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SMSL DO100 Review (Stereo DAC)

Rate this DAC:

  • 1. Poor (headless panther)

    Votes: 4 1.1%
  • 2. Not terrible (postman panther)

    Votes: 7 2.0%
  • 3. Fine (happy panther

    Votes: 32 9.0%
  • 4. Great (golfing panther)

    Votes: 311 87.9%

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    354

Bleib

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Yeah I have had some popping on USB connection. It's a bit disappointing.
Try another USB cable. The one I received with the DAC was no good but replacing it worked.
 
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Okay I have just upgraded my speakers to the Magnepan LRS + and also updated my amplifier to the Peachtree Gan400. I currently have my streamer hooked up to a JDS EL dacii . Would this SMSL do 100 be a significant upgrade from the EL dacii or am I just spinning my wheels with this?
 
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It wouldn't.
Room treatment and EQ are the most significant upgrades you can make to your setup, and the latter is free!
I do already have a few room treatments, and I am using the Schitt Freya + with balanced inputs so I can use balanced cables through the whole analog signal. Something that the ELdacii is not going to offer.
 
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I just received the Dac from Amazon and even though I am seeing a 24/96 recording from my streamer app it will not display any more than 44.1 on any recordings. Is it a mode I have to engage to get it to playback high resolution?
 

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I just received the Dac from Amazon and even though I am seeing a 24/96 recording from my streamer app it will not display any more than 44.1 on any recordings. Is it a mode I have to engage to get it to playback high resolution?.
Not on the dac. This has to do with the source, possibly windows which resamples everything before sending it out.
 
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I have a few streamers but I’m am using the Auris audifi and I have tried both coax and opt . I have also tried controlling it from my Apple phone 4STREAM app and my Samsung tablet with bubble upnp.
 
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I tried to play opt out from my Sony TV with the YouTube app a recording that is supposed to be 24/96 and 192 recordings and it switched from 44.1 to 48.
 

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I tried to play opt out from my Sony TV with the YouTube app a recording that is supposed to be 24/96 and 192 recordings and it switched from 44.1 to 48.
What is the, "it", that switches from 44.1 to 48? The DAC doesn't switch sample rates. It's told what sample rate to use. The only setting on the DAC that could possible affect sample rate is the selection for UAC1 USB 1.1 or UAC2 USB 2.0. That should be set to UAC2 USB 2.0 if you are connecting to contemporary USB device that supports asynchronous USB. UAC1 only goes up to 96 kHz. It's not the DAC that is deciding to play at 44.1.
 
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What is the, "it", that switches from 44.1 to 48? The DAC doesn't switch sample rates. It's told what sample rate to use. The only setting on the DAC that could possible affect sample rate is the selection for UAC1 USB 1.1 or UAC2 USB 2.0. That should be set to UAC2 USB 2.0 if you are connecting to contemporary USB device that supports asynchronous USB. UAC1 only goes up to 96 kHz. It's not the DAC that is deciding to play at 44.1.
I am not using a USB I am using the coax digital from the streamer and I tried to use the tv optical digital output to see if I could get a higher resolution and when I switched from coax to optical it displayed 48. I was watching a YouTube video that was supposed to be 96k.
 

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I tried to play opt out from my Sony TV with the YouTube app a recording that is supposed to be 24/96 and 192 recordings and it switched from 44.1 to 48.
YouTube does not support 192kHz audio. All uploaded audio is resampled to 22.05, 44.1, and 48kHz, regardless of what the original sample rate was!
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You can check what audio format is being streamed from YouTube's servers to your TV by enabling the "Stats for nerds". This window will pop up:
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As you can see, YouTube sends audio to my playback device in the 251 format.
If you now check the list of possible formats above, you will see that format 251 is 48kHz Opus with 130Kbps VBR.
 
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Okay , thanks for your help with the TV signal. I am still trying to figure out how to get the highest resolution from the streamer. I have a Qobuz subscription called a studio I think I paid for a year a few months ago. It displays high resolution on the 4STREAM app that is controlling the streamer.
 
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The Auris audifi is a rebrand of this product.
 
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