Amberlamps
Formerly known as Phuca
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I do not own an M Scaler but am assuming that as you have been concerned about this issue for some weeks all connections between PC/M Scaler and Hugo are as they should be. Would it be worth starting with the source and sharing how you are sending music to the M Scaler ? Unless you have already done so what about playing some local files (ie ripped CD's/Downloads) through, say, JRiver. As 1)all the correct settings for JRiver and Windows Sound Settings are well known, 2) you can check that the correct Drivers are being used and 3)as it will report on what you are sending to the M Scaler in terms of sample and bitrate, you can at least be reassured all is corrrect at the source end of the playback chain. Apologies if, as is likely, you have already done something like this.
Source is my pc, Corsair Obsidian 800D case, Asus Z170 gaming mobo, i7 6700K, corsair vengeance 32GB ram, evga 680gtx classified vid card, samsung 850 500gb ssd, Corsair 256gb ssd, ocz summit 120gb x 2 ssd’s, 8 hdd’s, internal and external, logitech g910 keyboard and corsair m65 mouse, corsair ax1600i psu.
Software is windows 10 x64, Roon, tidal, qobuz and Jriver.
I have also tested via usb cable, my iphone directly into the mscaler playing hires files from qobuz and tidal using wifi and not cellular connection. Non airplay wired connection.
A couple of people have mentioned that they don’t hear a difference between 1 million taps and pass through, and I’m not saying anything bad about the mscaler. It clearly works, as this thread and the dave and blu ii thread is proof. It’s just I don’t know if my setup is wrong, which to be honest I don’t think it is, or maybe its something to do with the mscaler or my hugo, or maybe even me ?
I just don’t know if it was caused by me not using hugo for a while, and when I came back to it, maybe I was confusing the excellent sound of hugo as coming from the mscaler ?
I do remember that once when I was moving the mscaler and hugo, I disconnected the bnc cables and then plugged them back in, this time when I tried to test pass through, the music was not there, there was just silence, in order for me to hear the music, I had to select coax 1 on the remote.
I now have the cables arranged on the 3.5mm adapter so that I can go from 1 million taps on coax 2, to pass through and remain on coax 2, no drops in audio etc. The other 3.5mm arrangement means, when switching to pass through, you have to physically switch over to coax 1.
I really don’t know what to think, and I have a TT2 inbound. If what I’m hearing from the mscaler is all I’m gunna get, then I will probably cancel my TT2
What does everyone else think when going from 1 million taps to pass through, is there a change thats clearly heard, or is there barely if any change that you can hear ?
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