Hi guys,

Thanks for your replies. I've not tried power lining my speakers, so I will try that next. I have them spread out so its going to be a pain plugging in multiple power line adapters, but I really want to sort this. 

I forgot to add that I also have a moment too. That is fine on wifi and I don't get cut outs on that. I just don't get why the speakers do when I have an excellent connection to them according to the information on the network.

Like I say i'll try the power lining next to see if that works. The only thing with that is, the M3 speakers don't have an ethernet port, so they will have to stay wireless.  Hopefully, it won't matter too much as they are closest to the router. 

Thanks again guys

David

Hi guys,

Thanks for your replies. I've not tried power lining my speakers, so I will try that next. I have them spread out so its going to be a pain plugging in multiple power line adapters, but I really want to sort this. 

I forgot to add that I also have a moment too. That is fine on wifi and I don't get cut outs on that. I just don't get why the speakers do when I have an excellent connection to them according to the information on the network.

Like I say i'll try the power lining next to see if that works. The only thing with that is, the M3 speakers don't have an ethernet port, so they will have to stay wireless.  Hopefully, it won't matter too much as they are closest to the router. 

Thanks again guys

David

DavidSJones76 wrote:

Hi guys,

Thanks for your replies. I've not tried power lining my speakers, so I will try that next. I have them spread out so its going to be a pain plugging in multiple power line adapters, but I really want to sort this.

I forgot to add that I also have a moment too. That is fine on wifi and I don't get cut outs on that. I just don't get why the speakers do when I have an excellent connection to them according to the information on the network.

Like I say i'll try the power lining next to see if that works. The only thing with that is, the M3 speakers don't have an ethernet port, so they will have to stay wireless. Hopefully, it won't matter too much as they are closest to the router.

Thanks again guys

David

David,

from my personal experience BeoSound 1/2 wireless speakers are very sensitive to the quality of WiFi network. More over they don't buffer enough in case of a temporary collision on wifi spectrum. They work on 2.4GHz which is highly polluted by home appliances including microwaves. Plus most consumer routers may not have MIMO multiple receivers and transmitters to handle wireless streams independently increasing overall throughput. Other issue with BO Multilink technology is that it is not a multicast and transmission to the speakers is going independently, however as a feature request in addition to multicast, each speaker could have handled internet music source independently such as TuneIN or Deezer. You can eventually optimise your wireless coverage with additional base station and selecting appropriate channels using wireless diagnostics or expensive wifi spectrum analyzers. However where it is possible I strongly recommend to replace wireless with wired network. 

I second the comment from mczac - anything you would like to hook up to wifi these days is at risk of having problems, anything from a complicated Tesla (for OTA sw updates) to a BeoSound 1/2.

Please have a look at this thread for the sw status for multi room - and note that as pr Feb 2nd the issues remain for A6 and A9:

/forum/general-discussion-and-questions/beware-of-firmware-version-11516926

Roger

+1 I used to have issues with my BV11 and BS2 dropping sound, I then plugged my moment into the LAN and bingo both worked flawlessly 🙂

David,

sad to hear this. I bought the BS2 you recommended and I'm quite happy with it, so thanks again. Hoping this workaround will help you:

I found a sulution for Chromecast related Wifi dropouts. My current firmware for the A6, Chromecast enabled, is: 1.15.17881.16477003

Was a firmware roll back from 1.15.17640.17856519 by B&O support to enable Chromecast again for my A6.

My speakers are playing without any dropouts when added to a Google Cast audio group and not playing alone. No need for the other device to really play!, even a single Chromecast Audio dongle plugged in and added to the A6 and others in a Google Cast group created via Google Home will work. 

This I have tried this morning, streaming Qobuz Sublime+ Hi Res audio files:

The A6 and the BS2 paying together in a group both have dropouts.

The A6 playing alone via Chromecast has dropouts, BS2 has none.

Both playing together in a group with my Chromecast built in receiver of another manufacturer: No dropouts at all.

Both playing together in a group with a single plugged in Chromecast Audio dongle (no speaker, no sound): No dropouts at all.

I suggest to get a cheap Chromecast Audio dongle and play multiroom via Chromecast, since all your speakers have Chromecast built in. Just add a single plugged in dongle, not playing, to all your Audio groups and it will work, I hope.

Speakers delay you can adjust via Google home:

https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/6318642?hl=en

https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/7174267?hl=en

This issue must be an incorrect Chromecast software implementation made by B & O programmers, a shame - good luck to you, hope it works.

Hey guys,

Thank you for all your suggestions and advice. i have tried so many solutions that I am at a loss of what to try.

My next option is to try a wired connection. Even though all my speakers show an excellent connection to my wireless network, i'm going to try wired and see if that works.

The best ive had this setup so far has been working flawlessly for 2 weeks, but then after having to reset the router the problems all returned. The speakers are sometimes essentially unusable, because the dropout is so bad.

I've seen the forum about the bad software version. Hopefully, if it is a software problem, an update will fix it, but for now, wish me luck with the wired connection. Ill be doing that today once I get my ethernet cables. Ill keep you posted.

Oh and Ulrike, I am glad you like your Beosound 2. It is a great speaker (when it works 😁).

David