I had a lot of difficulties with AIR since I bought my D900.
Just to summarize, here a few tips which helped me reach a satisfactory situation with AIR (even in WiFi) :
Hope this helps.
Just to summarize, here a few tips which helped me reach a satisfactory situation with AIR (even in WiFi) :
- give the Devialet fixed IP addresses (whether on the RJ-45 or WiFi connections)
- give the Airport (or router) which is streaming to the Devialet a fixed IP address
- if possible, dedicate the 2.4 GHz band from the Airport/Router to the Devialet and create a separate 5 GHz band for connecting any Mac/PC to the Airport/Router
- try to put the Airport/router as close as possible to the Devialet in case you want to use WiFi ; I reach a -25db signal on the D900 by placing the Airport Express just beneath the network board of the Devialet (see picture [img][/img] )
- use a reasonably powerful Mac to stream ; avoid any other process on this machine as crackling are the reflect of incapability of the Mac to send music data fast enough to the Devialet ; in case you use a MacMini, contemplate the possibility to dedicate it to streaming and to use the CAD optimization scripts (http://www.computeraudiodesign.com/computer-setup/)
Hope this helps.