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farreln

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"digital static/noise" on playing higher bitrate files
« on: September 26, 2015, 05:11:21 pm »

I recently upgraded to MC21 running on a mac mini to a PS Audio Perfect wave DAC. Previous version was MC 18. I get only loud/nasty static/noise for some audio tracks and narrowed it down to the more audiophile stuff for example FLAC-3221 kbps,24 bit, 96000 Hz as reported by MC21. Lower res files sound normal/great. All the audio has been on the same system for a few years and played fine. Rebooting, changing audio settings has not helped. Decoding problem files to WAV with xACT and playing on other hardware works so I don't believe the files are all bad. WAV versions of the problem files are also pure noise when played with MC21 -> PS Audio.

Any suggestions as to next steps appreciated.

Thanks,
Norman
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Re: "digital static/noise" on playing higher bitrate files
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2015, 06:09:50 pm »

Does the DAC support 96 kHz output? You may have to use DSP Studio to sample down to 48 kHz.
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Re: "digital static/noise" on playing higher bitrate files
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2015, 08:01:22 pm »

Thanks Awesome! My DAC does indeed support 96kHz............however, it restarted at a default 44.1 which I failed to notice - my bad. I set it to 96K and viola!

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Norman
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