No sound when the samplerate is set to 24Bit-192Khz

[Mike_Trueman]

If i choose 24Bit 192Khz on my PC then no sound is coming out of my amplifier, also with the test button.
They highest i can go is 24Bit 96Khz. Is this the maximum for the Spdif connection to my amp? (NAD M10 V3)

 

[staticV3]

A successful 24/192 SPDIF connection depends a lot on the quality of the transmitter, receiver, and cable.

NAD do specify 24/192 support for the M10 V3, so at least it should be capable.

If you must, you could try using a different SPDIF transmitter or cable.

However, please be aware that higher sample rate does not equal higher sound quality.

Anything above 48kHz is entirely pointless for music consumption.

 

[Mike_Trueman]

Seems that tidal was bugging out my PC or the DAC on my AMP.
I tried other songs on 192Khz for testing and it all sounded fast forward like 5 times faster.

Then i changed the song and now its working normal again. This was very weird.

This is my amp's log:

May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: [warning] stream recovery: Broken pipe (count=2)
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: rate-rate_lock: new rate 0
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: Format 2 -> 1 @ rate 0
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: state=1 new_state=3
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: Format 1 -> 2 @ rate 0
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: Format 2 -> 1 @ rate 0
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: Format 1 -> 2 @ rate 0
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: Format 2 -> 1 @ rate 0
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: rate-rate_lock: new rate 192000
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: Format 1 -> 1 @ rate 192000 (updated)
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: Format 1 -> 2 @ rate 192000 (updated)
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: Format 2 -> 1 @ rate 192000 (updated)
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: Format 1 -> 2 @ rate 192000 (updated)
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: Format 2 -> 2 @ rate 192000 (updated)
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: Format 2 -> 2 @ rate 192000 (updated)
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: Format 2 -> 1 @ rate 192000 (updated)
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: Format 1 -> 2 @ rate 192000 (updated)
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: Format 1 -> 1 @ rate 192000 (updated)
May 2 12:05:26 (none) user.info dspout: rate-rate_lock: new rate 0
May 2 12:05:27 (none) user.info dspout: rate-rate_lock: new rate 192000
May 2 12:05:27 (none) user.info dspout: Format 1 -> 1 @ rate 192000 (updated)
May 2 12:05:27 (none) user.info dspout: Playback device is default
May 2 12:05:27 (none) user.info dspout: Stream parameters are 192000Hz, S24_LE, 2 channels
May 2 12:05:27 (none) user.info dspout: buffer-frames=32768, period-frames=1024

 

[Mike_Trueman]

A successful 24/192 SPDIF connection depends a lot on the quality of the transmitter, receiver, and cable.

NAD do specify 24/192 support for the M10 V3, so at least it should be capable.

If you must, you could try using a different SPDIF transmitter or cable.

However, please be aware that higher sample rate does not equal higher sound quality.

Anything above 48kHz is entirely pointless for music consumption.

Shouldent i set it the samplerate higher if the source is 24bit/192khz? (SPDIF optical connection)

 

[staticV3]

Shouldent i set it the samplerate higher if the source is 24bit/192khz? (SPDIF optical connection)

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You can set Tidal to Exclusive output and it'll send all audio to the SPDIF transmitter at the native sample rate, so you never have to change sample rate manually.

Still, if 192kHz transmission is giving you trouble then you can safely disable Exclusive mode and set the PC to 48 or 96kHz output without sacrificing sound quality.

 

[Mike_Trueman]

I removed the Tidal app and everything seems be working again like normal.