Static in Audirvana Studio (AS) Only

Hi, I’m trialing the “upgraded” version on Audirvana, from 3.5.50 to AS. Everything works fine in the the old version (3.50.5) and I have made no changes to my hardware.

The issue is playing any content above 16/44.1, anything higher I get a very loud static but I can hear the music faintly in the background. Now, if I upsample to DSD64 the problem goes away but AS becomes extremely sluggish, even unusable - just changing the volume can have a delay of 10 seconds.

2013 Imac 3.2 Ghz i5 32gb RAM > Naim SuperUniti Via UPNP

Any ideas?

Audirvana Studio 1.12.2 (11202)

macOS 10.15.7 with 32GB physical RAM

Connected account of :

SIGNAL PROCESSING:

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

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

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

LIBRARY SETTINGS:
Sync list: 1 folders
AUTO: /Users/imac13/Downloads/Audirvana music
iTunes/Music library synchronization: not synchronized
Library database path: /Users/imac13/Library/Application Support/Audirvana/AudirvanaDatabase.sqlite

Remote Control server:
Listening on 127.0.0.1 on port 59307

ACTIVE STREAMING SERVICES
Qobuz: Connected as Qobuz Studio

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

Preferred device: NAIM AUDIO LTD. SUPER-9CC9 Model UID:Naim Audio Ltd. Super-9CC9 UID:uuid:5F9EC1B3-ED59-79BB-4530-0011F6A89CC9

Selected device:
UPnP device at http://192.168.86.247:8080/description.xml
ID 0x0 Super-9CC9
Manufacturer: Naim Audio Ltd.
Model Name:
Model UID: Naim Audio Ltd. Super-9CC9
UID: uuid:5F9EC1B3-ED59-79BB-4530-0011F6A89CC9

14 available sample rates up to 22579200Hz
44100
48000
88200
96000
176400
192000
352800
384000
705600
768000
2822400
5644800
11289600
22579200
Volume control: No
MQA capability
Auto-detect MQA devices: No
Not a MQA device, user set to not MQA
DSD capability: Raw DSD (MSB)
Device audio channels
Preferred stereo channels L:0 R:1
Channel bitmap: Ox3, layout:
Channel 0 mapped to 0
Channel 1 mapped to 1
Avoid RAW PCM streams: No
UPnP/DLNA supported protocols:
http-get::audio/L16;rate=44100;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get:
:audio/L16;rate=44100;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L16;rate=48000;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get:
:audio/L16;rate=48000;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L16;rate=96000;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get:
:audio/L16;rate=96000;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L16;rate=88200;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get:
:audio/L16;rate=88200;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L24;rate=44100;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get:
:audio/L24;rate=44100;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L24;rate=48000;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get:
:audio/L24;rate=48000;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L24;rate=96000;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get:
:audio/L24;rate=96000;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L24;rate=88200;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get:
:audio/L24;rate=88200;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/mpeg:DLNA.ORG_PN=MP3
http-get:
:audio/wav:*
http-get::audio/x-mpegurl:
http-get::audio/x-ms-wma:DLNA.ORG_PN=WMABASE
http-get:
:audio/x-ms-wma:DLNA.ORG_PN=WMAFULL
http-get::application/ogg:
http-get::audio/mp4:
http-get::audio/x-flac:
http-wavetunes::audio/x-ms-wma:
http-get::audio/x-aiff:
http-get::audio/x-m4a:
http-get::audio/dsd:
http-get::audio/x-dsd:
http-get::audio/x-dsf:
http-get::audio/x-dff:
http-get::application/x-mpegurl:
http-get::audio/x_pm_flac:
DLNA 1.5: No
Gapless playback: Yes
Missing events workaround: Yes
Can play native DSD: Yes
Volume Control: scalar
Number of channels: 2
Use as stereo device only: 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

Stream ID 0x0 0 channels starting at 0
42 virtual formats:
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 big endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 big endian Signed Integer 48kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 big endian Signed Integer 96kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 big endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 big endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 big endian Signed Integer 48kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 big endian Signed Integer 96kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 big endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 176.4kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 176.4kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 176.4kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 352.8kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 352.8kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 352.8kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 705.6kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 705.6kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 705.6kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 48kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 48kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 48kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 192kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 192kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 192kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 384kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 384kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 384kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 768kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 768kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 768kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 8 little endian Signed Integer 2822.4kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 8 little endian Signed Integer 5644.8kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 8 little endian Signed Integer 11289.6kHz finite length
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 8 little endian Signed Integer 22579.2kHz finite length

0 physical formats

Current device transportInfo:
CurrentTransportState: STOPPED
CurrentTransportStatus: OK
CurrentSpeed: 1
Current device MediaInfo:
NrTracks: 1
MediaDuration: NOT_IMPLEMENTED
CurrentURI: http://192.168.86.30:49152/audirvana/audioTest.pcm
CurrentURIMetadata:

dc:titletestTitle</dc:title>
upnp:classobject.item.audioItem.musicTrack</upnp:class>
http://192.168.86.30:49152/audirvana/audioTest.pcm

nextURI: 
nextURIMetadata: 
PlayMedium: NETWORK
RecordMedium: NOT_IMPLEMENTED
WriteStatus: NOT_IMPLEMENTED

Current device AVT service description:

