Topping USB External DAC - Digital warbles while using Roon Ready from Node

Will Butler

Hey!

I'm an IT professional so I'm generally pretty good at tracking down a problem.

Previous setup - current Node (I guess 3?) hardwired to the same network as my Roon Core PC, no issues with Nas library or Roon or Tidal/Qobuz etc - had some issues with Iheartradio podcast stopping short but don't care too much there. Also have a PC run into optical in without a problem. Output is coax into 90's Sony receiver pushing two Infinity speakers. No issues with this setup at all minus Iheartradio, but again not a big deal.

I got upgraditis and bought a Topping D90SE. Everything works great except for Roon Ready into the external DAC makes a horrible digital warbling every two seconds when the music gets louder it gets generally worse. I defaulted the D90SE to make sure nothing was off there, same issues. It plays from my PC okay, from Tidal okay, seems to just be Roon. I rebooted all equipment involved including the Core PC and still the issue. Roon from my PC plays fine in Roon and HQPlayer, but this is the Roon Ready in the Node which I use all day long and I really want to work.

So the screen that I'm familiar with that you can turn off the automatic clockrate is gone and the Node automatically sets fixed volume. I assume the clockrate is turned off. I can "Reset all" on the BlueOS Audio screen and I can specifically turn off the clockrate after I select the USB output but that doesn't fix anything. 

On the Topping I tried switching from PRE to DAC to no avail. I also noticed after I did that the Topping showed up as a device on my Roon audio screen but it won't let me set it to that, I think I need to turn it back to DAC mode for that but everything I read said to run this on PREAMP mode. Really don't know what else I can set on the Topping to fix this.

This feels like a BlueOS issue to me as everything else works but I don't know how to fix it. My Roon Core is updated. My Node is updated. Are there any known issues with clockrate/playback issues since implementing external USB DACs? Is there an issue with the D90SE? I was pondering a Denafrips, should I send this back and get an Ares II/or 12th?

 

 

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    Tony W.
    Product Support Manager

    Hi Will

    Please see this Help Centre Article; https://support1.bluesound.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417440985879

    If problems persist, please contact Topping.

  • Adrian
    • Edited

    Hi, I have the same problem, some blame others. The problem has been discussed countless times here and we are waiting for an update (maybe) from node to solve the problem...maybe.

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  • Will Butler

    Tony,

    The "Renderer only" change helped but did not fix. 

    I'll reach out to Roon since that is the next step, thank you.

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  • Will Butler

    A few of my posts were removed below this including the audio issue sample and a link to me working with Roon, that is a bit strange but I guess those aren't allowed?

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  • Tony W.
    Product Support Manager
    • Edited

    Hi Will - it looks like you sent links - in which case, it is likely our third-party software running this site may have groomed them out for security reasons...

    That being said, please continue to work with ROON regarding the issues you are having with their software. Thanks for understanding.

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  • Will Butler

    Thanks Tony

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