Are some streaming players more reliable than others?

@russellrcncom 

My personal opinion:  It seems to me that this is a wonderful idea that was foistered on us before the bugs were worked out of the technology. 

This is my thoughts exactly  Even with an all in one streamer/dac its a PITA. Too many handshakes between too many devices with no or different standards/protocols. But its a great idea in theory. And they sell like hotcakes. so the vendors & mfgs make $$$. but my experience has been awful. And I've been computing since 1991 and seting up gear since the early 60's. but I can't get this thing going dependably

I have a streamer / Dac that by all measures should be fabulous. . And it sounds great when I can get it to work. It has been total frustration to the point that I have given up and maybe will try one more solution. but i'm lmost ready to forget it and spin vinyl and cds til one of us gives out.Its a toss up between the CDP and me at this point

Made the switch to fiber, big improvement. 

Have you checked your internet speed? I’m not familiar with MConnect or if that might be causing a problem somehow (settings, etc.).  I doubt it’s the streamer.

I've never had issues streaming from Qobuz or other sources. I started with a Raspberry Pi, then "upgraded" (or so I thought at the time) to an Aurender, then dumped that for a Bryston BDP-3. They all worked well using wired connection.

Could be the streamer, could be your network.  I have two identical streamers, one connected to my router by CAT 8 a few feet from my modem.  No dropouts.  Ever.  The other is on the other side of the house connected to an Orbi mesh unit by Cat 8.  Even though I get almost the same download/upload speeds from that Orbi unit, once in a while it drops out while streaming Radio Paradise.  It doesn't drop out while streaming music from my network.

I have Qobuz and don't have dropout or freeze problems with my several Raspberry Pi based players. Same with my Roku video streaming -- no problems.   My first thought is that you should check your internet service.

I don’t think there’s anything inherently unstable about streaming. I have a fairly simple, relatively inexpensive streaming setup in my main system, Bluesound Node 2i feeding a Ben Canto DAC 3, on to a Raven Audio integrated and have never had a dropout or interruption of any kind while listening several hours a day over the last two or three years. The only other element in the chain is the WiFi itself, AT&T fiber, which has also been completely trouble free.

I've been using the same Auralic Aries Mini for some 5 years now I almost never get dropouts and it's been super stable.

I do not have drop outs. My Blue Sound Node 2 sounds a touch better than my Marantz SA8004 CD player. I have had drop outs in the past but very, very limited. 

I haven’t had a drop out, freeze or any glitch of any kind for at a year. A high quality streamer should shield you from that. Both of my Aurender streamers have some file space on them… I copied a bunch of my albums (2,000) onto it, in case of an internet outage. But haven’t used it in a year.

My iPad will not load sometimes because the internet is slow, but my streamer continues without any hesitation.

I’m just guessing you need a better streamer. Mine works from a wall wart wiFi extender and gives me reliable sound quality equivalent to my really good vinyl analog side without a glitch… ever.

I recently switched to a Allo USBridge Signature with Shanti power supply and (knock on wood) have yest o have a single streaming issue. I use roon and qobuz.  My dedicated NUC streaming as a roon endpoint had all the same problems you report.

Jerry