I’ve just given some of these a go and they seem to work perfectly for me.
I added them in through Roon and that’s what I use to play via a bridge to my legacy Naim units (Qute or NDS). It looks like the main stations have already been added to the Roon directory as it matched them when I added using your URL’s. The test station isn’t so doesn’t look as pretty.
That was speedy. Glad they worked for you like they do with my Serviio option.
Roon seems on the ball.
I think they used the same URLs when they migrated so a 16bit station became 24bit.
Will try to figure what the issue with the playlist is.
It could be but generally AssetUPnP is fine with playlists.
I have playlists with 200 plus stations - all play perfectly from Asset except the three SuperStereo ones which crash after 7 secs. It is always and only the same three and even the other SuperStereo channels are perfect.
Repeated at different times during the day and replicated off my test server but always the same three and only the same three that fail.
P.S. Asset did have an issue as it recognised http but not https. This has been corrected in R7.4. However all these stations are http so not relevant to this issue. I also get same results under R7.0 and R7.4 in these tests.
@Paul_C@trickydickie
Interesting experiment with these SuperStereo stations, all played perfectly on both players without any dropouts. Sounded exceptionally good on the AVM (as I would expect from a better DAC).
I’m not as tech-minded as you so excuse the basic analysis. Surprisingly, some big differences in transmission rates and SQ;
On the Muso2 via Naim app on ipad -
Channel 1-4 only, all in 24/96 @ 1000 kbps. Sounded good, at times flac quality was clear.
On the AVM (proprietary X-engine) via iPad and remote;
Channel 1 - 24/96 but occasionally in 32/44 @~ 3000 kbps. Wow! Amazingly clear and detailed.
Channel 2,3,4 - in 24/96 @ ~3000 kbps
Channel 5 - 24/96 @ 126 kbps (??)
Channel 6 - nothing
Enjoyed the music although apart from Channel 2 (nostalgic past) and 5 (classic rock + pop) they all seemed to be a general mix so couldn’t decide on any particular genre and channel hopped.
An issue with SuperStereo historically is they mess about with both the content and broadcast formats.
Also stations sometimes disappear and reappear. (as followers of the “Best Internet Radio” topic on the forum will know).
The station seems much more stable at present.
But as you noted SuperStereo 6 is not working today but has been fine over last few days I was testing.
@DogWalker@trickydickie
I e-mailed SuperStereo yesterday and got a prompt response asking for details of my access method and in process of responding.
However last night/morning at 1.00am (when i thought network would be quiet) I tried failing stations and they all worked from the playlist! They are all still working this morning.
Note: SuperStereo 6 is back but SuperStereo 2 is now down today (even on their website).
I tried the earlier tests so many times and in lots of different ways that I am satisfied the same 3 worked and the same 3 failed consistently.
Don’t know what has changed or been changed. If it was an issue with my network surely I would not get totally consistent results of those that always worked and those that failed.
(My Kazoo (Android) and Kazoo (Windows) both updated automatically in last couple of days - the main change is access to their Airable “radio” service (TuneIn replacement). It was a shock to me as I was not expecting it. Could this have removed an issue - surely not. I will be believing in conspiracy theories soon.)
Some servers do not like “online” playlists - AssetUPnP is fine but Serviio for example does not recognise http/https playlists at all let alone attempt to play them.
Some devices seem to be the same - your device clearly recognised the two mp3 stations, i.e. small bandwidth, but then was unable to play them properly. I would be interested in @Stevesky info.
My latest outcome of all stations working suggests AssetUPnP is not the issue and generally it handles playlists with several hundred other stations without issue.
Most interested in your comments about good SQ. This has become obscured by the playing issues but was the driver for the tests initially.
The following is just my own opinion with nothing to back it up…
I would not be surprised that almost all the music they are streaming is at best CD Quality (16/44), and that they are running it through a filter: volume leveling, possible bass / treble bump, and upsamling to say, 24/96 - on the fly.
You may like that effect.
Hi Paul. How are you getting on sorting the gremlins?
Can’t offer any tech help or advice, but checked both players and their firmware is all current (updated automatically). Maybe that’s a contributing factor?
All stations still playing ok. Channel 6 is back! Good music - world/jazz/popular classical.
Off topic - really impressed with Cesky rozhlas jazz. My taste perfectly and very natural cd quality. A favourite on the favourites!
I contacted SuperStereo and asked the question about their source material.
This is their response
“Our audio is direct from the original source without processing, the material was extracted from SACD and vinyl recorded in 32/192khz, otherwise it would be like broadcasting in CD quality and having the material in mp3, we are rigorous about that”.