Popping Issue with SPDIF?

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I have an Aurender N10 streamer and Weiss 204 DAC. When I connect using the digital coax SPDIF I hear periodic popping sounds in the left channel of the DAC. When I use USB the popping goes away.

Does this point to:

  • A clocking issue in my streamer?
  • A bad SPDIF output port in my streamer?
  • A bad SPDIF input port on my DAC?
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It could be a poor contact. Is one (or both) of the s/pdif connections using an RCA socket and plug? They can crackle and pop if a poor match or poor contact, although why only the left I’m not sure, it should affect both channels.

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Are you the same guy complaining as few weeks back? If not there seem to be an issue with this Weiss product IMO.

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That’s me. I don’t think it’s an issue with the Weiss. It’s an amazing DAC and appears to be very well designed and made.

I believe this issue has been resolved and was related to the SPDIF status bit needing to be reset via the Aurender app.

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