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end-of-year usage stress-tests our audio setup

ZanzibarD

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With all the end-of-year streaming lately, I started noticing my smart audio routines switching sources at the wrong time. Resume a show and it jumps to a different input. Switch rooms and it forgets where audio is supposed to come from.

What’s frustrating is that this setup felt solid all year. Turns out it was only solid under normal use. Once usage spiked, those little timing issues became impossible to ignore. Feels like one of those unlucky year-end discoveries where nothing changed, but everything got tested harder.

Curious if others only spot these issues when their systems get pushed more than usual.
 
That’s a great way to describe it. End of year habits really stress-test setups that felt rock solid the rest of the year.

Did the issues show up only during heavy streaming, or even with lighter use now?
 
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