<?xml version="1.0"?> 1 0 SetAVTransportURI InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID CurrentURI in AVTransportURI CurrentURIMetaData in AVTransportURIMetaData SetNextAVTransportURI InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID NextURI in NextAVTransportURI NextURIMetaData in NextAVTransportURIMetaData GetMediaInfo InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID NrTracks out NumberOfTracks MediaDuration out CurrentMediaDuration CurrentURI out AVTransportURI CurrentURIMetaData out AVTransportURIMetaData NextURI out NextAVTransportURI NextURIMetaData out NextAVTransportURIMetaData PlayMedium out PlaybackStorageMedium RecordMedium out RecordStorageMedium WriteStatus out RecordMediumWriteStatus GetTransportInfo InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID CurrentTransportState out TransportState CurrentTransportStatus out TransportStatus CurrentSpeed out TransportPlaySpeed GetPositionInfo InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID Track out CurrentTrack TrackDuration out CurrentTrackDuration TrackMetaData out CurrentTrackMetaData TrackURI out CurrentTrackURI RelTime out RelativeTimePosition AbsTime out AbsoluteTimePosition RelCount out RelativeCounterPosition AbsCount out AbsoluteCounterPosition GetDeviceCapabilities InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID PlayMedia out PossiblePlaybackStorageMedia RecMedia out PossibleRecordStorageMedia RecQualityModes out PossibleRecordQualityModes GetTransportSettings InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID PlayMode out CurrentPlayMode RecQualityMode out CurrentRecordQualityMode Stop InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID Play InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID Speed in TransportPlaySpeed Pause InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID Seek InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID Unit in A_ARG_TYPE_SeekMode Target in A_ARG_TYPE_SeekTarget Next InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID Previous InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID SetPlayMode InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID NewPlayMode in CurrentPlayMode GetCurrentTransportActions InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID Actions out CurrentTransportActions TransportState string STOPPED PLAYING PAUSED_PLAYBACK TRANSITIONING NO_MEDIA_PRESENT TransportStatus string OK ERROR_OCCURRED PlaybackStorageMedium string NETWORK RecordStorageMedium string NOT_IMPLEMENTED PossiblePlaybackStorageMedia string PossibleRecordStorageMedia string CurrentPlayMode string NORMAL NORMAL SHUFFLE REPEAT_ONE REPEAT_ALL TransportPlaySpeed string 1 RecordMediumWriteStatus string NOT_IMPLEMENTED CurrentRecordQualityMode string NOT_IMPLEMENTED PossibleRecordQualityModes string NumberOfTracks ui4 0 1 CurrentTrack ui4 0 1 1 CurrentTrackDuration string CurrentMediaDuration string CurrentTrackMetaData string CurrentTrackURI string AVTransportURI string AVTransportURIMetaData string NextAVTransportURI string NextAVTransportURIMetaData string RelativeTimePosition string AbsoluteTimePosition string RelativeCounterPosition i4 AbsoluteCounterPosition i4 CurrentTransportActions string LastChange string A_ARG_TYPE_SeekMode string TRACK_NR A_ARG_TYPE_SeekTarget string A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID ui4

Current device RootDevice description:

<?xml version="1.0"?> 1 0 urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaRenderer:1 Super-9CC9 Naim Audio Ltd. http://www.naimaudio.com Naim SuperUniti all-in-one audio player SuperUniti 20-004-0007 https://www.naimaudio.com/product/superuniti 0011F6A89CC9 uuid:5F9EC1B3-ED59-79BB-4530-0011F6A89CC9 123810928305556upc urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:RenderingControl:1 urn:upnp-org:serviceId:RenderingControl /RenderingControl/desc.xml /RenderingControl/ctrl /RenderingControl/evt urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:ConnectionManager:1 urn:upnp-org:serviceId:ConnectionManager /ConnectionManager/desc.xml /ConnectionManager/ctrl /ConnectionManager/evt urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:AVTransport:1 urn:upnp-org:serviceId:AVTransport /AVTransport/desc.xml /AVTransport/ctrl /AVTransport/evt urn:schemas-dm-holdings-com:service:X_HtmlPageHandler:1 urn:schemas-dm-holdings-com:serviceId:X_HtmlPage /HtmlPageHandler/desc.xml /HtmlPageHandler/ctrl /HtmlPageHandler/evt http://192.168.86.247:80/index.asp urn:rhapsody-real-com:device-id-1-0:rdk_dev_2:0011F6A89CC9

UPnP devices found : 2
Device #0: ID 0x0 Super-9CC9 UID: uuid:5F9EC1B3-ED59-79BB-4530-0011F6A89CC9 Location: http://192.168.86.247:8080/description.xml
Device #1: ID 0x0 [TV] The Frame UID: uuid:3862806f-6867-4239-a30e-2485799d050b Location: http://192.168.86.181:9197/dmr

CoreAudio audio path, buffer I/O frame size: 0

Max. memory for audio buffers: 31744MB
Exclusive access: Enabled
Integer mode: Enabled

Local devices found : 1
Device #0: ID 0x2f Built-in Output Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Model UID: AppleHDA:7 UID: AppleHDAEngineOutput:1B,0,1,2:0 Model Name: Apple Inc. Built-in Output

Hello @nick2413,

Can you go in our audio output settings in Audirvāna Studio and enable the option to not send RAW PCM stream?

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This worked! Thank you so much!

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