Setting the target buffer to 2000ms seems to stop drop outs
Have you tried not using the home hub but a separate network and a dedicated switch ?
I got the idea from the recommended setup for a Linn DS system, also make sure everything is gigabit ( this shouldn't matter too much for a wifi connection )
Picked up from another forum
But can some help we with how do you measure Wi Fi dBm strength ? is it lowest or highest number ? and what is ideal for this air function ?
On the matter of routers: Devialet suggests in the help page subject labelled "How to set-up an optimized network to stream" that Apple devices are the routers of choice. Well, yes and no. I purchased and installed a new Airport Extreme just before the introduction of 6.0 and 2.0. The new router worked perfectly with the previous version of Air, but is now troublesome with Air2.
Also, it seems that the longer the music plays the more frequent the dropouts, so that 10 minutes on the interruptions are too distracting for pleasurable listening--yet the signal strength of the wifi remains constant.
I too am among the somewhat frustrated people with a D-Premier that has drop-outs in the music. I am using 6.0.6, Air2.0, iTunes 11.0.4. I have followed the 'best' option for a wireless network. My signal strength is at a constant -31/32 dBm. I had one of the guys from the dealer I bought it from out today since I have exhausted all my ideas. I have been in contact with the guys at Devialet on an ongoing basis. They are always quick to respond and try to be helpful. Yet, I still have drop-outs and/or static at some of the higher resolutions. The most frustrating part is it isn't consistent. Some days 192 streams happily without problems, others sounds like an early transistor radio. Most likely the new version with ethernet will be in my home soon. I switched from a Linn system which only uses ethernet. Never any drop-outs but the audio quality is nowhere near the Devialet.
When it is working well, the Devialet mated with a pair of Raidho C1.1 speakers with Crystal Cable is audio nirvana!
I too am among the somewhat frustrated people with a D-Premier that has drop-outs in the music. I am using 6.0.6, Air2.0, iTunes 11.0.4. I have followed the 'best' option for a wireless network. My signal strength is at a constant -31/32 dBm. I had one of the guys from the dealer I bought it from out today since I have exhausted all my ideas. I have been in contact with the guys at Devialet on an ongoing basis. They are always quick to respond and try to be helpful. Yet, I still have drop-outs and/or static at some of the higher resolutions. The most frustrating part is it isn't consistent. Some days 192 streams happily without problems, others sounds like an early transistor radio. Most likely the new version with ethernet will be in my home soon. I switched from a Linn system which only uses ethernet. Never any drop-outs but the audio quality is nowhere near the Devialet.
When it is working well, the Devialet mated with a pair of Raidho C1.1 speakers with Crystal Cable is audio nirvana!
You are getting very good signal strength at -31/32dbm. Even though my router is only 2m from my Devialet pair and 2m from my MacBook Pro I am only getting -49dbm though I guess that should be sufficient. I am using a Time Capsule but simply for its Airport Express router. I use selected wifi channels 10 and 40 since no nearby routers in other houses seem to use these.
Could I ask what router/channel(s) you are using? And what physical location?
The sound quality is stunning though, like you, I get dropouts - none at first but becoming far too distracting after, say, 30 minutes listening. I suspect it is a data packet rerequest/buffer management problem which hopefully Devialet can fix soon in Air 2.1.
I am using a Time Capsule for my internet use and an AirPort Extreme for an audio only network set on channel 6. I don't have the 5 ghz on since the Devialet isn't compatible with it. The Extreme is sitting on a shelf approx 1m above the Devialet. The Time Capsule sits behind a sofa which is approx 3.5m from the Extreme. They are all connected via ethernet over mains. Usually my laptop is in between the two. I have moved the Extreme sometimes 1cm and the signal strength changes dramatically. We experimented today and set it directly on top of the Devialet and got up to the low -20s. Kind of defeats the wireless attraction though. I set the buffer to 5000ms on the delay to 250ms on Air2 which helps with the dropouts but doesn't eliminate them.
Hope that helps.
hi
That was interesting..i did simplify my set up when i bought the Devialet,moved the music files over to the iMac,bought a time capsule for use as a sender in a dedicated network and back up,so i did set up own network with the Devialet name,the time capsule is on the right side close to the iMac.
Then i bought a airport express and connected it also to the same network and placed it in the stereo rack. Devialet is 4-5 meters from the iMac in the same rom
Still i only get 50 to 55 dbm ?? ,i haven't set the network on a special channel,live in a building with some apartments so maybe that is a problem ??
Any special tips for setup a own network with the Devialet ?
A other thing is that my Audio pro dongels interference with the network when i try to set that up ,so shutted that system down
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