I have two music streaming services, Tidal (lossless) and Deezer hifi. I have 5 speakers in a group. Deezer works perfect (and has for years), but I just aquired Tidal and when I start playing anything it plays on the Play1’s fine, but I get a 25 second lag until the sub and symphonic speakers kick in. Every time, it’s super annoying. I’m using S2. Any ideas?
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It sounds like a local wireless network problem. Presumably you’re streaming using the Sonos controller. Both services stream in FLAC, so two possibilities immediately spring to mind:
- Deezer could have a better buffering strategy
- the files from Tidal could be MQA, and hence contain excess bit depth that’s fatally stressing the available local bandwidth
If you can’t troubleshoot it yourself then submit a system diagnostic and post the number.
Thanks for your reply. Good idea I will submit it.
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