I have used DACs with the SBT that do exactly what the OP is talking about. And still have one...the problem is no mystery to me. It is NOT specifically an SBT problem, it will happen with any source that can drastically change sample rate, with DACs that have this type of clock circuitry. Frankly, DACs that do this *should* be taken out of service, use whatever excuse you want, but clearly I shouldn't have to tell somebody WHY they should get rid of it if they are trying to use it seamlessly in this SBT app (e.g. see this thread), or any app that requires varying sample rates. You won't be able to fix the problem in the DAC. You can usually make it much better, but not totally fix it without way too much work. It's the design. Tons of people have dumped DACs for just this reason. It is kind of a "five years ago" problem. The DACs weren't particularly expensive so people don't complain much by this time, but they sure did when the DACs were new.
I got rid of mine! It was fine when I had to get up anyway to put in the new disc: could just manually force a sample rate change at the DAC. But now that music of all different sample rates can be played in any order with the SBT, it's a bloody nuisance. And with one DAC we tested, it was even potentially "dangerous" as the DAC could make all sorts of strange loud noises when it didn't lock properly. Ask anyone who's played with a lot of DACs: there's an awful lot of poorly-designed lousy ones out there. Most. People hate being told that their $100 DAC isn't special, don't they, especially here it seems... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cfraser's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48869 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94260 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
