Do other DACs do this? Auralic Vega
I have borrowed an Auralic Vega to demo with a view to buy. However 90% of the time when I first start to use it I get a very brief crackle before the music starts.
I'm unsure if this is just a DAC thing, or a known issue with this model (although I can't find anything searching), or more to do with how I am feeding it.
Most music is coming from Apple Music using Firefox Browser on a NUC and fed to the Auralic via USB.
I get the same when first using the Tidal App but seems to be less frequent.
It doesn't do this between tracks, but if I move between Apple Music and the Tidal app it has a good chance of doing it again.
Ultimately I want to upgrade to a streamer, such as the Innuos Pulse Mini, so now wondering if a better source would resolve the issue or whether it could be a better option to give back the Auralic and use the internal DAC on the Innuos.
Any and all advice would be very much appreciated
@incoming - It is absolutely NOT normal for a DAC to crackle as you’ve described. I would recommend an Innuos streamer, btw. Great product with a really good app. I have the Innuos ZENith mkiii. Another product I strongly recommend is the Gold Note DS-10, which is a streamer, DAC and preamp. If you go that route, I strongly recommend the extra power supply unit, which takes things up significant notch. |
Thank-you @bluethinker , it is good to know that this is something that needs to be resolved one way or the other. I'll check out your recommendations too, thanks. |
