Network Details (Including networking gear model/manufacturer and if on WiFi/Ethernet)
MacBook pro wireless to Telstra router, then ethernet from router to Naim NDX2.
Audio Devices (Specify what device you’re using and its connection type - USB/HDMI/etc.)
Description Of Issue
Roon worked perfectly until this upgrade - now it pauses at random and increasingly frequent intervals to the point where it has become unusable.
This is likely an issue with Wi-Fi … some people experience dropouts and unreliable connnections with Big Sur. You could Google–I prefer to DuckDuckGo–for a possible solution or recreate the Wi-Fi configuration by following the following steps. Also, please note that for best results your Core should use a wired connection.
Turn off Wi-Fi on your Macbook
Open Finder and press G
Type /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ in the box and hit Enter
Select the following files:
NetworkInterfaces.plist
com.apple.wifi.message-tracer.plist
com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
preferences.plist
Move these files to your Desktop
Restart the Macbook
Re-enable Wi-Fi
You can delete the files on the Desktop is the problem is resolved or unchanged.
I followed the suggestions from Martin and that improved the position - now it only seems to drop out when not very close to the router which would seem to suggest it is a wireless/roon/big sur issue - interestingly using the Naim app via wireless works perfectly (but of course at the cost of the album management and album data not being was good as Roon). Whether I control selections from the core (MacBook) or the iPad does not seem to make a difference.