AIR and Win10

[hk6230]

I have a Windows 10 laptop dedicated to Roon only connected via ethernet to the Airport Extreme router which is one foot away. I also have the Devialet connected via ethernet to the same router, again one foot away.

My music is on a NAS, connected to the second Airport Extreme via ethernet. This second router is one floor below. Both Apple Extreme's are the latest model with 802.11ac communications between the two routers. Both show TX rates of > 700Mbps at their respective locations. The NAS is dedicated and used for music playback only.

I was able to use Devialet Air as opposed to the Devialet ASIO USB driver on this Windows laptop for about 20 minutes. Then as it as playing a 24/192 album, PFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTT, white noise at a loud volume. No more experiments with AIR in the foreseeable future for me.

My router is an old TP-Link WR841N v7. Both my NUC and D200 are wired connected to this router. Devialet AIR buffer is set at 1000ms, and WASAPI bit perfect enabled. I had tried using both AIR-ETH and AIR-wifi with no issue in playing music files up to 24/192 and even DSD/DSF, using Roon as music player. My music is stored on a NAS, on lower floor, wired to another router.

Roon is set with Exclusive and Event Driven mode, Fixed Volume, DSD over PCM.

Don't be afraid to explore more, just set your D200 volume lower to ensure smooth playing before turning it louder.