I was very excited about this, got it on 30 December, but it seems buggy / defective, unless I am being repeatedly stupid- unlikely. I haven't contacted the company or dealer yet, I know the company may also respond here, but any user feedback welcome!
I bought it to replace the amazing ancient Squeezebox, fed into a Chord DAC. My aim is to stream Qobuz (from iPhone app) and use my ripped CD collection- either through attached SSD, or from Mac mini on wireless network.
I have three main problems:
1. generally unstable. Was very hard to get wifi setup to work. When it is turned off, to at some other apparently random times, it needs to be configured again, including selecting digital output although I dont even have a USB DAC connected).
2. cannot connect airplay from either of my Macs. One sees it but doesn't connect, then I can't actually see if with the Qobuz app, so have to reset it.
3. I cannot get 192/24, I have tried streaming from iPhone or downloading the file, It plays as 192/24 on Qobuz iPhone, but shows as 44.1/16 on iFi app (and the color of the relevant LED remains green).
I have upgraded it to the latest firmware, restored to factory, upgraded again, etc, to no avail.
A general usage question: it doesn't have the Qobuz app, so my only option is to stream via DLNA from iPhone- correct? This seems inherently more complex than a native app. I knew this before I bought it, but want to check I am not missing something obvious.