had hesitated very long to change my old  system. incl. dedicated win 8 for xxhighend. computer finally broke down. so I finally got me a new hp z 440 with 64 gb ram. sounding so incredibly good with a fresh win 10. just wanted to share....

Hi Peter

Been a while since i posted here, too many hobby's for the time i have ;-)

i have a question. Are you familiar with playing music by means of UPnP/DLNA? Either as a Server, Control point or Renderer

but before i go in to detail in how i use this lately for 99% of the time music goes through my NOS1 (without XXHighend unfortunately) i am curious, have you already have considered building a UPnP renderer functionality in XXHighend?

If not, i will explain in detail how i use it and can maybe, maybe, if the downsides are worth it,  be a very conveniant add-on to XXHighend...

Erwin

Peter, can this help you:

https://developer.tidal.com/blog/tidal-sdk-for-web

David,

Any time you reboot the Audio PC OS, you can lose connection to the NOS1.  Generally, the following has worked for me.
- Close XXHE
- Restart NOS1, either using the on/off switch at the back or resetting Switch #2 (I always mix us if this is #4 or #2--it is the one that turns the DAC off/on, not the battery switch)
- Make sure your DC offset is set correctly.
- Relaunch XXHE

You may sometimes need to reboot the Audio PC as well.

One more thing, I went to the full OS to backup things in case they got screwed up but now on my USB control panel, the NOS1 is connected but streaming is down.

I've turned off the DAC  and restarted the computer but it still is the same. It's been so long since I've had this happen that I cant quite remember how to get the device to show up again in XXHE. It is still the primary sound driver.

David

Shoot. Disregard all that, I was able to get another pop and channel cut out with a 24 bit 48.


Edit-  After more testing, it seems like if I start with a 44.1 in a playlist and add a 48k after and play in unattended, all works fine.  The problem may only be from starting a 48k track

Also, if I reboot and start the Phasure driver control and change from 352, 800 to 384,000 I'll get a pop, so it isn't related to XXHE

I took out the Lush^3 and put in  a generic USB and the popping stopped. There is no noticeable click between tracks that change sample rate and all is working great.

I have Peter's latest Lush^3 settings but may revert to the original ones that it was sent with. I don't know if the connector is not fitting properly  or it is the settings.  I also have the Lush^2 which I can try.

Peter, do you know if removing one of the wires in the Lush^3 could cause a problem?

I do have switch #3 down and have XXHE 2.11. I also need to have the volume set to around -42 because of the sensitivity of my speakers.

I did not have this happen with my non-upgraded NOS1 so I was wondering if there were changes to the G3  which might be throwing something off for me. Today, I was able to play a playlist with 44.1 and 48, with both 16 and 24 bits without any trouble. When I mixed in an 88, I heard a pop and the right side channel cut out. Sound was very faint from that speaker and that continued as I skipped to songs which were other formats.

I turned off the NOS1 from the front switch (not the back) and started another playlist with 44.1 and all went back to normal.

The only thing I can think to try, if it isn't an XXHE setting, is another USB cable. 

David

Hi again Chad,

Closest would be Norway (Bergen IIRC).

But are you saying you own the Sigma ? ... that would be very special.
And if I got it right that you think they can perform better, then I might agree (I was there when they were build). How to solve that is another matter.

?

Peter

David,

Whether Swich#3 is related I don't even know, but it well could bee because this is about an internal ground connection.
Otherwise it is the same for everybody as far as I know - and like Ramesh said - it is a firm tick and most certainly not something unbearable.

The tick is not ground related that I know of, but it is a very brief mismatch between the sampling rate setting (from the one base clock (44.1) to the other (48)). I think you can mimic it by changing the sampling rate manually in the NOS Driver Control Panel (e.g. switch from 176.4 to 192 and back).

What theoretically could happen is that your amplifier is way over powered, seen by the relatively high attenuation you must apply. Thus, say that you attenuate in XXHighEnd in the realm of 48dBFS, then you have a theoretical ~20dB too much power, which would make your "tick" 20 dB unnecessary loud(er) as well. Could that be the case ?

Peter