Hi,
I’ve been trying to play back DSD64 using an Earmen Donald Dac and when either DSD via PCM 1.1 or 1.0 are used I get a loud hissing sound and if I max out the volume on my headphone amp I’m able to barely make out the music playing in the background. From my understanding the Donald Dac supports native DSD decoding however there doesn’t appear to be an option for sending a direct DSD stream within the App. Below is the debug info while playing back a DSD track.
Audirvana 3.5.40
SIGNAL PROCESSING:
Polarity Inversion:
Globally: OFF
Per track: ON
Effects plugins NOT ACTIVEUPSAMPLING:
SoX not in use
SoX filter parameters
Bandwidth at 0dB = 99.5
Filter max length = 30000
Anti-aliasing = 100
Phase = 66AUDIO VOLUME:
Max allowed volume: 100
Replay Gain: None
SW volume control: OFFLIBRARY SETTINGS:
Sync list: 2 folders
AUTO: C:\Users\timothy.rose\Music
AUTO: C:\Users\timothy.rose\OneDrive\Music
Library database path: C:\Users\timothy.rose\AppData\Local\Audirvana\AudirvanaPlus\AudirvanaPlusDatabaseV2.sqliteACTIVE STREAMING SERVICES
TIDAL: Connected as HIFI=================== AUDIO DEVICE ========================
Max. memory for audio buffers: 5212MB
Local Audio Engine:WASAPI
Preferred device:
Speakers (7- EarMen Donald DAC)
Model UID:Speakers (7- EarMen Donald DAC)
UID:\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{a3163a3b-d52f-4676-8f4f-79d309fe9ea0}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}Currently playing in Integer Mode:
Device: 2ch 24bits Integer, 8 bytes per frame 176.4kHzActive Sample Rate: 176.4kHz
Bridge settings:
Sample rate limitation: none
Sample rate switching latency: none
Limit bitdepth to 24bit: OFF
Mute during sample rate change: OFFSelected device:
Local audio device
Speakers (7- EarMen Donald DAC) Manufacturer:
Model UID:Speakers (7- EarMen Donald DAC) UID:\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{a3163a3b-d52f-4676-8f4f-79d309fe9ea0}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}8 available sample rates up to 384000Hz
44100
48000
88200
96000
176400
192000
352800
384000
Volume Control
Physical: No
Virtual: No
MQA capability
Auto-detect MQA devices: Yes
MQA Renderer device
DSD capability: DSD via PCM 1.1
Device audio channels
Preferred stereo channels L:0 R:1
Channel bitmap: Ox3, layout:
Channel 0 mapped to 0
Channel 1 mapped to 1Audio channels in use
Number of channels: 2
Use as stereo device only: No
Simple stereo device: No1 output streams:
Number of active channels: 2, in 1 stream(s)
Channel #0 :Stream 0 channel 0
Channel #1 :Stream 0 channel 1
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 96kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 96kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 176.4kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 176.4kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 192kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 192kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 352.8kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 352.8kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 384kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 384kHzLocal devices found : 5
Device #0: Speaker/HP (Realtek High Definition Audio) Manufacturer: Model UID: Speaker/HP (Realtek High Definition Audio) UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{aabcc21a-8c9d-4bbf-835c-5d971a216f82}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}
Device #1: Speakers (4- Logitech USB Headset H340) Manufacturer: Model UID: Speakers (4- Logitech USB Headset H340) UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{e44e5c53-e800-43b1-b842-b6e80a3004e6}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}
Device #2: ASUS VK278 (Intel(R) Display Audio) Manufacturer: Model UID: ASUS VK278 (Intel(R) Display Audio) UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{190edd0e-49ba-4b2a-ac0c-2e74cf2aa1e6}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}
Device #3: Speakers (7- EarMen Donald DAC) Manufacturer: Model UID: Speakers (7- EarMen Donald DAC) UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{a3163a3b-d52f-4676-8f4f-79d309fe9ea0}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}
Device #4: Speakers (Zorloo Ztella USB Audio) Manufacturer: Model UID: Speakers (Zorloo Ztella USB Audio) UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{5f10ab0d-25d4-4d13-a985-a52f63000e4d}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}UPnP devices found : 0
It actually seems to perform worse when I change the Native DSD streaming method over to None: convert to PCM as there is now added noise compared to WASAPI. Debug info in case it matters:
