Uniti Atom stops when playing album from NAS

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Thank you David for your very interesting reply.
I confess that I too am not convinced about reports that things sound different and I only did a couple of 'trials' the main thing I noticed with the Synology app was that although the tracks didn't stop playing there appeared to be a 'slight hestiation' between tracks. It seemed to me that I could actually see on the Naim app it pre-loading the next track with Minimserver and gapless playback was flawless.
I was disappointed about Ethernet not working but fortunately, Minimserver works great with WiFi. I still can't get Apple Airplay to work from my iPad which sees the Atom Room but can't connect and although I can use Bluetooth and Chromecast they are far from seemless. As I only use them mainly for listening to Podcasts its not a big deal. I will post again if I ever find the solution to AirPlay.

David