I admit it is truly beautiful but I have absolute zero interest in owning an analog watch that doesn't utilize the full dial for the time - especially with my already limited eyesight. Another saving for my wallet :wink:

I've given up on the Neo Stream - it is packed up and will be heading to my son's place to see if he can get it to work consistently as I can't sell it in good conscience. After a decent recent period of recent trouble free use (apart from the frustrating Airplay connection issues after the last...

To be honest, I couldn't be bothered. This is a replacement unit that I got after weeks of backward and forward with support after reporting the issues. The original unit was a complete disaster. I'm tired of doing resets, I lose all of my playlists every time and they are very time consuming...

I have reset mine and rolled back the software a few times without the same result. In fact I ran into other issues with error messages and not being able to play anything.

Airplay worked flawlessly until I updated the firmware to 2.16.06. It still connected fine and played but there was no sound. Approx. 1 out of every 10-15 connection attempts actually works. I rolled back to the previous firmware but the issue now persisted. I have tried connecting and...

So.......nearly 5 months since I first encountered the ongoing issue of Airplay not working on my NS after a firmware update, I see there has been no further firmware updates in that time. I'd like to thank iFi for conditioning me to have the patience of a Saint :wink:

This subject is fascinating. I swapped between 2 different linear power supplies (Uptone JS-2 & Teddy Pardo) powering the opti-box last night and heard 2 very different and easily discernible presentations, it actually confused me how there could be such a difference? As it was late, I intend to...

Thanks! Are you using NOS or OS? Have you tried both?

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/poll-aftermarket-qutest-psu.935548/

After taking a week to calm down I dragged out the Neo Stream again to see if I could get it working: Another factory reset to 2.15.8 Set up the network Scanned all my music Same as before - can't play anything "failed to open ALSA device". So I updated the firmware again: Updated to 2.16.6...

And now the NS won't play back anything at all after the factory reset :angry: Firmware version is 2.15.8 Airplay still isn't working and now I can't even play my local music files, with a red error message coming up briefly when I try to play something with "failed to open ALSA device". I try...

....and the Neo Stream continues to meet those very low expectations. Since posting above that I might avoid a factory reset, I've gotten Airplay to work twice out of a couple of dozen tries. I have now reluctantly done a factory reset, which is a huge inconvenience as it wipes all my playlists...

By the way - I'm curious why the Neo Stream doesn't automatically pick up the wifi signal after losing it? Any break in the wifi signal and the NS requires restarting rather than just re-connecting like any other appliance, computer, streamer etc.

Thanks but I got it working without a factory reset. Normal restarts weren't working but for some reason unplugging all cables and restarting did the job (What?) I'll see how it goes.......given my history with this particular product, I will expect the worst - that way trouble free performance...