Uniti Star - won't stream 96khz 24bit Quboz filea

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Hi all - I am very new to the streaming game and having had a trouble free and thrilling first 3 weeks streaming from both Tidal and Quboz (free trial), as of yesterday my Star began what I can only call ‘drowning’ 96khz 24bit tracks. It is fine with all Tidal tracks and 44/24 bit however the 96 khz files sound heavily distorted with robotic vocals. Absolutely awful.

I have tried a deep sleep all day today and that has made no difference. All advice would be most welcome. Cheers.

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I would try a hard power cycle or, failing that, a reset of the unit.

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Deep sleep turns most of it off, but not all of it. So take the power off the Star completely and then put the power back on after a minute or two.

Best

David

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Many thanks both. The unplugging and restarting did the trick. Back in business…

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I have the same issue on my NDX2. I’ve reported it before to NAIM and was expecting it to be fixed in the latest firmware update. Unfortunately, the distortion on 96/24 tracks still occurs from time to time. Power cycling the NDX2 resolves it.

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I have been running a NDX 2 since February 2019 and never had any issues with Hi-Res tracks from Qobuz being distorted. Only issue of any concern was the occasional reboot which has only occurred a few times since the most recent software update.

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NDX 2 Garbled Hi Res

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Qobuz Hi res streaming issue

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I have a new Nova and it has exhibited exactly the same problem - mushy/slow playback of 96khz or above recordings, getting progressively worse. Following advice seen on this forum, I turned the unit off, left for 10 mins and restarted. Now functions fine. However, it should not be like this and Naim needs to find a solution. Also my Nova also stopped recognising the CD player (1992 CDI) connected as an Analogue input, similarly cured by the power cycle.

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Adding us to the list of impacted units, NDX 2 here, with the garbles. Breakpoint here is at 24/48 and above streaming from UPnP, Qobuz or Roon. Digital inputs don’t get garbled but do suffer a second or more of delay.

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Same issue with Atom HE today, on a 96/24. Power cycle did the trick but, does anyone know if that is on the bugs backlog?

Thanks.

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