For some days then are dropouts. At unexpected moments the sound just stops. The strange thing is that when checking Roon on my MacBook, it seems to be running (the small stripes keep on moving) whereas the signal doesn’t reach the speakers. There is no observable drop-out of any component, but I hear nothing. It can happen after 6 minutes, two hours or whatever timespace, irregular and unpredictable.
The set-up: from the MacBook there is a cat7 LAN cable going to the modem/router, from there a LAN cable to the Meridian, from there via two analogue cables out to an Arcam AVR 550, and from there to Piega front- and centre speakers, a Mordaunt Short sub and two Elac back speakers.
To the network is also connected a Synology 214 Play NAS. I play from this NAS and use Tidal and play radiostations via Roon. Whichever source I use, they always are interrupted at a certain moment.
After I have shut the MacBook and opened it again Roon starts playing again, after pushing the start button.
This only happens when using Roon and the Meridian. When I play Spotify directly from the same MacBook to the Arcam, which offers that possibility, then there is no interruption whatsoever.
I also tested with other components in the chain, like a B&W Zeppelin and a Marantz Consolette: no problem. Although Roon comes to them through the Meridian, them being identified as different zones. The only difference is, that, when I open the Audio section in Settings, the components like the Zeppelin are ranked under ‘Airplay’, which is not true, because linked on to a LAN cable, and the Meridian is filed under ‘Networked’.
No idea why. In the meantime I have replaced all the cables, the modem/router, given the 218 another place, further away from the receiver (which has a sturdy transformer), but all to no effect. I’m at a loss…Wonder if any of you had an idea how to solve this.