Berkeley CA audiophile is desperate need of help


Hello. My digital system has crashed for the second time

in 6 months. I have been in touch with my DAC 

and server companies. What I really need to do

is connect my Innuous server to another DAC or another

DAC to my server. I contacted 2 local brick and morter 

shops in the hopes that I could bring in my server to rule our

a problem with it. An Innuous dealer said no. Is there any 

one near by who could give me a hand. Might I come to you

with my DAC and hook it up, or might you come to me

with server and or DAC? I am happy to compensate 

for one's time. I am a 'senior ' female with much 

positive reviews here and on the other website.

Did I say that I was Desperate with a capital D?

128x128bander

Have you tried the DAC with other digital sources, such as a CD player?  If so, and it seems to work, then your problem is either: 1) Internet; 2) The server; 3) the hand off from server to DAC.

  Servers are networking computers that are gussied up to look like audio components.  They are subject to the same foibles that computers are.  Have you ever had a computer that was working fine and suddenly doesn’t “see” something, such as a printer?  The first step is to power everything down and then restart them.  If that doesn’t work after a few tries, then it may be that a software update in the server, or the DAC, may have “bricked” these two components 

Ime, most every problem with streaming I in the network.. Fwiw I just did get my streamer dad working consistently this past weekend after 6-8 month of problem after problem. I knew it was network related but I am weak on network issues. But I learned a lot over the weekend.

The problem for me was that i had not turned on the media streaming setting in Windows 10. 

What model is the DAC? Overall, it's far more likely to be on the internet/Innuos side of things.

This is precisely why I predominantly only use physical media...lp, cd, cassette, mini disc, 8 track, etc...I don't need the hassle of today's technology...jmo

If your TV is at all recent it probably has a digital audio output.  Try that.  Make sure you set the TV to output stereo only.