Fault?

[Carl]

Setup: Wiim pro
Naim Nait X's
Naim ndac
PMC db1i gold speakers
Optical cable
Wiim plays fine on all resolutions except 24 bit 192khz. When this is selected a crackling sound is heard through the speakers regardless of whether music is playing or not. I raised a ticket with Wiim whose reply was : "There maybe a mismatch between 192khz supported by my speakers and output from the Wiim, we suggest using 24 bit 96khz instead" Anyone got any ideas before I send the unit back.

 

[Burnside]

Try a different optical cable, or use coax instead?

 

[Carl]

Already tried several optical cables, same result!

 

[harkpabst]

Naim ndac

From the top of my head the original NDAC did not support 192 kHz. Which version is yours?

 

[Carl]

My NDac is running with the updated firmware which does support 192khz, or are you referring to the optical input?

 

[Burnside]

My NDac is running with the updated firmware which does support 192khz, or are you referring to the optical input?

I’d expect it’s the optical input itself that’s being queried. It could be the original optical transceiver can’t support more than 24/96, especially if the unit is older. My previous Linn streamer for example could support 24/192 on board, but its optical input was physically constrained to 24/96.

Are you hitting the same limit using your DAC’s coaxial inputs?

 

[Carl]

Not tried the coax input yet, need a cable!

 

[Carl]

 

[Burnside]

Not tried the coax input yet, need a cable!

Use one of the RCA lead connections that came with the Pro - it’s maybe not optimal, but might work.

 

[Carl]

Will try later. Thanks

 

[dtc]

Use one of the RCA lead connections that came with the Pro - it’s maybe not optimal, but might work.

Works fine. That's what I used for original testing.

 

[Carl]

Problem solved by using coax, thanks for the help.

 

[Smartplug]

That brand is one of the expensive out there. Many high end brand went out of business because very few buying them. Listeners have changed the way they listen more on convenient than sound quality. Things have changed since then. Audiophile are minority and casual listeners are majority.

 

[Carl]

Sound quality over convenience every time!

 

[wiimamp user]

I think quality and convenience can go hand in hand.
It's important I think ..

 

[Smartplug]

On the video side from vhs to dvd and now Blu-ray which was an improvement. On home theater, consumer went from AVR with many speakers array but now majority went on sound bar which was stepped backwards. Think about it Spotify hasn’t released hifi on their music but the service is on par with tidal and the rest in term of pricing and not loosing market share. They realize that audiophile are minority and majority are just casual listeners. They also think majority can’t tell difference between lossy and loseless.

 

[wiimamp user]

On the video side from vhs to dvd and now Blu-ray which was an improvement. On home theater, consumer went from AVR with many speakers array but now majority went on sound bar which was stepped backwards. Think about it Spotify hasn’t released hifi on their music but the service is on par with tidal and the rest in term of pricing and not loosing market share. They realize that audiophile are minority and majority are just casual listeners. They also think majority can’t tell difference between lossy and loseless.

On blu ray I think many went to the streaming services or data converted from a disc to a HDD or SSD.
All you're media in one place.
Then convenience and quality could go hand in hand.
I think it's important audio brands must have their focus on both.
Hardware very important.. software and convenience the same.
And support of the software and a company who stands for their products( soft and hardware).

On Spotify most of them choose for Bluetooth and , cheap, hardware.
It's a step back I think even with ldac,aptx ...
The dacs of smartphones minor quality, android not bit perfect and so on..
Then I would say I would aways choose for quality over convenience.
That would aways be the choice ..but as mentioned ,it can go hand in hand..

It's starts with a good source, good speakers, a dac ..and convenience can go with it.

 

[harkpabst]

Problem solved.

 

[Burnside]

Seems more like an opinion than a solution, valid as it was…

 

[harkpabst]

Well ... the solution was confirmed in posting #12 ...