Lots of cracking and static

I am having these issues only when using audirvana. I have not been able to solve this issue with information from others who have posted this question. I am not upsampling and have disabled all plugins. I have tried all usb ports on my computer. I don’t have another cable to test with, waiting for one in the mail. I have tried wasapi, asio and kernel streaming.

Hello @THEYiftah nice to see you post sorry that you’re having a problem. Sounds like you have been using the search function. Please post your debug reports and explain in a bit more detail about your system hardware.

I’m also getting repeated popping, like there’s dirt in a vinyl groove. Happens with all inputs. Reloading the app does not help.

Audirvana Studio 2.2.3 (20203)

Windows 10 (19044) with 8GB physical RAM

Connected account of : Yiftah Cooper

SIGNAL PROCESSING:

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

UPSAMPLING:
r8brain not in use
r8brain filter parameters
Bandwidth = 99.5%
Stop band attenuation 218dB
Phase minimum phase

AUDIO VOLUME:
Max allowed volume: 95.1648
Replay Gain: None
SW volume control: OFF

LIBRARY SETTINGS:
Sync list: 0 folders
Library database path: C:\Users\Yifta\AppData\Local\Audirvana\Audirvana\AudirvanaDatabase.sqlite

Remote Control server:
Listening on 2a0d:6fc0:8a7:ed00:322e:1297:16d0:c489 on port 49806

ACTIVE STREAMING SERVICES
TIDAL: Connected as HIFI

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

Active method: Local

Max. memory for audio buffers: 6956MB

Local Audio Engine: KernelStreaming

Preferred device:
Digital Output (Chord Async USB 44.1kHz-768kHz)
Model UID:USB\VID_245F&PID_0815&REV_0197
UID:\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{06428237-689e-4f4e-b43c-8d0924650c21}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}

Active Sample Rate: 44.1kHz

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

Selected device:Digital Output (Chord Async USB 44.1kHz-768kHz)
Manufacturer: Chord Electronics Ltd.
Model name: Qutest
Model UID: USB\VID_245F&PID_0815&REV_0197
UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{06428237-689e-4f4e-b43c-8d0924650c21}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}
USB Vendor ID: 0x245f
USB Product ID: 0x0815
Kernel Streaming capable

10 available sample rates up to 768000Hz
44100
48000
88200
96000
176400
192000
352800
384000
705600
768000

Volume Control
Physical: No
Virtual: No

MQA capability
Auto-detect MQA devices: No
Not a MQA device, user set to not MQA
DSD capability: Unhandled

Device audio channels
Preferred stereo channels L:0 R:1
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: No
Simple stereo device: No

1 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 24bit little endian 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 96kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 176.4kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 192kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 352.8kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 384kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 705.6kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 768kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 96kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 176.4kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 192kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 352.8kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 384kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 705.6kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 768kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 96kHz

Local devices found : 2
Device #0: Speaker / Headphone (Realtek(R) Audio)
Manufacturer: Realtek
Model UID: INTELAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0285&SUBSYS_103C85E6&REV_1000
UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{3f660f31-5586-4fee-9988-4bdde3553cd4}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}
Model name: Intel High Definition Audio
Device #1: Digital Output (Chord Async USB 44.1kHz-768kHz)
Manufacturer: Chord Electronics Ltd.
Model UID: USB\VID_245F&PID_0815&REV_0197
UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{06428237-689e-4f4e-b43c-8d0924650c21}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}
USB Vendor ID: 0x245f
USB Product ID: 0x0815
Model name: Qutest

UPnP

UPnP devices found : 0

Chromecast

Chromecast devices found : 1
Device #0: Allony
ID: DnsSd#yes-359903bd201281e8fa16215622410ca9._googlecast._tcp.local#0
Model name: yes

Thanks @OffRode !

Adjust buffer to 4000 mb

Set volume to 100%

Give these changes a try and let us know if it helps

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Always!

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Maybe a hard reset of the Chord device?
It happens to me with a Marantz NA11-S1: the only solution is to unplug the device from the power source, wait around 10 s, and replug and restart.

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Still happens after all these fixes were tried

I know may sound stupid but install this: Download K-Lite Codec Pack Mega

It’s a codec pack as you probabily know. Should be not related to Audirvana but… Well, few months ago I observed that mp3 content (radios, local files) played in Audirvana is full of noise. Tried many things without success. After updating K-Lite Codec Pack BOOM! - problem solved. Maybe Audirvana use codecs from the system, maybe something else, I don’t know.

thanks @DGrigorescu I will try this tomorrow.

Still having this problem unfortunately

Tried it, doesn’t work.

Hi @THEYiftah,

Do you have †his issue while you output to your

Speaker / Headphone (Realtek(R) Audio)

using WASAPI?

@Antoine my speaker headphone realtek audio is too poor to hear porpperly is there is static or just the normal low quality.

Doesn’t work unfortunately