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E7/E9 Combo Problem (Pausing)

post #1 of 4
1/6/12 at 6:52pm
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Hey everyone!

I have a pair of HD600s that I got last year, along with an E9 amp. This year I decided to get an E7 to pair up with the E9, as I wanted a DAC and figured that I might as well get that one since I have a dock for it (possibly a mistake, but given the price it's no big deal).

Anyways, everything is hooked up and I can hear fine. It is definitely a noticeable difference (sigh of relief...) and I am happy with what I hear - except for one thing: sometimes (maybe once every 2 minutes? Definitely often enough to be annoying) the music/sound will shut off and then resume again about a half second later. No content is lost - that is, it is as if during the silence the music was paused rather than muted.

Why could this be? I lost the usb cable that came with the E9 so I got one from Micro Center (a computer place) that was rated at USB 2.0 and cost $15 from a company called "QVS". It looked a little "no-namey" (compared to maybe, say, a Belkin cable they had for twice the price?)

Still, it's USB 2.0 and it is connected to a USB 3.0 port on my computer, so I don't see why this would be an issue. Might it be anything else? The pausing is getting rather frustrating confused_face.gif

Thanks a lot for the help!
Edited by blama - 1/6/12 at 6:58pm
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post #2 of 4
1/6/12 at 7:18pm
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A little more information...

I just tried using the usb cable that came with the E7 and hooking up the E7 through the E9's line in (so, not docked and not using the usb cable I purchased on my own).

There is STILL pausing .

I don't know what to make of this then, as clearly the cable I purchased was not an issue. This is actually somewhat disappointing as now I have no idea what to do, and the problem doesn't seem as simple as "getting a better usb cable".
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post #3 of 4
1/6/12 at 7:27pm

It is most like you PC's USB or sound driver that has the problem. The easiest way to check to to try the E7 + E9 on another PC and see if you have the same problem or not.

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post #4 of 4
1/6/12 at 7:47pm
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Hm, I switched it to a different USB port and now the pausing is much less significant. For now this seems livable but I'll see if I can get it completely resolved in the future.

As a sidenote, I was disappointed to find out that the E7's bass booster does nothing when docked, only if I use the line in. I must admit I like it set to "1" more than having it completely off. Oh well.
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