Recent content by hiplytragic
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iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane
FYI to close the loop on this Tidal declined that any fix was necessary in their end and suggested I take the issue up with ifi. Not surprised in this despite multiple 3rd party apps including Roon and mconnect handling the same playlists issue free. Initially I began thinking I should go the...- hiplytragic
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iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane
I tire of ads pretty quickly and $7 isn’t the end of the world. I also logged a case with Tidal directly since it seems more likely the issue is in their app - given mconnect plays the same playlists without any problems. Stay tuned! PS: Nothings ever perfect but striving for that is a good...- hiplytragic
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iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane
mconnect just got my $7.99 for the paid version. Just finished listening to a 40 track playlist with zero issues.- hiplytragic
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iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane
Thanks for the suggestions. I’ve downloaded mconnect and giving it a try. What sucks here is that there’s no real way for the end consumer to determine where the issue resides as the many posts the search link you gave demonstrates. I don’t understand the suggestion then to have that...- hiplytragic
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iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane
How did this end up on your end? I started that same playlist this AM and it played for about an hour and then stopped.- hiplytragic
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iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane
Hi. So what’s the next step then? Are there any logs that can be captured and sent back to ifi for analysis to determine what’s causing this? Being in IT and building large scale systems for public use myself, the last thing I expect to hear is the old “well it works ok on my end” so it must...- hiplytragic
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iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane
I agree. I’ve had more frustration on under-delivered features and instability with Tidal Connect than enjoyment of this device.- hiplytragic
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iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane
I tried an Ethernet cable but that didn’t yield positive results for me. I have noted that when playing an album there is no interruption and ZS will maintain the Tidal Connect link without issue. I created an adhoc playlist that had only mqa tracks and it disconnected somewhere along the...- hiplytragic
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iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane
I would love to be able to completely turn off MQA in favor of flac on ZS. Coming soon?- hiplytragic
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iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane
Other than Tidal I’ve got Apple Music but I don’t really use it due to airplay’s constraints. I’ve gone through the network recommendations I found in boards such as giving a a fixed IP, using a network cable instead of Wifi. overriding DNS with 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 but none of these seemed as...- hiplytragic
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iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane
Playlists in general whether coming from Tidal (e.g. a suggested Trending Playlist or mix playlist from Tidals home tab) or one I created on my own. TBH I’m not certain about the latter but I’ll focus on this in my continued troubleshooting. As it stands right now, playing an entire album on...- hiplytragic
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iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane
Have you had any luck testing out Tidal Connect? In my end I haven’t found any patterns just yet. Although at one point it got so bad playback would stop after only one song. After rebooting the ZS I was than able to get maybe a 1/2 hour before playback stopped again. This makes me think it...- hiplytragic
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iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane
Has anyone figured out how to keep Tidal Connect from disconnecting and stopping playback in the middle of a playlist or album? This is my main use case and very frustrating that it doesn’t work right.- hiplytragic
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iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane
After factory reset, setting it up again, and updating firmware to the latest I can’t reproduce the issue anymore. I’ll keep an eye on it for now.- hiplytragic
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iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane
Has anyone noticed that with latest firmware if your wifi network reboots that you also have to reboot the Zen Stream? I got a gazillion wifi devices and all reconnect automatically. Except my Zen Stream.- hiplytragic
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