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Static/white noise in right channel of DAC
Posted: April 16th, 2018, 4:05 am
by mix4fix
After borrowing a DAC, I moved my old DAC (Pop-Pulse) to my desktop computer. I use the optical from the motherboard (Asus) to the DAC, then to a headphone amplifier (Keces) to some old headphones (Sennheisers).
It works fine, but then it has starts to develop static/white noise in the right side. If you reset the PC or reinitialize the output, it will work again. Is there a setting that could cause a conflict?
Re: Static/white noise in right channel of DAC
Posted: April 16th, 2018, 5:01 pm
by mix4fix
I had two optical "inputs" in Windows. I deactivated the other one that is not used and that seemed to stop that issue.
Re: Static/white noise in right channel of DAC
Posted: April 16th, 2018, 5:37 pm
by Roscoe Primrose
Re: Static/white noise in right channel of DAC
Posted: April 19th, 2018, 8:22 pm
by mix4fix
It came back. Any thoughts?
Re: Static/white noise in right channel of DAC
Posted: April 19th, 2018, 8:51 pm
by Roscoe Primrose
mix4fix wrote:It came back. Any thoughts?
Hook it back up where it used to be so you can figure out if it's the DAC or the computer driving it...
Roscoe
Re: Static/white noise in right channel of DAC
Posted: April 21st, 2018, 5:21 am
by mix4fix
I tried hooking up via USB, but can't get it to work.
Am I missing a setting?
Re: Static/white noise in right channel of DAC
Posted: April 21st, 2018, 7:52 am
by DaveR
It may need a driver, have you checked and installed it if it does?
Re: Static/white noise in right channel of DAC
Posted: April 21st, 2018, 10:17 am
by Grover Gardner
You might try installing ASIO4ALL and see if that helps.
Re: Static/white noise in right channel of DAC
Posted: April 21st, 2018, 12:31 pm
by mix4fix
Grover Gardner wrote:You might try installing ASIO4ALL and see if that helps.
What settings should I use?
Re: Static/white noise in right channel of DAC
Posted: April 21st, 2018, 12:49 pm
by SoundMods
mix4fix wrote:Grover Gardner wrote:You might try installing ASIO4ALL and see if that helps.
What settings should I use?
Set your speed to 33-1/3 -- cue your cartridge and enjoy! 
