Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2013-06-06 Thread lordgibbness
I know a few guys on here use the Audiolab MDAC so thought I'd post about what appears to be a regression in the latest firmware. The MDAC I bought shipped with firmware v0.99 which worked perfectly with the SBT. I updated to vA.10 to get the UI tweaks (things like dimming the display). However

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2013-05-24 Thread lordgibbness
I guess a simple solution would be to add a usb ground loop conditioner between the dac and hub. lordgibbness's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33390 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2013-05-23 Thread lordgibbness
Thanks for the reply John - very imformative. I know you did some of the initial work on getting USB to work on the Touch, so you know your onions. Has anyone measured whether adding a USB hub between the DAC and the Touch increases the noise floor? I know the Sabre ESS DAC in the MDAC is very

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2013-05-23 Thread lordgibbness
Anyone else know why the version of Linux on the Touch has issues with USB Audio Class 1 DACs at 96kHz but is fine with Class 2 at 192kHz? FYI, I don't currently own any audio files at this frequency (all of my files or 16/44.1 FLAC and MP3), but in the future as 24/96 becomes more popular (it su

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2013-05-22 Thread lordgibbness
Stratmangler wrote: > Is it a problem with PCs running Linux? > If it is then it points the problem at Audiolab - they simply haven't > written the firmware for the MDAC to work with Linux. > > A look at the MDAC manual would suggest that the issue lies with the DAC > firmware http://www.audiola

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2013-05-22 Thread lordgibbness
Hi all I just have question regarding the EDO plugin on the Touch. I recently bought an Audiolab MDAC after auditioning against other DACs and now have this connected to my Touch asynchronously (thanks Triode!). I was wondering if anyone can shed any more light oin the limitation in the Touch t