jax
Didn't do the flip
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Quote:Quote:It's difficult to descibe because it's so quiet. I listen to a lot of Ambient Trance/Chillout which can have this type of sound effect. At first I thought that's what it was, a transient detail that I hadn't picked out before maybe? Unfortunately I can hear the same ticking on almost everything and it's the same volume and speed.
Maybe interference or something coming from my pc?
This sounds more like a DAC issue to me. Either that, or something in the ripped files themselves. What resolution are these files ripped to, and what software and box did you use to rip them?
Everything I have is either Apple Lossless ripped from my own CD's or a few downloads origionally Flac or Wav but converted to Apple Lossless everythings been fine untill now so I'm assuming it's something in the chain of my new set up.
Just for clarity this is: PC (itunes) > Apple TV > Dacmagic > WA6.
I'm going to have another listen tonight but use my backup hard drive as my itunes media feed. I read somewhere that the hard drive could be passing this down the line....
If it's happening on all of your files which originated from more than one source then I would look at the DACmagic or Apple TV. Clicking sounds that are regular sound like some sort of clocking or timing artifact to me. I asked about the rips because I did have an Apple Laptop (older one) that would consistently produce odd digital artifacts at the end of every rip done on it. I took it to the Genius Bar and they did confirm it, but could not come up with a solution except to uncheck ErrorCorrection which was unacceptable to me. I stopped ripping on that laptop and eventually retired it with extreme prejudice. Does the AppleTV have it's own DAC? If so try streaming straight through that and see if it happens. Also try the DAC Magic hard wired and remove the AppleTV from the equation. That'd be my approach. I doubt it's a hard drive issue (I've never heard of such a thing). You might try posting over at Computer Audiophile too.