Bluesound Pulse Flex 2i. It plays from the Qobuz App when using Airplay. The problem seems to be between Roon using RAAT and the NAD M10 v2 amp. Resetting the Amp helps for a brief period until the problem re-appears.
It happens every alway with this album, but the problem has appeared with order albums sporadically.
Hi, despite the good signal strength, it’s highly likely this skipping is down your Roon Core machine (and to a lesser degree the NAD) being connected via WiFi which is being pushed esp. when streaming HiRes Audio as in this case 88.2Hz 24 bit.
ISP --(Qobuz Stream)–> Router --(Qobuz Stream)–> Wifi Access Point --(Qobuz Stream)–> Roon Core …
Roon Core --(PCM)–> Wifi Access Point …
WiFi Access Point --(PCM)–> NAD
That’s 3 WiFi hops, and with WiFi not being full duplex even with a good signal it can be an issue. I say “can” as some installations are fine, but many have not been and switch to a wired setup was less of headache than attempting to troubleshoot WiFi contention issues.
My recommendation … as a test temporarily connect them to an [unmanaged] switch via Cat5e or Cat6 cables …
So after doing some search I could not find any other files with that sampling rate (88,2kHz/24Bit) and started to wonder if it is a DAC issue. So I changed the sampling rate limit on the unit (see picture) to max 48kHz/24bit, then It played flawlessly.
Any thoughts on this explanation?
Is it a faulty DAC, should I contact NAD to get my unit replaced, or is this a known issue with the DAC in the NAD M10 v2?
Do you get the same for 96/24 files? If not then it rules out network as that’s more heavy than 88.2/24. If you do then it’s likely your Wi-Fi isn’t up to the core and endpoints being all wireless. Hard wire your core and see if it persists. It’s best to have core on wired if possible.
