What are the types of music files you play?Are you SU-8 owners using the Windows stock drivers or the XMOS_USBAudio_v4.47.0.exe drivers they have for download for the SU-8?
I have experienced experiencing loud noises sometimes when playing DSD files on SU-8.I am using Asus Tinkerboard with the SU-8 dac.
I get a loud "prrk" sound with DSD playback when I either select a song or used the next song button .
Is it a problem with the dac or the Volumio?
Thank you for such a clear explanation of the differences. I have yet to play DSD files, but may do so in the future.What are the types of music files you play?
Windows 10 drivers can play up to PCM384kHz. SMS driver installation is required to play DSD.
I get this "unlock" screen when I'm trying to us it with Windows 10 (4.59 driver). Can anybody help? No sound, no connection...
That is exactly what to do. It worked for me.Try the "C button" on the remote. I've heard some people had luck with that.
Still doesn't work...any other solution?Try the "C button" on the remote. I've heard some people had luck with that.
I just hit the C button, then function. You could try the factory reset and then try again.Still doesn't work...any other solution?
This is my experience.I tried, but it still shows unlock...how can i contact SMSL about the problem?
Thank you, but I've already tried it several times...nothing happens, "unlock" is still thereThis is my experience.
Unplug the power cord and leave it for at least 10 minutes.
Then perform a factory reset.
Factory Reset
Connect the power wire when pressing the power button, until screen shows logo.
I have experienced experiencing loud noises sometimes when playing DSD files on SU-8.
But no one has posted on the forum about this. Perhaps many members do not have many opportunities to play DSD.
I previously reported this to SMSL.
When I purchase a DAC, I always test it repeatedly with files up to PCM768KHz and DSD512 to see if there is any abnormal behavior.
Do you you get any popping sound when you change tracks while playing dsd ?My SU-8 arrived Wednesday night; I've put about 8 hours on it thus far and about 2/3 of that has been DSD64 content (1 DSD128 album rip and a DSD512 upconversion just to see if it would actually do it). I haven't had any issues or odd noises out of DSD on mine. I haven't seen what Billie Jean from Thriller does on DoP with this thing, it plays it fine in DSD mode; my previous SMSL M8 was DoP only and would gitch on that track.
Win10 laptop; running the XMOS 4.59 drivers I downloaded from SMSL. I'm using DSD Transcoder ASIO in Foobar2k to go from DoP to native DSD...since unchecking the "DoP for converter" still sends DoP to the DAC. I've been using the exact same setup with a Sabaj Da3 for the last couple of months since my SMSL M8 got blown up, along with my desktop.
I haven't gotten around to doing a 768kHz PCM file; but DSD512 worked fine and I can't think of a reason I'd ever have that high a PCM rate. 352.8khz PCM files played just fine.
Do you you get any popping sound when you change tracks while playing dsd ?
I got a pair of Genelec 8330s recently to hook up to this DAC with an XLR splitter. However I'm struggling a bit with the output levels. At max output there is a lot of distortion/clipping. I have to reduce the DAC down to like 25 before the distortion goes away. Any idea why? The 8330s are rated up to 24dbU (14 vRMS) input and this DAC supposedly outputs a max of 4 vRMS.
If you're splitting the signal you could be demanding too much from the outputs on the dac and causing them to clip.
Yup - that is indeed the issue. When I unplug the cable to my headphone amp, the distortion goes away. The headphone amp is off, but it doesn't seem to matter. So much for that plan of using splitters - unless you think it's okay to just keep the DAC volume low? Otherwise, guess I'll need to hook up the digital inputs to the speakers.