Roon RAAT and "An audio file is loading slowly"

[David A]

Hi, my consideration was this:
Connect router to internet
LAN socket 1 on the router: Roon Rock Nucleus, etc.
LAN socket 2 on the router: Devialet
Everything else on the router remove.
How is the result?
This is just to narrow down the error !!!

My Nucleus and Devialet are in a different room to the router. There is only one cable running from the room where the router is to the room where the Nucleus and Devialet are. The closest I can come to your setup is as follows:

Ethernet port on Router to ethernet switch in room with Nucleus and Devialet;
Ethernet port on Nucleus to switch;
Ethernet port on Devialet to switch.

I ran the system like that until a couple of weeks ago when I swapped to my current setup. It worked well with only occasional problems. The only time I ran into real problems was when I used Roon's DSP engine to convert everything to 192/24 and that led to severe problems. With Roon sending everything in bit perfect mode I rarely had an issue but I have no native 92/24 content. Other resolutions rarely displayed a problem.

While the Nucleus only has 1 ethernet port it does have 2 USB3 ports which can be used for network connections if you use a USB to ethernet adapter. My current setup is as follows:

- Ethernet port on router to ethernet port on Nucleus;
- USB port on Nucleus to adapter to ethernet port on Devialet.

The Nucleus and Devialet communicate directly. All music streams directly from the Nucleus to the Devialet and no other traffic occurs over that connection. The Nucleus communicated directly with the router for internet access and for streaming from Tidal and that traffic only occurs over that connection. There is complete isolation of network traffic involving the router from traffic between the Nucleus and the Devialet.

As I've said, that works well with only occasional issues, just as the previous setup described above worked well with only occasional issues except when I used Roon's DSP engine to convert everything to 192/24.

There are other devices connected to the router either directly or indirectly. They include my computer and several components in a separate home theatre system in another room.