I’ve noticed that when I use the AES output for playback of 192 kHz material, the music gets interrupted. Then I found this paragraph in the Pacific manual:
“The DAC is capable of automatic recognition of all sampling rates from 44 to 192 kHz and bit rates from 16 to 24. Since few if any transports offering SPDIF format of the 192 kHz exist in the consumer market, it is hard to guarantee the operation but on the professional ones which we tried – it worked. From our experience the transmitters of SPDIF are incapable of making good square wave over 48 kHz, so if you play a 192 kHz file, be aware that on one hand you “play” more detailed data, but at the same time your signal is waaay more distorted so at the end of the day for this reason alone it may not be worth it to chase the hi-rez rabbit”.
Quite disappointing as I thought I could use my new AES cable for the hires playback of up to 192 kHz. Do any of you use SPDIF for hires playback of files over 48 kHz?
“The DAC is capable of automatic recognition of all sampling rates from 44 to 192 kHz and bit rates from 16 to 24. Since few if any transports offering SPDIF format of the 192 kHz exist in the consumer market, it is hard to guarantee the operation but on the professional ones which we tried – it worked. From our experience the transmitters of SPDIF are incapable of making good square wave over 48 kHz, so if you play a 192 kHz file, be aware that on one hand you “play” more detailed data, but at the same time your signal is waaay more distorted so at the end of the day for this reason alone it may not be worth it to chase the hi-rez rabbit”.
Quite disappointing as I thought I could use my new AES cable for the hires playback of up to 192 kHz. Do any of you use SPDIF for hires playback of files over 48 kHz?
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