carsknivesbeer
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I have been using this DAC for about 2 days and there is a repeatable distortion/crackling sound that happens on all of the settings on the DAC. The audio chain is Mac/Spotify/DAC/Klipsch Powergate/LS50s. I have alternated all of the cables with no avail. This does not happen with either a direct usb or optical cable. I can hear it using a cd player instead of the Mac, using an Atom instead of the Klipsch, and can hear it as well on a pair of ER3SEs instead of LS50s. I have uploaded a sound clip where I have isolated the repeatable sound. It occurs throughout music but this is the best I can isolate it. Did I get a dud?
https://streamable.com/xw4uk0
https://streamable.com/xw4uk0