So tried the setup with a different OTG cable and same issue. Now I am left with two OTG cables and no USB Audio without sound crackling. Not the outcome I was hoping for from a AU$1000 player. Is there anything anyone can suggest to get around this?

APK for me as the original won't let you download playlist and albums for offline playback.

Hi Jason, have not tried different cable with SR15 but used the same cable with a phone and it worked fine without any crackling. I might just try again with a different cable and see whether that might make a difference. Thanks for your reply.

Thanks Kenji1066. Appreciate your reply. This was the first time I tried connecting the SR15 to an external DAC through USB audio. The crackle is constant while playing any track on SR15 including Tidal. Its strange because I can connect my phone through the same set up and it works flawlessly...

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Hope someone will be able to help me. I am getting a lot of crackling (like a scratched record) noise when I connect my SR15 to a Cambridge Audio streamer. Connection is using a micro USB OTG (ifi) cable connected to SR15 which is connected to an Audioquest cable (USB A to B) which in turn...