Originally Posted by swpnt
Not sure if its me, but the latest Roon and ID41 updates seem to have increased stability and performance when streaming.

Before, I would get the occasional loss of ID41 when jumping around tracks, and album to album could be occasionally slow. Now everything is snappy and the ID41 endpoint hasn't dropped despite giving it a hard time earlier...

Long may it last!!

Cheers,

Steve

So after acquiring a new Nucleus (as recommended by our local M dealer) and applying the Meridian update to the ID41 cards in our 818 and 861 (with Bruce's help - again thanks), I thought all would be well. Unfortunately no. Last night while starting to play a new album via Roon/Tidal, I liked what I was hearing so tried to add it to our library (while the first track was playing). The system immediately choked, losing the 818 endpoint that had been playing. Once the endpoint was again recognized by Roon, I tried again. Same result. Tried playing through the 861 - same behavior. Rebooted the Nucleus. First try again, no joy. But on second try, the album played in its entirety. So no more trying to add to our library while listening. (I used to do this regularly.) Does anyone know if Meridian is working on a solid firmware fix (or new interface card)? This behavior is not acceptable.

John

Main: 861v8, 818v3, 8000XE, 7200HCUSE, 7200.2, Roon Nucleus+, Shunyata Everest w/ Sigma XC and Alpha NR's, HD621, Oppo 103D, Panasonic P60ZT60 plasma. RJ45 switch on master SpeakerLink lines to select 861 or 818, Etherregen & ENO AG feeding the 818, M-Links.
Room #2: 5200.2s from M218.