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RME ADI-2 DAC starts sounding distorted after a couple hours of play (Footage). (Or is it the MPA-S250NC XLR amplifier?)

Slyceth

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I got 2 LS50 Meta's and a SB-2000 Pro, hooked up to an Audiophonics MPA-S250NC XLR and RME ADI-2 DAC, and watching video it starts getting distorted after a couple hours of playing. It used to be fine for months, and then it happened once a week ago, then another 3 days ago, and today it happened twice in one day. Is it because I leave both equipment on at night? I get it fixed by turning the RME ADI-2 DAC off and back on with the remote, so I assume the fault lies in the DAC.

Somebody please advice me on this, here is a video of the sound after it gets distorted. Is it the DAC or might it be the amp?:

I already tried changing USB ports, it's hooked up to my PC (5000 series Ryzen, 3000 series Geforce GPU)

https://streamable.com/0gdh8y
 

maverickronin

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Are you on the latest firmware?

Are you using the RME ASIO drivers, or as a plug and play with the Windows UAC2 driver?
 
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