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I’ve had a CXN v 2 for about a year and am growing increasingly frustrated with the App. I use it on an iPhone and it takes a long time to connect and, like other posters have mentioned, if you switch to another app the Stream Magic app drops the connection. Got no where when I emailed the company a few months ago. Why do hardware companies not get the importance of the app? It’s like releasing a product that has no control feature for the consumer to use to turn the product on an off. You basically sold me a product whose control feature operates at random. Show more

This app is garbage, I regret buying my CXN v2, I have replaced my Router, new wifi module, hardwired, hardwire over power line adapter, tech support is useless. I wish I would have bought another ecosystem. STAY AWAY Show more

This App has really been streamlined and made much easier to navigate and use in the last year or so. I primarily use it with my 851N connected to an external hard drive containing about 5 terabytes of music. The user interface is intuitive and the ability to see artwork on the App makes moving around a massive music library relatively simple. The one feature I would love to see added is the ability to edit folder structures and file names on the drive from the App. Now, when I find a subfolder in the wrong spot or a song that is out of order, I need to disconnect the hard drive and reconnect it to my PC to edit the drive. I know, that’s a first-world problem, but if I don’t make a note of what needs to be fixed, I’ll forget. Thanks Cambridge Audio Show more

I love my CXN V2, it sounds great. But trying to stream music and video from my iPhone through this ap is the worst. If you start it up and stick with one source it works ok. But trying to go back and forth between airplay and Spotify makes it shutdown and stop working, like every time. Show more

Really loved my CXN V2 but the StreamMagic app is ultimately the reason why I am returning it. Quboz experiences frequent audio dropouts and I have experienced the player pausing and playing on its own without any input which I suspect is doing going on behind the scenes within the StreamMagic app. Something as simple as changing apps within iOS is enough to cause the CXN to experience a dropout in playback or to pause the player all together. The CXN has a ton of potential with a proper app but this is not it. Show more

The volume control on the app does not work on my iPad. Help.

Seems to be able to identify all the UPnP devices fine, including the NAS, but app shows 'no content' in the NAS, where there is over 1tb of music. Other devices can see and interact with it. After twoweeks of troubleshooting with support, the case was allegedly handed off to the specialists whose only engagement was to ask me to let them know if any further assistance was needed. Then the auto ticket closer popped up a few days later. Knowing Cambridge must hire smart, competent people, the takeaway is the support team is overwhelmed by buggy software and under resourced when it comes to actually getting customers to a place where their equipment to work as advertised. This probably causes lower than necessary reviews, and drives higher than necessary product returns. Show more

No support for AmazonHD Difficult to navigate and unintuitive

In my day to day use of the app i don't care one bit about "what's new from Cambridge Audio", yet the app home screen has almost 1/3 of it's real estate taken by a self-advert pane Show more

I have to say this app is very poor and clunky Cannot login app send me a email that goes back to the app download so I just go around in circles Cannot pair my Bluetooth headphones domes it sees them but won’t let me pair and other times it does not find them at all This app has me considering returning the unit as it’s such a off putting experience Show more

When browsing music library in USB hard drive, system folders like recycle bin and system volume information aren’t hidden like they’re supposed to be.

My unit worked fine until this last update and now I cannot see my cover art, it will connect to my unit (851n). But nothing happens I have checked IP address, only thing is my unit has wired Ethernet cable. I’ve checked my iPad and iPhone and my Mac book. The problem is I cannot connect airplay, it does not even show up when I click on it. Show more

As of this latest version, I am now able to fully browse my library from within the app! Before, all I could see were the folders, without the individual tracks, but adding the album to the queue would still play the music. The layout on tablet is now much easier on the eyes, making better use of landscape view real estate. Queueing to my CXN V2 is as quick as ever. Show more

App works seamlessly with CXN V2 and can browse through my SSD FLAC and DSD music collection fairly fast. Could use a few tweaks to make it perfect. Wish list: 1. Volume dial doesn’t show relative position in app despite being connected to CXA81 via control bus. 2. No way to play all of music collection with a push of a button via app 3. No ability to create a favorites list 4. No ability to create playlists These added features would make the system more amazing than it is already Show more

Moving on from integrated TIDAL for StreamMagic 21st September 2021 I am sad to hear about this because the music quality as played thru Tidal Connect is SubPar! Nothing close to the clarity when utilizing the Tidal native to the CXN player via StreamMagic. I don’t understand how Tidal can brag about MQA on the Tidal app when in fact a CXN V2 that’s not MQA certified plays Tidal, BETTER than the TIDAL app. Tidal Connect Sounds Tinny(flat, no body, soul less music) when played thru CXN V2. I hope things will be better in January so I would NOT have to find another HiFi streaming service. Thank you for listening to my complaint. Show more

Is there a way to clear recently used radio stations from the home page?

Absolutely no explanation from Cambridge about how this app is supposed to work with CSXN V2 or enhance the use of their equipment. Shocking how oblivious Cambridge is when it comes to supporting and communicating with their customers. Show more

I can’t play anything from my NAS music server using this App now. All I get is “Failed to add to queue.” Yes, my CXN/StreamMagic is the latest update. It was working fine for years until the App was “improved.” Desperate, I used my NAS software to access my music files and incredibly the music now plays on the CXN and StreamMagic actually shows the music being played. So now I am forced to use my NAS software to access and play. my music files. Like I said, the App worked fine until it was improved. Show more

I really don’t have any complaints about the app. It works as expected. If there is one critique I have, it would be that the scrubber is not very responsive when trying to use it. There are other music apps that I can toggle the scrubber back and forth with ease. I know that may be nitpicking but that’s the best I have . Thank you Cambridge Audio for providing an excellent listening experience! Show more

Adding a single song to the queue is more miss than hit. It usually just plays the song instead of adding it to the queue. Essentially I cannot use it. Qobuz (also Tidal, I use Qobuz) does have a better experience and rather Cambridge having to do so much work on their solution, a suggestion: Qobuz can be the drivers for selecting and managing queues. They essentially are designed for that purpose. Your app in the background connects then to the network player for HiRes playback. (Basically a vampire tap pulling the info from Qobuz) Win - Win - Win. You save on resources and the Qobuz / Tidal do the heavy lifting on interface (which we pay for dearly, their win) and happy customers. Pretty sure you have a backlog of features you then could work on. (No, I will not use Apple airplay, low quality, sorry. Maybe if Apple would solve it. Then you also have a headache less I guess.) Cheers. My scoring: 3 stars as it technically works 4 stars if the experience and the user interface would be up to date 5 stars if it would have all functions of Qobuz, or better yet, I can use Qobuz and don’t have to deal with any other interface. Show more