When I start playing a song on my receiver, there is a delay of 10-20 seconds before the song starts playing. This happens when I press play or skip forward or back.

It happens when using Spotify Connect from either my Windows 10 laptop or my iPhone. It happens with the receiver connected via Wifi or hardwired.  Internet bandwidth is not an issue. While the start or playback is delayed, the time counter on the spotify app starts counting up instantly and the display on the receiver changes instantly to the new song. It is as if the receiver is buffering.

There is another spotify connect device on the network and playback initiates instantly on this device.

This may have started with a recent firmware update to the receiver.  I'm now finding that the receiver does not always connect when selected as a playback device and will timeout.  Previously, initiating a connection was reliable and there was no delay.

This all leads me to believe that the issue is with the Yamaha firmware.  Spotify, can you please work with Yamaha to resolve this issue?

I'm not the only one:
https://community.spotify.com/t5/iOS-iPhone-iPad/Spotify-Connect-works-poorly-with-Yamaha-Music-Cast...

Plan

Premium

Country

Canada

Device

iPhone 8 or Windows 10 laptop using Spotify Connect to Yamaha RX-V781

Operating System

iOS 15.6.1, Windows 10, Yamaha firmware 2.86