Tympanum_Plan
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Hey guys,
A couple hours ago I received my Pico amp/DAC in the mail. I plugged the DAC in and started listening to AKG K702s through Media Player Classic. All filters disabled and playing uncompressed audio FLACs. At first there was an intermittent hissing in one ear and then the other. Now everything has gotten worse and there is distortion across the board. Pops, hisses, etc. I have tried adjusting all the various volume controls (Windows, Media Player and the actual DAC), switching from high to low gain, to no avail. I restarted my computer, hoping it was some software/hardware issue that would work itself out and it played undistorted for a bit and then degraded back to its distorted state.
This being my first amp/DAC, am I doing something obvious wrong? Are there settings I am missing that could be causing this distortion? Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks,
- Tom
A couple hours ago I received my Pico amp/DAC in the mail. I plugged the DAC in and started listening to AKG K702s through Media Player Classic. All filters disabled and playing uncompressed audio FLACs. At first there was an intermittent hissing in one ear and then the other. Now everything has gotten worse and there is distortion across the board. Pops, hisses, etc. I have tried adjusting all the various volume controls (Windows, Media Player and the actual DAC), switching from high to low gain, to no avail. I restarted my computer, hoping it was some software/hardware issue that would work itself out and it played undistorted for a bit and then degraded back to its distorted state.
This being my first amp/DAC, am I doing something obvious wrong? Are there settings I am missing that could be causing this distortion? Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks,
- Tom