New SMSL M500

[mkawa]

yah, mine goes magenta. firmware version is 1.4. hardware version is 1.2

from the manual text it sounds like purple or green indicate MQA streams (ie, tidal) and blue indicates an MQA file (purchased MQA?)

 

[Jaysz]

yah, mine goes magenta. firmware version is 1.4

Any ideas why mine doesn't

 

[mkawa]

is your MQA being streamed?

 

[Jaysz]

is your MQA being streamed?

Yes through tidal
Also have flac mqa track but same

 

[mkawa]

here's the lightning to USB adapter i'm using:

https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Lightn...rds=ipad+camera+adapter&qid=1569704897&sr=8-7

is it displaying the right sample rate? should be between 48khz and 192khz depending on the track

 

[Jaysz]

here's the lightning to USB adapter i'm using:

https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Lightn...rds=ipad+camera+adapter&qid=1569704897&sr=8-7

is it displaying the right sample rate? should be between 48khz and 192khz depending on the track

Yes shows right sample rates led always green or blue
Mines a windows pc

 

[BDWoody]

I could send him mine if he hasn't gotten any more local volunteers.

I'm Mid Atlantic.

 

[mkawa]

blue, green and magenta all seem to indicate that MQA is being fully decompressed in hardware by the dac. i think you're fine.

 

[armani006]

I never seen magenta light, only green or blue. Some Master tracks shows 352.8kHz rate.

I could send him mine if he hasn't gotten any more local volunteers.

I'm Mid Atlantic.

It will be awesome, I'm waiting for measurements ))

 

[Jaysz]

Manual does show should change to magenta

 

[Jaysz]

Anyone using tidal
What sampling rate does dac show when switch of exclusive mode

 

[armani006]

Anyone using tidal
What sampling rate does dac show when switch of exclusive mode

It depends on track quality, Master tracks show up to 352,8 kHz, sometimes 192, HiFi shows 96 and 44,1kHz as normal

 

[Jaysz]

Even if i listen to a non mqa 44.1khz track the dac display jumps up to 352 khz when switch of exclusive mode in tidal
Has anyone else tried this

 

[Patrick1958]

Even if i listen to a non mqa 44.1khz track the dac display jumps up to 352 khz when switch of exclusive mode in tidal
Has anyone else tried this

Is you sampling rate in soundmanager (windows) set to 352 kHz?

 

[armani006]

Is you sampling rate in soundmanager (windows) set to 352 kHz?

mine set to 384kHz in windows, but in Tidal it shows correct frequency according to track

 

[Jaysz]

mine set to 384kHz in windows, but in Tidal it shows correct frequency according to track

Even when switch of exclusive mode

 

[armani006]

Even when switch of exclusive mode

yes, Tidal shows kHz depending on track...

 

[Jaysz]

yes, Tidal shows kHz depending on track...

Mine shows right khz in tidal with exclusive mode on
Ok i see what smsl reply with

 

[mkawa]

are you using the smsl windows driver?

fyi, i'm running pseudo balanced, as the m500 has a floating ground and so does my amp. xlrs and rcas are always powered in preamp mode.

 

[Jaysz]

are you using the smsl windows driver?

fyi, i'm running pseudo balanced, as the m500 has a floating ground and so does my amp. xlrs and rcas are always powered in preamp mode.

Yes download for driver is from smsl its xmos

Tracks at 24 192 from qobuz shows ok