Songs stop on Tidal (“Tidal streaming slow”) then it skips to next song, Qobuz just doesn’t work most of the time.
Now my MXN10 simply disappears after a dozen songs and have to restart everything. Really really want to like Roon and was aiming to buy the lifetime, but it’s simply unusable. Tidal works fine on same setup, MXN10 has Tidal Connect.
Set DNS at 1.1.1.1 at router and desktop (server). Restarted everything a few times. No problem with any other connected device.
Roon Server Platform
macOS
Roon Server Specifications
iMac M1 2021. One connected ssd with 160gb of music.
Connected Audio Devices
MXN10 to a vintage amp (1970s Harman!)
Home Network Details
Wifi 6, perfect coverage (I stream 4K movies at same location as the MXN10 every night)
Hi Carl and Fietser – thanks for the quick replies.
I actually planned to hardwire the MXN10 instead. But if it is more important to connect the server device (currently my desktop Mac), then I will switch the approach. It will be more challenging to hardwire the desktop. I can route a temporary one to try it.
The more I read the more I realize that my descent (ascent!?) into digital audio is completely different from my last binge in the audiophile world 15 years ago.
Besides stability, the hardware configurations of the core and the server actually affect sound quality, is that correct?
I will route a temporary CAT5e to the desktop this weekend, and see if that fixes the stability. For a permanent setup, perhaps it will make sense to look at a dedicated server like the Nucleus. In that case, I would place it next to the DAC, then connect with USB. Then the MXN10 would be redundant, right? If a hardwired desktop server suffices, then the MXN10/DAC would be needed.
Thanks – putting me on the right track is appreciated.
The CA MXN10 has dual-band Wifi5 2GHz/5GHz, without an option to choose or disable one of them.
I was using a Deco X55 Wifi6 mesh system for the wifi. It switches automatically between 2 and 5 GHz depending upon signal strength, with no option for separate SSIDs.
Thus when I set it up, the MXN10 would accept connections from either 2 and 5GHz. and as these are the same SSID. I think the router was trying its “seamless” method to transition it back and forth according to the signal strength. Where it is located it has a full 2GHz signal and a varying medium-strong 5GHz.
MXN10’s Tidal Connect and Airplay connections worked fine with no dropouts. But the RAAT connection for MXN10 would drop out consistently every 15 minutes or so and the device would disappear from the Roon device list then re-appear in a few seconds. No stuttering or other buffering-like issues, but just seemed like it was disconnecting and re-connecting.
I happened to have a spare non-mesh Wifi6 router with distinct 2 and 5 GHz SSIDs and installed it. The MXN10 is now on 2GHz and the server (Mac desktop) is on 5 GHz (it’s closer to the router.). FLAC 48kHz/24-bit streaming to the MXN10 is averaging 50kbs, which is fine for 2GHz. Signal strength/stability is more important than capacity here. The desktop does other stuff so want the 5GHz to get the 600mbs speed I’m paying for.
I haven’t had a dropout since … the MXN10 device has not disappeared so far. Tidal and Qobuz are behaving.
Seems Roon’s interface is more sensitive than Airplay or Chromecast to such network transitions like the mesh router tries to do. I’ve never liked the unified SSID approach so good riddance to it.