I realize this is an old thread but I’ve been going through a similar issue on and off for about 9 months.
I use a Roon Nucleus to stream Tidal through a Rose 150b.
If I choose ethernet as the input to the Rose, eventually I get drops and then skips. I can restart this, reboot that, factory reset it, etc. to get it running for a while, but eventually it always begins dropping.
Whats interesting is that when I connect the Roon to the Rose via a USB cable, and switch from Ethernet to USB input on the Rose, I have never had a single drop. Its only symptomatic when using ethernet as the input (and always when using ethernet as the input)
For context I have some experience with networking so I have tried a bunch of tests:
switching ethernet cables
trying different ethernet switches
using my internet router’s LAN port instead of a switch
Connecting my Rose directly to my internet router and streaming Tidal directly from the Rose (bypassing the Roon)
**Every single test resulted in drops.
The Roon diags show theres a buffer overflow ocuring on the Rose when the drops occur. I dont think that should happen when its only streaming from one source,
My ultimate hunch is that I have a bad network card on the Rose, or perhaps theres a firmware issue. Whenever I do a factory reset on the Rose it immediately restores consistent streaming for a while, then eventually it drops.
The higher res music (>96k) is much more symptomatic.
Interestingly I installed the system in November 2023 and this did not begin occurring until around April of 2024. So firmware was a suspect.
The only test I havent run is using a different DACm so I am now going to borrow a different Rose to swap it in and see what happens.
For anybody that actually read through all of that - thanks. And if you’ve encountered anything similar and fixed it - any help would be much appreciated :)