Just got the SRC-DX in this morning (thank you Nick!)
Interesting that people prefer it to the USB in of the Dave, which has galvanic isolation. The M-scaler does have it on the BNC outs but I'm sure it's much noisier even so. I look forward to your measurements and impressions.Just got the SRC-DX in this morning (thank you Nick!)
Confirmed that it does NOT have galvanic isolation internally and the USB input/BNC outs share a ground connection, so you may wish to add a galvanic isolator to prevent noise from the source/PC getting through.
The device itself is pretty low noise though so if you have a clean source to begin with or an isolator you're good
I have never been able to get 768khz working reliably on chord DACs. I always got static sound either immediately or after a while
My bad, it looks like my Hqplayer settings were reset when switching to the Sotm. Wasapi drivers are the only way to go with them sadly.
It's a little tricky to say for sure. I wouldn't say it's a big improvement in quality though there does seem to be a little bit more control and presence to lowend which is nice.
have had no issues with static etc on the src-dx but couldn't fix it at all with Dave's usb3 Sotm boxes + SRC-DX is already giving me a headache. I would consider the Phoenix USB if the sotm reclocker does somehow turn out to make a difference, at least it's only one box. I just sold the M-scaler to simplify the chain. Too bad the Bartok is not that impressive. Or transportableIt's a little tricky to say for sure. I wouldn't say it's a big improvement in quality though there does seem to be a little bit more control and presence to lowend which is nice.
Though it's pretty hard to ab unfortunately.
That being said, I'd pay for it just for the reliability tbh
Yeah, whatever I do , 768 is problematic. Just placed an order for an SRC-DX. Hope it will solve the problems. That said, the SOTM psu does seem to be generating a lot of hiss at times, which might just be synced up with the pops i hear. I'll test the stock wall wart more tomorrow.It's a little tricky to say for sure. I wouldn't say it's a big improvement in quality though there does seem to be a little bit more control and presence to lowend which is nice.
Though it's pretty hard to ab unfortunately.
That being said, I'd pay for it just for the reliability tbh
Firstly double check that you've got the SPS500 set to the correct voltage. There's a dial on the back.
Yep, i've set it to 9v, just like the streamer. Weirder still, I hear static and hissing out of the SPS500 even with it unplugged for 15 minutes now. What.
I also had issues with pops and clicks and white Noise with my Qutest direct connected with my MacBook Pro - white Noise appeared every time, no matter what sample rate i used, can anyone explain that, is it the Amanero? anyway this should not happen with such expensive DACs - i also bought an SRC-DX because of that and now have no Problems anymore, so i think it should solve your Problem too. Sound has also changed by the way, more and punchier bass and more authority and depth because of that. I think the SRC-DX is a good choice, but not that cheep. Does anyone use the Opto DX in combination with the SRC-DX? I would like to know if there is still some room to get better Sound
enjoy your music everyone and have fun!Do you use a Y splitter cable for them? I will do another demo once my SRC-DX arrives, in a couple of weeks probably. I see you have a nice collection of gear, do you also use an SRC-DX in any of the setups? I'm curious if reclocking makes any sense before it (or in general, for that matter, but for the sake of argument), since the data is converted to S/PDIF anyway. Also curious about the Innuos Phoenix vs the SOTM stack.
