Recent content by clothears

I have the 2020 node 2i playing through a Rega io amp into Q3050i floorstanders. I've got a fairly large room with high ceiling. The amp drives the floorstanders with ease and I think it gives a great balanced sound. The only negative is the headphone stage of the node isn't great, but my...

I had good results using a chromecast audio via optical link to a Cambridge Audio DACmagic streaming Qobuz for some time, until I got a bit tired of no gapless playback with chromecast, and that I found the Google Home network app can be a bit unstable and lose the Chromecast connection a bit...

All my issues seem to have resolved as soon as I replaced the BT Smart Hub 2 modem-router with a Budget TP-Link unit. The ethernet socket indicator light on the Node 2i is now orange instead of green, which I believe indicates a higher bitrate capability (?). I changed to Cloudflare DNS...

Which Broadband provider do you use? I'm with BT (Fibre to the cabinet and within 500yds of cabinet) and getting around 50mbps I believe. I have read a lot about BT DNS servers being slow, and Bluesound advised me to change to Cloudflare or Google DNS, which my BT provided Home Hub router would...

I have had several contacts with both Qobuz and Bluesound over my issues. BT diagnostics tell me I have no problems with my broadband service and certainly I don't notice any other issues streaming netflix etc. Qobuz offered little advice other than to use their own app, which obviously is no...

Thanks, I'm using a Bluesound Node 2i network player that uses its own native app with Qobuz (among others) and I'm not aware of any buffer settings or means of clearing caches etc. I can change (reduce) the streaming quality for Qobuz in the log on page but thats hardly the point of Qobuz, and...

Interested to see if anyone else is experiencing frequent buffering when listening to Qobuz lately? (For the record I'm using an up to date Node 2i connected directly to my BT smart hub via ethernet and BT tell me I'm getting around 50mbps without issue, I certainly experience no problem...

Late reply but I only saw this after I'd been searching a similar solution. My music files are stored in ALAC across two 160gb iPod classics, which I find very convenient and readily accessible. However I seem to be one of a few doing it this way! I must be out of touch! Anyway I use a Teac...