Originally Posted by dpstjp
If something goes wrong and the data stream is decoded as PCM, the output will be low-level noise with faint music in the back ground, so it fails safely. This can happen if the computer erases the marker code by applying a volume adjustment.

This is exactly what I am hearing, which implies that "it's almost there but not quite". But does this mean that Sooloos is streaming at 24/176 to the ID41. Clearly there is some conversion down to 24/88 somewhere along the line - could it be that the Sooloos core converts DSD to PCM at 24/88 and then streams?

BTW the analogue outputs on the 818 v2 are given the same low level hiss and faint background music.

Last edited by Altus; 2015-10-06 07:55. Reason: additional comment
Streaming: Roon, NUC, QNAP869 NAS
2ch system: dCS Vivaldi, Audionet Stern, Audionet Heisenberg, Magico Q1
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