Hey guys,
I enjoy using AirPlay to my NuForce Cube speaker from my iPhone and iPad. For a long time, I didn't have any other wifi in my apartment that could interfere with the signal, but now I have an Macbook Air. I've noticed that the AirPlay music easily starts to stutter when downloading/uploading stuff on my Mac, e.g. OSX software updates or BitTorrent (legal files please no discussion about this), or even small things like opening a lot of .webloc files at the same time. With BitTorrent, the music stutters even when limiting it to a total of mere 20 peers and 2 Mbyte/s (my network is 100Mbit/s).
I have the last update of the "plug into the wall" design (late 2011 or early 2012), so maybe it's getting old. Or it was always like this but I didn't notice since I didn't have any other wifi in my apartment (tiny student apart, no walls, all wifi is 2 meter from the Airport).
Does other people have the same issue?
I'm trying to decide if I should buy a new Express and hope it's better or if I should switch to bluetooth speakers (but I have no experience on the sound quality (AirPlay: lossless, bluetooth: lossy) or the battery drain on the iOS streaming device).
I enjoy using AirPlay to my NuForce Cube speaker from my iPhone and iPad. For a long time, I didn't have any other wifi in my apartment that could interfere with the signal, but now I have an Macbook Air. I've noticed that the AirPlay music easily starts to stutter when downloading/uploading stuff on my Mac, e.g. OSX software updates or BitTorrent (legal files please no discussion about this), or even small things like opening a lot of .webloc files at the same time. With BitTorrent, the music stutters even when limiting it to a total of mere 20 peers and 2 Mbyte/s (my network is 100Mbit/s).
I have the last update of the "plug into the wall" design (late 2011 or early 2012), so maybe it's getting old. Or it was always like this but I didn't notice since I didn't have any other wifi in my apartment (tiny student apart, no walls, all wifi is 2 meter from the Airport).
Does other people have the same issue?
I'm trying to decide if I should buy a new Express and hope it's better or if I should switch to bluetooth speakers (but I have no experience on the sound quality (AirPlay: lossless, bluetooth: lossy) or the battery drain on the iOS streaming device).
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