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Airport Express "local clock" issue?

I have an Airport Express going optical into my Marantz HT receiver, and sometimes I lose the first half-second or so of the beginning of a song. I believe it is related to the "local clock" issue, outlined in this article in Stereophile.

My question is, what DAC would not have a problem dealing with this? Maybe a Cambridge DacMagic, or Musical Fidelity V-DAC? Or does it have to be something higher up the food chain, like the Benchmark DAC-1.

Cheers,
Mark
markhyams
magfan
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Vinkim,
I'm just getting back to this thread.
Call CA tech support and see if there is a software update for your DacMagic.

My CA player, the 840c, simply doesn't like the optical output of the AE and does worse than skip. It emits a very harsh, glassy noise which is very hard on the ears.
My CA player simply does not like the poor clocking of the AE.

As I think about this, I believe the OPs problem is related to a network issue where the network 'wakes up' as it sees a signal. I don't know if the problem happens at the start of EVERY song.....
vinkim
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Magfan, sorry for the late response. Thankyou, for the info on CA Tech Support. I will contact them and ask.

Guess I may have been off track on the OP issue, sorry about that. Just thought it may be somehow related.
Vinny
magfan
1,583 posts
 
No harm / No foul.

I have a system problem right now that I'm working and may post If I don't figure it out.

I maybe, and probably AM wrong about your system, but going to CA tech support can't hurt. Maybe they've had this issue before?
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