PC+Caiman DAC = Clicking noise at right channel output

[MaCs]

Any chance of getting a copy of the original 96bit file so I can try to re-create the problem?

Could you try the simple test that I just described in my previous post?

[StanleyB]

Could you try the simple test that I just described in my previous post?

Try what ? I haven't got a clue what you are describing in your experiment, or the set up that you are using.

[MaCs]

Try what ? I haven't got a clue what you are describing in your experiment, or the set up that you are using.

Sorry if was not clear enough.

What I describe works with Vista and Windows 7.

Go Control Panel and choose Sound. There, your devices are listed. Mine is Realtek Digital Output.

Double-clicking it brings you to its properties. Choose the Advanced Statistics tab (my OS is in french; it may be a bit different in english).

There you have Default Format settings that you can test. You have 16 bit 44100 Hz, 16 bit 48000 Hz, etc.

When you click Test, it plays a sound in that format. That's it.

[Vincent Kars]

[StanleyB]

Forgive me for asking in case the answer is obvious, but why are you adjusting the speaker settings for your PC? Is your PC operating system unable to automatically detect the bit and frequency format of an audio file when it is played back? Or are you selecting say a 16bit/44.1KHz file, and then trying to play it back at 24bit/96KHz?

[MaCs]

Forgive me for asking in case the answer is obvious, but why are you adjusting the speaker settings for your PC? Is your PC operating system unable to automatically detect the bit and frequency format of an audio file when it is played back? Or are you selecting say a 16bit/44.1KHz file, and then trying to play it back at 24bit/96KHz?

It's only a default format (one has to be set anyway). The WASAPI mode in Windows overrides this setting and sends 24bit/96kHz in 24bit/96kHz to the soundcard, regardless of the default format selected.

[StanleyB]

It's only a default format (one has to be set anyway). The WASAPI mode in Windows overrides this setting and sends 24bit/96kHz in 24bit/96kHz to the soundcard, regardless of the default format selected.

And how is your sound card connected to the Caiman. Has it got an optical or coax output?

[dave2010]

Not sure if running this would help for diagnostics - http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml - dpclat - DPC Latency Checker. Might be completely irrelevant of course, but on my system it does show up some pinch points.

[MaCs]

And how is your sound card connected to the Caiman. Has it got an optical or coax output?

Coax.

[MaCs]

Not sure if running this would help for diagnostics - http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml - dpclat - DPC Latency Checker. Might be completely irrelevant of course, but on my system it does show up some pinch points.

I did the check and everything is ok. My computer is pretty powerful (Intel i7).