DAC failure?


Was listening to some music this evening when suddenly the output dropped to about 25% and the sound turned really static sounding.

The Dac sits on it’s own shelf with about 16” of air space above it, but it was extremely hot to the touch..

After checking a few things, I switched to my R2R DAC and everything sounds normal.

Has anyone had a DAC fail with these symptoms?

I’ve sent an email to the company that makes that dac.. just curious if anyone else ever had it happen and what their issue was finally diagnosed as.

 

thanks

matt

nevada_matt

Fairly new, less than 6 weeks old.

Purchased from Apos Audio.

Still waiting for a reply from their support (via email, sent last night, so only 24 since I sent support request/problem description)

As for audio, I did like the sound for a delta sigma dac.  (Certainly better than my original foray, a bluesound node 2i). I just found that I really do hear a difference between R2R and d/s and that I prefer one over the other depending on characteristics of the particular music.


Just waiting to hear back from Apos Audio. I’ll wait another 48 hours, give 3 business days, and then email them again if I don’t get a response.

 

@nevada_matt 

Just out of curiosity after you unplugged it and it cooled down have you tried it again?

Regards,

barts