LOL, you started a Topping E30 discussion in the Chromecast review thread and not the E30 thread?I started a nice discussion here, few more pages were added to the thread and yet I'm not sure whether to proceed with the purchase of the E30 or not.
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Review and Measurements of Chromecast Audio Digital Output
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no, no, no my question was regarding the CCA, does it make sense to improve CCAs performance by adding E30?
Unlikely. Both are bit perfect.
Anyone successfully managed to play 24/96 FLAC with foobar2000 and BubbleUPnP without sound artifacts on CCA optical output?
Every 24/96 FLAC file I test, there are some sound artifacts that's not there on 24/48 FLAC files.
I have tried OpenHome and DLNA media render and pretty much every type of settings in BubbleUPnP.
I have not tried the analog output on CCA.
The same sound artifacts are present when playing same files with Plex Media Server.
Every 24/96 FLAC file I test, there are some sound artifacts that's not there on 24/48 FLAC files.
I have tried OpenHome and DLNA media render and pretty much every type of settings in BubbleUPnP.
I have not tried the analog output on CCA.
The same sound artifacts are present when playing same files with Plex Media Server.
Streaming above 48kHz rate is a known problem. There is supposed to be a firmware update that fixes it:
https://support.google.com/chromecast/thread/5205344?hl=en
However, I was never able to receive the update. There are discussions about the issue on several forums and I could not find a single person who actually received an update. The firmware listed for Chromecast Audio is still the old version:
https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/7124014?hl=en
Given that Chromecast Audio is a discontinued product, and the support thread has been locked, and Google's history, I'm resigned to accepting that it will never be resolved. I stream to my CCA only at 44.1 and 48.
I have been a member of the preview program, but I know see on the official fw-page for Chromecasts both the regular and the preview fw is the same version, the version I have. There is no stutter, but some sound artifacts, maybe every time a higher frequency tone is played.
Strangely, the thread talks about a fw version: 1.44.185164 , while I have 1.42.172094, and which is stated as the latest.
How do I resample my 24/96 albums when playing with foobar2000 and BubbleUPnP? I can set output format to 24-bit, but no option to resample.
In DSP in foorbar2000, there is a "Resampler (PPHS)" and "Resampler (dbpoweramp/SSRC)" one of these ok to use?
Strangely, the thread talks about a fw version: 1.44.185164 , while I have 1.42.172094, and which is stated as the latest.
How do I resample my 24/96 albums when playing with foobar2000 and BubbleUPnP? I can set output format to 24-bit, but no option to resample.
In DSP in foorbar2000, there is a "Resampler (PPHS)" and "Resampler (dbpoweramp/SSRC)" one of these ok to use?
It would be better to resample the albums once, using something like SoX or Audacity, rather than resample on the go every time you play.
Here is a test of the resamplers in foobar2000: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&tl=en&sl=auto&u=https://audiophilesoft.ru/publ/my/foo_resamplers/11-1-0-34
Edit: foobar2000 DSP "Resampler(dBpoweramp/SSRC), which was preferd in the test, seems to work flawlessly during playback, seems like the playback without it. Sound has no artifacts. 48 kHz works, but there is no sound with 64 or 88.2 kHz. Output format is set to 24-bit for UPnP CCA DLNA render.
Edit: foobar2000 DSP "Resampler(dBpoweramp/SSRC), which was preferd in the test, seems to work flawlessly during playback, seems like the playback without it. Sound has no artifacts. 48 kHz works, but there is no sound with 64 or 88.2 kHz. Output format is set to 24-bit for UPnP CCA DLNA render.
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I tried instead with with my Topping E30 connected to the Toslink output of the CCA, and RCA cables to my Edifier S2000 Pro active speakers, and the sound is flawless on 24/96. Display on E30 shows 96 kHz when playing 24/96 FLAC on foobar2000 with BubbleUPnP output to DLNA CCA.
So it must be the DAC Toslink input of my Edifier S2000 Pro speakers causing this problem with artifacts in sound with 24/96 input on Toslink.
So it must be the DAC Toslink input of my Edifier S2000 Pro speakers causing this problem with artifacts in sound with 24/96 input on Toslink.
I know your question was from a couple of weeks past, but for me one advantage of using the E30 with my CCA is that I can use the E30 remote to switch the source between optical (CCA) and USB (PC). I've had the CCA for a while and have been using it's analog output. I can discern no audible difference from that to what I am doing now, but the convenience factor of being able to switch inputs like this, with a remote, is nice.no, no, no my question was regarding the CCA, does it make sense to improve CCAs performance by adding E30?
i m really interested as well. Wondering if CCA with good power supply (linear ?) is worth the RPI with Allo Digione or even Digione signature (that are that complicated because of the pbs coming from the RPI structures itself)
Hello guys,
i would like to use CCA to my Gustard X26Pro via toslink. My question is - does toslink cable affect sound quality and does it matter if I buy an expensive one like Audioquest Carbon or just a regular one from Amazon for 10$?
Thanks in advance!
i would like to use CCA to my Gustard X26Pro via toslink. My question is - does toslink cable affect sound quality and does it matter if I buy an expensive one like Audioquest Carbon or just a regular one from Amazon for 10$?
Thanks in advance!
They pretty much work or don't work.
I really hope so, because with XLRs I hear an obvious difference between Mogami, Vovox and a cheap ones from Amazon. But here may be the role of the cable is not the same in such a combo...
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