Chord 2Go & 2Yu Wired/Wireless Network streamer and S/PDIF adaptor - Official thread

[gryffe]

I'm still losing network connection every so often. Anybody else?

 

[ubs28]

Guess I am one of the few where the new firmware improved my 2GO.

However it is still not as good as my Samsung 4K TV.

 

[NYanakiev]

Happy to say that I still experience no problems of any nature, be it connectivity or vpac

Both before and after the update

 

[hptubes]

So a bit ago I said that vinlypopsandclicks was better with the firmware update. Gonna have to retract that. I sometimes get stretches with nothing, but when I do get them, it's sometimes multiple times in a track, which can get pretty darn annoying. Mind you, this is a product with "Pure Audio" written as you open the box.

I'm curious if others found the issue better or not with the update.

I am perhaps lucky with my hardware, but I can honestly only remember a single pop in the 20 or so hours I've been listening (only had it about 3 weeks now). Sorry you are still having problems when others don't seem to be (as much)--that is super annoying. I feel like there are enough examples of this (still) that we all should be able to isolate this down, but it doesn't seem to be a distinct pattern or use case from my reading, unless others are seeing a pattern I haven't.

 

[hptubes]

I'm still losing network connection every so often. Anybody else?

I was having a fair amount of issues dropping the wifi / Roon connections pre-update, but at the risk of jinxing it, it's been super stable since the upgrade for me, on two different wifi networks in two different homes, using Roon in one and using Airplay in the other. I've probably put 20 hours on the units since the update, and I can say that I had one blip in that time, and I didn't need to restart the H2Go to resolve it as I did pre-update, and so I think it was something with Roon. The Airplay (Qobuz/Pandora from the iphone) has been flawless since the update, with multi-hour-straight sessions.

Sorry you are having issues still--super frustrating. Hopefully we can help you all figure these out. It's a phenomenal product if we can get it stable for everyone.

 

[hptubes]

For all my recent (post-update) love of these devices, I'm still not finding the SD card option to be a helpful addition in terms of features. I haven't invested a ton of time in it, but I downloaded mConnect for my iphone but it doesn't see the H2Go on my network as a UPnP device. I'm also not sure I loaded the card correctly (do I have to create a playlist for it to index the album folders?). Will it only see it if I'm directly logged into the Chord's wifi? I'll do a little more reading up on it, but as has been mentioned a lot on this thread, this is the least intuitive and least usable feature left, in my opinion (once we get everyone to a stable place). I will also admit to not being an UPnP expert so I lack a little experience in the setup.

 

[joshnor713]

I am perhaps lucky with my hardware, but I can honestly only remember a single pop in the 20 or so hours I've been listening (only had it about 3 weeks now). Sorry you are still having problems when others don't seem to be (as much)--that is super annoying. I feel like there are enough examples of this (still) that we all should be able to isolate this down, but it doesn't seem to be a distinct pattern or use case from my reading, unless others are seeing a pattern I haven't.

But Chord said it's software-related, hence, why they tried to fix it with an update. It sounds like there's enough people still getting it.

 

[hptubes]

But Chord said it's software-related, hence, why they tried to fix it with an update. It sounds like there's enough people still getting it.

Yeah, sorry, I'm generalizing external variables as "hardware" as I'm assuming we're all running the same software at this point (those of us who are upgraded, some of which are still having the problems).

I'm assuming that those of us NOT having regular issues have something in our environments (or lack something in our environments) that's avoiding the scenario where the software produces pops and clicks. It could obviously be hundreds (more?) of variables that are impacting the unit's ability to buffer, handle errors, handle timing problems, handle re-clocking (if that's happening), read from the network or local storage, hold network connections, manage hardware resources properly, etc. Some of it may be hardware-related or other network/signal variables. In a controlled environment (which is very hard in situations like this), it should also be reproducible with consistency, but the forum doesn't appear to be there yet. Hopefully we'll help each other to isolate what's different in each other's environments.

And help Chord!

 

[gghirardi]

Can those who say they do not experience pops and clicks also state whether they are using SD cards or playing through wifi/ethernet. I am experiencing the pops andclicks when using SD cards. These are large new generation SD cards (500 GB each SXDC cards).

 

[joshnor713]

Can those who say they do not experience pops and clicks also state whether they are using SD cards or playing through wifi/ethernet. I am experiencing the pops andclicks when using SD cards. These are large new generation SD cards (500 GB each SXDC cards).

I do most of my listening streaming Tidal via Bubble, so this is where I'm hearing them. I'll try SD card playback, but judging based on how things have been, it'll most likely be the same.

 

[Doody]

Can those who say they do not experience pops and clicks also state whether they are using SD cards or playing through wifi/ethernet. I am experiencing the pops andclicks when using SD cards. These are large new generation SD cards (500 GB each SXDC cards).

pre-update i heard VPaCs through SD card playback disconnected (hotspot mode) and connected via wired ethernet. since the updates i have heard VPac one time and i was connected via wired ethernet. i haven't had time for much critical listening though since the updates.

doody

 

[canfabulous]

Hi... is anyone using the 2go with Amazon Music HD... if so, how do you make it work? (I’m researching whether a 2go would be a good add on as I purchase a Hugo 2, or whether I should just stick with my phone as the “Streamer”).

 

[ubs28]

But Chord said it's software-related, hence, why they tried to fix it with an update. It sounds like there's enough people still getting it.

It is all software related indeed, I am pretty sure of it since my 2GO performs significantly better with this new firmware.

So it is BS that people claim their 2GO is perfect.

You won’t see airplanes fly if the Boeing 777 had such bad software and claiming “our bad engineering only affects a small group of users so our planes are fine”.

 

[NYanakiev]

It is all software related indeed, I am pretty sure of it since my 2GO performs significantly better with this new firmware.

So it is BS that people claim their 2GO is perfect.

You won’t see airplanes fly if the Boeing 777 had such bad software and claiming “our bad engineering only affects a small group of users so our planes are fine”.

Nope, no BS here. I only had the pops and clicks when I still had my old ISP-provided router.
I haven't had any since, both before and after the firmware update. Sorry bud

 

[ubs28]

Nope, no BS here. I only had the pops and clicks when I still had my old ISP-provided router.
I haven't had any since, both before and after the firmware update. Sorry bud

If you take your unit here in my home, it will show the same problems as it is all software issues. A lot of airline companies also reported no problems with the Boeing 777 also until ....

If there was anything wrong with my Network (10Gbit/s), my Samsung 4K TV (DLNA / Airplay 2 streaming) would not perform flawlessly for years. Even my cheap Bose smart speakers in my bedroom performs without any single issue over DLNA / Airplay 2.