Which input sampling rate is your DI/O set to? If it is not 44.1 then that could be the problem and if it is the external mode then you may be losing the digital lock. The DI/O doesn't have a very wide window of tolerance in the ext. (green LED) mode. Then again, there is always the possibility that something is wrong with that particular CD. Has this happened on other CDs also?
Digital "Crispies" and the ART di/o
I was listening to Glenn Gould playing Bach Goldberg Variations (1981 recording - Sony Digital) the other night, through an Arcam Alpha 7 and ART di/o DAC and on track 17 I noticed this static, "crispy" noise along with the piano notes. Maybe it's the dac, I thought, so I hooked up the preamp to the analog out of the Arcam, and the crispies weren't there. Neither was the soundstage, and alot of timbral detail. My question: are the crispies digital dust in this recording that the ARCAM DAC did not reveal (I've only heard them on 2 tracks), or could they be lack of power in the ART di/o (I'm using the wall wart power supply that came with it), or maybe my new speakers (thiel 1.6) breaking in.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Thoughts?
Thanks!