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Posted on July 23, 2016 at 06:59:08
maxim
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hello microrendu and roon! I am very happy with the new sound ... when it works ...

But it seems that microrendu and my m2tech young dac have an unstable relationship. Sometimes to start music play I have to switch the dac on and off a couple of times, while roon interface shows the mucis going ahead... Or I have to go through various inputs ... Othertimes microrendu and young simply link incorrectly with left/right channels swapped.

Any ideas what the problem might be and how to fix it?

maxim

 

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Sounds like your DAC's USB)I2S is getting confused..., posted on July 23, 2016 at 07:31:29
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I know it sounds like a hassle, but I seem to recall 'less active inmate' 'Sordedman' put one of the above in a small box and used the coax S/PDIF output to run to his DAC of choice (which, IIRC, did not have a USB input).

That might not work for you as IIRC you like DSD and DSD over S/PDIF doesn't work?

Does your DAC have a I2S input?




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RE: Microrendu troubleshooting ..., posted on July 23, 2016 at 08:40:07
Mercman
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 Is you Core on ethernet or wireless?

 

RE: Microrendu troubleshooting ..., posted on July 23, 2016 at 09:40:41
maxim
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 Ethernet ...

 

RE: Microrendu troubleshooting ..., posted on July 25, 2016 at 05:04:23
soundchekk
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 The microrendu runs a Linux afaik.

You need to check if your M2TECH DAC might needs a proprietary driver.

If so:

For older M2TECH Hiface devices there is a specific kernel driver/module called "snd-usb-hiface" .

The generic USB module is called "snd-usb-audio" though.


The MicroRendu would have to let you switch drivers if it won't do it automatically.

Good luck.



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a "known issue" = "not really an issue, but the way the Linux driver is intended to work", posted on July 25, 2016 at 06:28:55
maxim
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 this is from the microrendu "known issues" page:

"6. These devies need to be on when the unit boots up
Any device that uses a M2Tech V1 hiFace interface, Mytek Stereo 192/DSD DAC, and Mytek Manhattan DAC. This is not really an issue, but the way the Linux driver is intended to work.

List of devices known to use the M2Tech V1 hiFace: M2Tech hiFace M2Tech hiFace (white), M2Tech Young, Audia, Corrson, Empirical, North Star, Rockna, SL Audio, W4S (early DAC-2 models), Chord, Vitus, CAD, Eeaudio, Metronome, Pathos, Rotel, Audio Esclusive"

 

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