[PROBLEM] General sluggishness on an Pi 5

[bikerman]

The startup log in your previous post looked ok and the time stamps indicated that moode startup took < 30 secs which is pretty typical.

The symptom "Connection to 192.168.1.197 port 22: Connection timed out" suggests a network issue. Have you tried connecting that Pi via Ethernet to your Router to see if the issue goes away?

I tried connecting via ethernet yesterday as I thought it could be network related; symptons persisted. i should mention music was happily streaming using the squeezelite renderer and in fact when i lost complete access via the web gui, I actually let the album play through to the end (about 8 tracks still to play)  thinking it might become responsive again. It didn't, so had to pull the plug.
I think it's to do with my environment cos it has been fine since june when I bought the RP5. i will remove all accesories and rjust use it as a source to a USB DAC and see how I go. I'll report ack if I finally figure it out
Thanks Tim