Hoping someone can help. Recently upgraded from a nd5xs to an ndx. I mostly play 24 bit Flacs stored on my iMac and using either Plex or minim media server.
My problem is the first song that plays always has the first millisecond cut off. Some songs with a slow start or a big gap to start it doesn’t matter. But other songs that start quick you notice the start being clipped off. I thought going to the NDX might cure it but alas.
One thing I have noticed if you don’t listen to the song in isolation i.e listen to it as part of all the album tracks it doesn’t do it. Only if does it if it’s picked out and made part of a queued list to be played. But not if it’s the first song on the album. Then it still does it.
Even if I play a full album of anything the first song is always a mini bit clipped at the start. Fine after that.
If I do mix of all different songs some do it and some don’t.
Have tried listening to a few off the offending files straight on the imac cold with no NDX and they play the start fine. So isn’t the source files.
Thanks for the response. Yes every album affected and does it regardless of the bit rate. Some appear worse than it is depending on how quickly the song starts.
I wish that Jriver setting was in plex but can’t see it anywhere. Does anyone know of a decent free media server that lets you tweak this setting ?
Is it safe to say it’s the media server doing this?
You can try out jriver for Mac just to see if that setting works, assuming you don’t find another solution. I think you get a month before you would have to register.
If you search www you will find this is a common question across so many audio related brands, Apple, (iMac) HP, Realtec, Roon, Raspberry etc & a whole world of different streamers & streaming applications.
Not many solutions but it seems the delay is the various parts getting synchronised.
If this is an issue, I don’t see this as a bug in NDX as such
Yes I missed that.
Try different media that you have downloaded as well as ripped… and if it happens on all, then it does start to point to your NDX… and if so best contact Naim support.
I too, had similar issues with my NDX when I was using Ethernet-over-mains.
WhenI bought a BT Mesh wifi, the problem went away.
FWIW, I use the NAIM app (Android) and source from Unitiserve and Synology NAS drives.
Ok, so called Ethernet over mains (and it isn’t, it’s typically more a half duplex bridge ) really can’t be recommended. The Naim streamers require Ethernet or wifi to function reliably correctly.
Yeah I’m starting to head that way and resolve myself to it. Mostly noticeable when making a mix of songs, so will stick to full albums for a bit not to wind myself up.
Thanks everyone for their help.
I have a few other small niggles I’d like to iron out but will raise that as a separate thread.