Thanks Dave.
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You could get your system to forget it, then reinstall it. After restarting router. Try having everything on you usually have on before you do. It should then give it a local ip that is not potentially gonna cause probs. Downloading the fing app on a mobile device is handy to tell you what is going on with ips. A quick reload after you switch things on(give it 10 secs) and you will see if any issues with double ips are happening as well.
I have a QED Uplay, haven't used it in ages. I seem to recall that it wasn't that straightforward to set up in that I found I had to be next to the router to set up and I found the settings a bit fiddly but once set up it was good and the sound, to me, good in a small bedroom system. I used it with homeplugs and ethernet and streamed music from a NAS. I stopped using it because I couldn't get it to do gapless which I found frustrating. I now use a pi and Volumio which I find pretty good.
Grant
Thanks for IP suggestion. It seems odd that the TV version does seem to work OK - with occasional glitches, yet the audio model seems more fragile. Elsewhere I recommended Chromecast (TV) for another family member, who uses it with her TV, but also tried it in a bedroom where it didn't work too well, perhaps because of distance from the incoming router. However, also on my suggestion, she tried a Now TV, which works fine, to the extent that I bought a couple of those (one regular, and one with the Freeview tuners built in - bought when they were cheap) and they do seem good for TV - and they do solve the problem which was thrust upon us last September with the failure of some devices to keep up with BBC iPlayer due to system changes.
Re the uses of the audio devices - I was critical of using Bluetooth because of possible audio quality issues, yet if the sources are Spotify and other streaming sites that's probably not a big deal, as though SQ might be pretty low anyway. For some people convenience trumps quality.
I was looking for audio focused devices which will stream at least sources up to 20 bits/96 kHz to a DAC, and some claim to go up to 24/192 - and probably do.
The Chromecast Audio drop out issue is not the same as the issue discussed in the following thread - https://productforums.google.com/for...st/3PiH_40qLBw but it may be related. It does seem that there have been problems with Chromecast Audio and BT routers. I'm not sure if these have actually been resolved yet - it looks as though it's taken a while over an extended period.
We have a BT router, and it could be that the CC Audio problems are related to that. I'll investigate further.
Ive a plusnet router but not had any trouble. Might have latest software on. They both updated as soon as i installed them. Been fine since.
Chromecast Audio worked fine recently, so could be an intermittent problem with the BT router.
Re the Belkin and other streamers, they have a big advantage in some situations, as they don't need the existence of any form of infrastructure LAN in order to work - no need for a router. This could be enormously useful for mobile situations. Better to have some thing that works "well enough" rather than a really high quality system which doesn't work at all for some scenarios.
The Belkin is ridiculously easy to use. Plug it into mains, connect optical cable and then touch phone or tablet against device. NFC connects everything up using Belkin app. Anything that will play on phone or tablet then plays directly through streamer. Even though it is bluetooth I found the quality to be very good with services such as Spotify.
Geoff
I got one of these last year for £30...
http://www.qed.co.uk/wireless_blueto..._receiver.html
...I have it connected via optical to my MDAC.
Normally I listen to my LMS/SBTouch via the MDAC, but when my friends want to play me something from their phones this comes in really handy...and with an aptx compatible device it's not at all bad...but looses badly when compared to full fat wired (or wifi) SBtouch, unsurprisingly ;)