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Heath Tucker Author

Level 1

31 points

Airport Express (square) skips unbearably with Airplay

Against my better judgement (from years of experience with Apple) I ordered a first generation new Airport Extreme to replace my old 802.11g Airport Express. Right out of the box and configured it fails to work as an Airplay destination. Sadly, this is the only thing I need it to do. It skips every 2 seconds or so for a second. It's really pretty funny, and pathetic too.

So, I guess I was just wondering if anyone ahs one of these square ones working with Airplay without stuttering? I put the old 802.11g one back in the network and boxed up the new one and life is good again. Trying to decide if I should return it or just wait for a firmware update in a few months. Any advice?

My network looks like this:

Time Capsule (single band 802.11n (b/g compatible)) with an 802.11n compatible Airport Extreme (2011) and also an Airport Extreme 802.11g (2008). The Airport Extremes are both set to join the network (not extend it) and used only for Airplay.

Thanks!

Airport Express 2012-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jul 13, 2012 6:05 PM

170 replies

josepi90

Level 1

4 points

Nov 17, 2016 3:24 AM in response to steveandlisa123

I also have problems with certain DACs + airplay, presumably clock related, as the toslink ports on the DAC with issues work fine with other hw:-

Benchmark DAC2 - works ok

Mytek 192 - looses clock and skips

Ross Martin DAC - works fine..

abbyjoe

Level 1

8 points

Nov 18, 2016 10:35 AM in response to josepi90

Same here,

Schiit Modi 2 - works fine

LH Geek Pulse X-fi - it only works fine on a streaming filter, the rest of the filters will cause it to skip

Resonessence labs Mirus - I haven't tried all filter but it skips.

I am thinking about either buying the Myro - Airplay and wonder it would work.

josepi90

Level 1

4 points

Dec 3, 2016 10:45 PM in response to abbyjoe

Interesting - had not seen the Myro before. Expensive if you don't need/want the HWs onboard D/A feature, ie if you have quality DA already. I guess this is where dedicated media servers come into play..hmmm

josepi90

Level 1

4 points

Dec 3, 2016 10:58 PM in response to josepi90

"Neet Airstream" (standard or pro) is a fraction of the price and has digital out sp/dif. I might try this.

Mar 12, 2017 9:13 PM in response to josepi90

I wonder if something like this would fix the skipping issue?

SPDIF iPurifier

http://ifi-audio.com/portfolio-view/accessory-spdif-ipurifier/

Has anyone tried one with AEX?

Airport Express (square) skips unbearably with Airplay