Why not just go with Chromecast or AirPlay 2 and skip the B&O multi-room set up. If you want to go with AirPlay 2 you can just buy Apple AirPort Express and connect them to your B&O gear. The AirPort Express apparently has an excellent DAC as well. My 2 cents is that you will get way better functionality by going with AirPlay 2 or Chromecast over B&O’s set up. A9, M5 etc are already AirPlay compatible. If your playlists are managed in Apple Music you should be fine.

Anyway, the Core might be better than Essence since it is basically the implementation that is on the A9 and other newer wireless products that work pretty well.

Why not just go with Chromecast or AirPlay 2 and skip the B&O multi-room set up. If you want to go with AirPlay 2 you can just buy Apple AirPort Express and connect them to your B&O gear. The AirPort Express apparently has an excellent DAC as well. My 2 cents is that you will get way better functionality by going with AirPlay 2 or Chromecast over B&O’s set up. A9, M5 etc are already AirPlay compatible. If your playlists are managed in Apple Music you should be fine.

Anyway, the Core might be better than Essence since it is basically the implementation that is on the A9 and other newer wireless products that work pretty well.

There comes a time when it makes sense to see if an expert can prove his worth. If I had an extensive and expensive system like yours I would get a technician over to look at the entire setup and see if there is a fail somewhere or a better way to integrate, access, and add future to that large a system. 

Because I don't have a large system I would (take a huge breath and) delete my app, create a new account, and download a new app before doing anything else. 

My Essence and it’s integration with my other products here does what I expect of it.

I’d agree with poodleboy....with such a large (and also expensive) setup you need help from a skilled technician at your own place.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

My Essence and it’s integration with my other products here does what I expect of it.

I’d agree with poodleboy....with such a large (and also expensive) setup you need help from a skilled technician at your own place.

MM

MM glad your system performs for you.

For a large B&O networked based system, by all means try and find a skilled technician, but in reality a proper IT expert would suggest , wishing to maintain his/her and the client's sanity, other alternatives......

BTW was in a major university town yesterday and saw an old B&O colleague of mine one his knees through his B&O shop window.

As I entered the shop he seemed to performing a demonstration of a pair of Devialet speakers.

I could see the bemused look of the customer's face and on hearing my pal, whilst crouched behind a speaker saying, "The left speaker normally works OK.".

I beat a hasty retreat and count my blessings that;

1. I no longer own a B&O retail store.

and

2. That I no longer own a retail store selling music systems!!

phult wrote:

I have a multilane house with 8 Essene MK II (and 5  all in one speakers A9, M5, etc...) 

Two Avant NG with Essence as well.

 

I have never been able to get the system really stable. Constant problems.

3 times out of 5 Music "Can't be added to this playlist". Reboot sometimes helps, sometimes doesn't.

BeoTool shows a 'phantom zone' (2 zones named Living Room, 1 is live, the other is an old setup) that is impossible to delete. 

Also the only way to play music on the TV's is by first starting music in a normal Essence Zone then linking them.

I am tempted to sell all the Essence MKII and replace with new Core and start totally fresh (new B&O account etc..)

 

Does Anyone

A) Know if the Core is actually any better / more stable / faster? 

B) If not, know what the best way to start fresh is? The phantom zone was created when I tried doing a factory reset - this eneded up bricking the unit and it took B&O almost 3 months to return it to me. 

C) Any other advice. I know its a fairly big set up but there have been moments (ie a full week) where it has more or less worked. 

 

PS Most connections are wired, a few are wireless. The network/wireless set up is enterprise grade (Meraki) so I doubt it is anything to do with that. 

Is all the network hardware, Meraki?

Is it possible to do a test with just the wired B&O components and see if the symptoms persist?

Are there Essense MK1 and MK II in the system?

All the network is Meraki. Nothing has really changed on the networking side (besides various firmware updates from Meraki that I am not sure what they do..)

Good idea to try and run all the wired zones (only 3 non wired zones) and see what happens.

Back to the core questions - does anyone know if the core is different than the Essence MKII or is is just a different form factor running the identical software?

P.S. No MK1 in the System