Hi everybody can anyone advise on setting up of a dac bought from eBay Italy. Below is a copy of the email sent to Kog Audio who have kindly forwarded it to T + A.
But this is driving me crazy and I don't know if I should return the unit or if I am missing a vital piece of info. I have advised vendor and he claims Dac was working perfectly when sent.
I have recently purchased a used T+ A Dac 8 from Italy. This is the original non DSD version serial no 3244-42101-43 2509 3244 00983.
I am hoping that you would be kind enough to offer advice regarding a problem I am having with it on USB replay from a Macbook.
When Usb is selected the dac plays but is very distorted and obviously not right.
I have checked all connections, tried both balanced and unbalanced connections and these are all correct.
The display on the dac reads AES / Usb 2 and is playing beautifully with a CD player on AES.
USB is a distorted mess.
I have read the instructions online, these are for the later DSD Dac 8 but presumably apply?
I would be most grateful if you could advise me whether the DAC is, in your opinion faulty, or am I missing some fundamental set up procedure.
My other two Dacs operate fine on the same system.
I would be happy to ring you and let you listen to the Dac if you would be prepared to do this.
Thank you very much.
But this is driving me crazy and I don't know if I should return the unit or if I am missing a vital piece of info. I have advised vendor and he claims Dac was working perfectly when sent.
I have recently purchased a used T+ A Dac 8 from Italy. This is the original non DSD version serial no 3244-42101-43 2509 3244 00983.
I am hoping that you would be kind enough to offer advice regarding a problem I am having with it on USB replay from a Macbook.
When Usb is selected the dac plays but is very distorted and obviously not right.
I have checked all connections, tried both balanced and unbalanced connections and these are all correct.
The display on the dac reads AES / Usb 2 and is playing beautifully with a CD player on AES.
USB is a distorted mess.
I have read the instructions online, these are for the later DSD Dac 8 but presumably apply?
I would be most grateful if you could advise me whether the DAC is, in your opinion faulty, or am I missing some fundamental set up procedure.
My other two Dacs operate fine on the same system.
I would be happy to ring you and let you listen to the Dac if you would be prepared to do this.
Thank you very much.