[flu_fighter]

For those of you having drop-outs, you can try the following guide. For me, switching from best appearance to best performance on my windows 7 set-up did the trick. In fact, it kinda made the sound much better, at least to my ears anyway.
 
However, my windows 7 looks like crap now. lol.
 
Try most of the tips that is set out in the guide, not all. I wouldn't risk turning off my anti-virus program or my firewall.
 
http://serato.com/articles/scratchlive/1927/computer-optimization-guide-for-windows-users/page/1
 

 

[svyr]

lol heh. thats one of the first things i do (another tab in where you set the cpu scheduler favouring bg svcs vs processes)... at the end of the day on aero themes might offload some work to the gfx card. but still, i don't quite understand why people care what their taskbar or window top looks like (that delicious win95 look lol)

 

[drez]

At this point I'm pretty sure this is some kind of fault with a particular batch of DI.  I ordered mine back in April.  Please confirm the date you purchased you DI and its functionality.  At this point we can rule out 1) the music software 2) the OS 3) any other issues independent of the DI hardware.  Not happy.

 

[flu_fighter]

 
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At this point I'm pretty sure this is some kind of fault with a particular batch of DI.  I ordered mine back in April.  Please confirm the date you purchased you DI and its functionality.  At this point we can rule out 1) the music software 2) the OS 3) any other issues independent of the DI hardware.  Not happy.

I'm pretty sure it is the OS, I have had the DI probably around the last quarter of last year. It is only when I switched over to a new pc with windows 7 as the OS that the dropouts were frequent.
 
I was previously using Windows XP.
 
 
 
 
 

 

[drez]

tried your appearance settings.  It ugly.

 

[flu_fighter]

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tried your appearance settings.  It ugly.

I did say it made Windows 7 look crap. Everything looks stark and bleak. lol.
 
But I happened to switch the settings while I was playing music, the sound became more pronounced when I switched the settings.

 

[drez]

Dropouts haven't returned.  This is a big price to pay 

 lol

 

[flu_fighter]

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Dropouts haven't returned.  This is a big price to pay 

 lol

Actually, at that tab where you switched to set windows for best performance, you try out a custom setting, maybe tick some of the appearance options to make it look more pleasing. Just tick one or two and see if the dropouts come back. I'm currently using a custom setting with just 2 or 3 of the options checked.
 

 

[drez]

Thanks flu_fighter I will try that when my rage from dropouts subsides subsides lol

 

[sfogar]

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At this point I'm pretty sure this is some kind of fault with a particular batch of DI.  I ordered mine back in April.  Please confirm the date you purchased you DI and its functionality.  At this point we can rule out 1) the music software 2) the OS 3) any other issues independent of the DI hardware.  Not happy.

Drez,
 
have you read what I said before ?
 
I think this has to do with the Sabre chip inside your Dac as in mine...
 
But if you managed to resolve changing Win7 appareance, well, better...
 
Let's say that the Sabre chip makes the dropout more probable.
 
All the best
 
AF
 

 

[kr0gg]

i've got PC with 3gb ram and an intel e5200 oc'd to 3,5ghz with and ATI 4870 videcard and usually have dropouts when my computer runs any programs (mozilla firefox, 3d games,etc) i.e. not working just as a media player.
i thought it is supposed to behave this way.

 

[realmassy]

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i've got PC with 3gb ram and an intel e5200 oc'd to 3,5ghz with and ATI 4870 videcard and usually have dropouts when my computer runs any programs (mozilla firefox, 3d games,etc) i.e. not working just as a media player.
i thought it is supposed to behave this way.

It's funny...I'm using a cheap Alix board with Linux with MPD: no droputs  
Streaming music does not need a massive pc like that...I suggest you to use a different OS.
 

 

[Gilst]

Overclocking is great, but it might not be the best idea if you seek maximum audio quality from your computer.
 
When you accelerate your processor (in your case - 30%), you most likely raise the voltage, and then you need more cooling, etc
and at the end you put a lot of strain on your power supply, memory controller, north/south/middle-earth bridges, other controllers,
which at the end affect the performance and more important - stability of USB and PCI/PCI-E busses, which transfer audio signals.
 
Overclocking was one of my hobbies, and I remember having a perfectly stable system which passed every possible stress test,
nevertheless a TV PCI card would hiccup unless I run stock. You can never completely determine the influence of running out-of-spec on the system.
 
Bottom line - Overclocking can cause more jitter, more apparent ripple/noise from PSU, hiccups and drop-outs in audio stream caused by error correction. 
 
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i've got PC with 3gb ram and an intel e5200 oc'd to 3,5ghz with and ATI 4870 videcard and usually have dropouts when my computer runs any programs (mozilla firefox, 3d games,etc) i.e. not working just as a media player.
i thought it is supposed to behave this way.

 

 

[kr0gg]

i agree.
but i prefer wasting money on audio, so getting a $50 CPU in order to make it perform (almost) as a $200 one gives me $150.
and i need at least some performance, 'cuz i play a lot.

 

[donluca]

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It's funny...I'm using a cheap Alix board with Linux with MPD: no droputs  
Streaming music does not need a massive pc like that...I suggest you to use a different OS.
 

In b4 the OS war flame.
 
(j/k)