Airport Express clicking sound

Steve,

Thanks for the input. How can the DAC be clipping if when it is fed the same signal from the CD player, it doesn't clip? It only "clips" when the signal is coming from the Airport Express.

Mark

Very curious to hear more about a clipping DAC, Steve. I'm getting "skipping" (interrupted signal, different places in songs on different plays) while using my Perfect Wave DAC since upgrading to the MK II board (only with computer as transport, not CDP).

I updated the system, version of iTunes and added memory on MACbook, but problem persists.

Any suggestions appreciated.

John

Jdoris - skipping is usually caused by the playback software and hardware. The latency is too large for it to keep-up. This can be caused by network congestion if you are using the bridge, or by competing applications on the computer, or slower front-side-bus and small DRAM size with USB.

Which interface are you using on the PWD?

Clipping is usually indicated by ticks on only the louder passages and transients.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio

I had dropouts from time to time on Airport Express digital outs but it stopped after I installed stronger 802.11 transmitter (USB adapter) setting it to transmit on 2.4GHz and 5GHz simultaneously (AE listens on both by default). I don't know if AE receives anything on 5GHz (my router is only 2.4GHz) or is it better transmitter (MacMini has just short piece of wire for antenna inside), but dropouts are completely gone. MacMini's internal Wi-Fi transmitter (Airport) is disabled (won't work with two networks). Dropouts were just gaps lasting 1-2 seconds and not clicks. AE has about 2-3 second buffer judging by amount of time it plays after shutting down transmitter.

Markhyams: I had something similar when I first hooked up my computer. I thought my computer out had too much gain??? I don't know if that's the correct terminology but when I lowered the output volume on the computer to %75, the noises went away. Go in your settings and try that.