Technics Audio Center

I use this with an SU-GX70 and it is not a good experience. For starters, the unit somehow seems to “forget” my WiFi network every few weeks, requiring a factory reset because the app can no longer access it and Google Home sees it in some kind of half-disconnected state where it can detect the device but can’t connect to it. The app itself is slow to load music and VERY slow to paginate, and crashes somewhat regularly. Sometimes it’s a full app crash, but other times there are “feature crashes” where you try to do something and it looks like it’s trying, but then it gives up and just takes you back to wherever you were. Very disappointing overall for a $2,000 device.

The app is constantly disconnecting requiring me to reconnect. It seems to have gotten worse every time it’s updated.

This application works fine for basic functions on the Technics SL-G700 SACD player/streamer. Though the player is excellent in most every way, this app detracts from the quality-unbefitting a $3K USD player. Specifically application is slow, seems to rely on Google Chromecast and is not very responsive. One of the Player features is MQA decoding. For streaming, this works OK with Tidal but really needs a native MQA capability to play Radio Paradise. This was important enough for me to pickup a Blusound Node (which BTW is superior in every way to this app) Technics/Panasonic please invest a bit to upgrade this application for usability, speed and yes, add Radio Paradise. Match the quality of your awesome hardware.