For those of you that wondered whether I ever resolved my streaming issues with the 818v3 - I'm very glad to say this is now fixed.

After a little over two frustrating years of my 818 ID41 crashing increasingly frequently - originally every day, but by the end it was every 20 minutes, I can now say (following the ID41's replacement), it has been working perfectly for a week and a half without issues (and, while it might be my imagination, it seems to sound better too). A huge shout out to Sevenoaks for supporting me in the two trips back to Cambridge, followed by a return trip to Reading getting the unit working.

While I'm a little pained it took so long to get fixed, I am so very delighted it is now working.


PS I would hasten to add that, in many cases, it's likely to be the network causing the issues, so please don't jump to the automatic conclusion that this means all Roon/Sooloos issues are related to the ID41 card. My experience does seem a very rare occurrence, albeit one that hasn't made me a very happy customer over the past couple of years.