I’m sure this must be a rookie error - although I’m far too old to be a rookie.
For the last 18 months or so I have been using the digital output from my NDX2 into my nDAC (which always, to me, sounded better than the NDX2 alone). Having recently bought new speakers and rearranged the listening room I thought I’d try once more listening to the raw NDX2. So I removed the DIN plug from the analog output of the nDAC and inserted it into the DIN analog output socket of the NDX2. All other connections were untouched. I then changed the output option of the NDX2 from Digital BNC to DIN in the Naim app. And then I sat back to listen. Complete silence.
Reversing the changes (DIN plug back in the nDAC, output option of the NDX2 back to Digital BNC) - everything’s fine.
Output din relay on the ndx2 is broken.
If it’s enabled in the app, I think that’s the obvious conclusion unfortunately.
Have you tried enabling the rca output and use that with an alternative interconnect?
Thanks for that Robert. I’ll have to delve into my box of bits to see if I have a suitable interconnect. Not worth giving it a sharp tap with a hammer (only joking)?
Have you done a complete power down? It might free the relay; this has worked for me in the past when I had a sticking relay. It wasn’t a complete fix as the relay kept sticking and needed the power down, but it did allow me to work out what the issue was.
I’ve tried the long press on the power button to put it into deep sleep - but that didn’t help. I’m a bit reluctant to switch off the XPS as that will almost certainly blow its fuse.
I have to take the whole system down as the decorator is moving in next week so I can give it a shot later. Thanks for the advice.
It does need to be a complete power down. Hopefully, once the decorator has been and done their stuff, you will find out it is a one-off glitch rather than a fault.
Room decorated and system set up again. And… it was a rookie error after all.
When you enable DIN output a sneaky new setting “Volume mode” appears - and it defaults to “Variable”. And the volume in the app was set to zero. Fooled me. Relieved you guys didn’t think of that either - I don’t feel quite so stupid now.