Hello - maybe I can offer some advice re. the NAS as I have some
specific experience in this area

The Duo processor is very much tuned for low power and data transfer
support; it is not a good processor for running applications - even the
Duo's own configuration interface which works similarly to SBS can be
sluggish. The net result tends to be that audio streaming usually works
very well, but interacting with SBS, particularly via the web interface
can be very slow. iPhone based controllers and the like usually work
reasonably well, but the sluggishness in things like volume control is
probably a consequence of the low powered processor.

Regarding ALAC (which I also use), transcoding those to PCM is a
separate task to the SBS application and isn't a particularly "heavy"
operation. So this is typically well within the capability of the Duo
processor. With that in mind & given the reports of intermittent pauses
without any real pattern, I'd also be most inclined to first ensure this
wasn't an issue of poor wifi reception by temporarily wiring the Touch
to the NAS as already suggested - it is the more likely based on the
info so far given. Perhaps for the purpose of a test you could
temporarily relocate the touch close to the NAS and use some portable
speakers if you have them? 

If that doesn't work, it is possible to analyze the processor
utilization - but I would suggest that is a later task only if all else
fails.


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snottmonster


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