Audirvana 3.5.50 - DSD not working anymore

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I own an Auralic Vega DAC with firmware 2.0, It has performed exceptionally well with Audirvana during many years. In fact, despite testing more modern DACs, I have continued to use it as my primary device.

Occasionally, when switching from PCM to DSD, I would hear some noise, but it was never a significant issue.

This morning, I spent quite some time listening to music (FLAC files), but when I tried to play DSD tracks (both 64 and 128), the DAC only produced white noise. When switching back to FLAC files, the issue disappeared.

I have already tried resetting the DAC from the panel, turning it off and back on, restarting the software, and testing both DoP 1.0 and 1.1, but none of these actions have resolved the issue.

I am using Audirvana 3.5.50 on a Mac with Catalina, and I have not updated the software in quite some time since everything was working perfectly until this morning.

Could there be a possible cause I am overlooking, or might this be a hardware-related issue?

Any suggestions to help resolve this would be greatly appreciated.

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Please paste your debug information report here:
How to get it:

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Thanks for replying.
Debug info below.

Audirvana Mac Version 3.5.50 (3580)
macOS 10.15.7 with 16384MB RAM

Registrado a —————————————————

SIGNAL PROCESSING:

Polarity Inversion:
	Globally: OFF
	Per track: ON
Effects plugins NOT ACTIVE

UPSAMPLING:
SoX not in use
SoX filter parameters
Bandwidth at 0dB = 99.5
Filter max length = 30000
Anti-aliasing = 100
Phase = 66

AUDIO VOLUME:
Max allowed volume: 100
Replay Gain: None
SW volume control: OFF

LIBRARY SETTINGS:
Sync list: 2 folders
AUTO: /Users/cr/Music/FLAC
AUTO: /Users/cr/Music/SACD
iTunes/Music library synchronization: not synchronized
Library database path: /Users/cr/Library/Application Support/Audirvana/AudirvanaPlusDatabaseV2.sqlite

ACTIVE STREAMING SERVICES

=================== AUDIO DEVICE ========================

CoreAudio audio path, buffer I/O frame size: 512

Max. memory for audio buffers: 4376MB

Local Audio Engine:
Exclusive access: Enabled
Integer mode: Enabled

Preferred device:
AURALiC USB Audio
Model UID:AURALiC USB Audio:1511:0037
UID:AppleUSBAudioEngine:AURALiC :AURALiC USB Audio:14300000:1

Active Sample Rate: 44.1kHz
Hog Mode is off

Bridge settings:
Sample rate limitation: none
Sample rate switching latency: 2s
Limit bitdepth to 24bit: OFF
Mute during sample rate change: ON

Selected device:
Local audio device
ID 0x41 AURALiC USB Audio Manufacturer:AURALiC
Model UID:AURALiC USB Audio:1511:0037 UID:AppleUSBAudioEngine:AURALiC :AURALiC USB Audio:14400000:1

8 available sample rates up to 384000Hz
44100
48000
88200
96000
176400
192000
352800
384000
Audio buffer frame size : 14 to 4096 frames
Current I/O buffer frame size : 512
Volume Control
Physical: Yes
Virtual: Yes
MQA capability
Auto-detect MQA devices: No
Not a MQA device, user set to not MQA
DSD capability: DSD via PCM 1.1
Device audio channels
Preferred stereo channels L:1 R:2
Channel bitmap: Ox3, layout:
Channel 0 mapped to 0
Channel 1 mapped to 1

Audio channels in use
Number of channels: 2
Use as stereo device only: Yes
Simple stereo device: Yes

1 output streams:
Number of active channels: 2, in 1 stream(s)
Channel #0 :Stream 0 channel 0
Channel #1 :Stream 0 channel 1

Stream ID 0x42 2 channels starting at 1
16 virtual formats:
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 384kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 352.8kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 192kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 176.4kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 96kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 88.2kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 44.1kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 384kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 352.8kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 192kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz

16 physical formats
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 384kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 352.8kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 192kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 384kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 352.8kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 192kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 176.4kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz

Local devices found : 3
Device #0: ID 0x3a Salida integrada Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Model UID: AppleHDA:88 UID: AppleHDAEngineOutput:1B,0,1,2:0
Device #1: ID 0x41 AURALiC USB Audio Manufacturer: AURALiC Model UID: AURALiC USB Audio:1511:0037 UID: AppleUSBAudioEngine:AURALiC :AURALiC USB Audio:14400000:1
Device #2: ID 0x2b Dirac Virtual Audio Device Manufacturer: Dirac Research AB Model UID: com.dirac.vad_ModelUID UID: com.dirac.vad_UID

UPnP devices found : 1
Device #0: ID 0x0 Bose UID: uuid:BO5EBO5E-F00D-F00D-FEED-08DF1F0838A3 Location: http://192.168.1.54:8091/XD/BO5EBO5E-F00D-F00D-FEED-08DF1F0838A3.xml

4

Have you tried to deactivate those options?

5

What options are you referring to?
Some of them are disabled, while the other are set as always.

Yesterday, after spending the entire morning testing various things—swapping cables, trying different USB ports, adjusting settings, restarting the computer multiple times, and even resetting the DAC—all to no avail, I decided to disconnect the DAC and plug it into my main computer in my home office, where I also have Audirvana installed.

To my relief, it immediately played SACD ISO files without any issues, confirming that the problem was not due to a DAC hardware failure.

I then moved the DAC back to my listening room, reconnected it to the Mac Mini without changing anything, and DSD worked as it always had.

I have no idea what could have caused the issue, especially since, using the same settings and cable, the inexpensive Topping DX1 DAC I use with my laptop played SACD ISO files through DoP 1.1 without any problems.

I’ll keep monitoring the situation this week and will post any updates if anything changes.

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Restarting and Shutdown are two different actions… I generally Shutdown my Mac if things get weird.

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