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When my Wiim Pro is connected via spdf or coaxial, a click is heard when switching to the next track. If you connect via RCA to active acoustics, then there is no such problem! Has anyone encountered such a problem?
high frequency clicks when switching to the next track
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Balthazar B
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It's your DAC dealing with what's being fed to it. There could be a change in bitrate, or the content provider is interrupting the stream between tracks, triggering the DAC to soft reset. In the latest app and firmware updates, WiiM has released a -- poorly-documented, it must be said -- feature that suggests it may be designed to help with this in certain situations, but I have seen no reports from people who've experimented with it.
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and how to deal with it? Will buying a good DAC solve the problem?
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Some DACs are affected. Forum threads with posts regarding this issue are e.g.
Thread 'Crackling distortions when switching tracks'
Thread 'Popping/clicking when switching tracks'
For me, the new feature to add latency in the audio output: „sample rate switch latency“ settings did not solve the issue. I think wiim is still working on the problem.
Thread 'Crackling distortions when switching tracks'
Thread 'Popping/clicking when switching tracks'
For me, the new feature to add latency in the audio output: „sample rate switch latency“ settings did not solve the issue. I think wiim is still working on the problem.
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I have a Schiit multibit DAC and it clicks when the bitrate changes between tracks. No big deal and at least it lets you know the DAC is operating correctly!
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so you have to deal with it))
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Yes. An RME DAC will not have this issue.
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what is this DAC? can you give a link to it?
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Today I noticed this: if I stream music from the original Tidal app using Tidal Connect, there is no click when switching tracks. When using Qobuz and streaming via Airplay, there are no clicks either, but if you cast Qobuz via Chromecast, there are clicks again when you switch.
Maybe was Tidal hifi tier? If so, stream is always at 44.1 and also with airplay it's used always same frequency.
Probably noises are due to frequency change.
If helps, I can just say that two models of SMSL dac's: 100mk2 and DO100 are free from such noises, at any frequency change.
So, to bring this back from the dead…
I just got my WiiM Pro today (coming from a Mini), and I’m experiencing the click between tracks when switching sample rates. It’s a “tick” in the left channel. Not a pop, not a screech.
I’m using Squeezelite/LMS via WiFi to connect to the WiiM Pro, and optical digital to connect to my Onkyo TX-8160 receiver.
Would this/could this be a setting in LMS device settings, a setting in WHA, or is it my Onkyo amp that can’t handle the sample rate change silently via optical?
I just got my WiiM Pro today (coming from a Mini), and I’m experiencing the click between tracks when switching sample rates. It’s a “tick” in the left channel. Not a pop, not a screech.
I’m using Squeezelite/LMS via WiFi to connect to the WiiM Pro, and optical digital to connect to my Onkyo TX-8160 receiver.
Would this/could this be a setting in LMS device settings, a setting in WHA, or is it my Onkyo amp that can’t handle the sample rate change silently via optical?
Burnside
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Try the fade-in & fade-out setting in the wiim’s audio settings
I will. Happened on the Mini too, so I’m betting it’s the way my receiver/amp handles the switch in rates. Also, I don’t want to affect how segued albums play with fade settings. Either way, an annoyance, not a dealbreaker.
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Hi RoyalScam,
On the WiiM Home App, you can also turn on the 'Fixed Resolution' toggle for your optical/coax digital output if your external DAC is having trouble handling the various frame rates. Please let us know if it works for you.
Yeah, but then it's just going to fix everything at whatever rates I choose above that, right? I don't want to upconvert everything, I'd prefer to hear everything at their genuine bit and sample rates.
Burnside
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If you can live with the annoyance as you said above then fine, but upsampling doesn’t have the bad rep it once had if it’s done well - which I’d hope the WiiM does.
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