Agreed - I’ve had that problem a few times (though not with DS2 yet) so I don’t think it is necessarily DAC-related. If I had to guess I’d say it happens with Qobuz primarily, whether via Roon or not. But that’s a guess.
Yes! Thank you for sharing this observation. You, like me, find the improvement instantaneous. And it only gets better.
You got a bad bug; mine was on a 4 to 5 hour cycle 
When it strikes next time I may change my Dragon Source to a PSA AC5 cord to see how much difference it will make.
But Golf first and that takes about 4.5 hours too. I’ll put a playlist in and see if MK2 still plays music when I come back.
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Thanks for this. I wasn’t going to chime in because I hadn’t heard the modified version but I was 90% sure the MK2 would walk all over the modified MK1. There’s just no way it wouldn’t (given the giant chasm between the two).
The DSD256 issue is being worked on and Ted will have a firmware update to address that shortly.
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FWIW I have had zero functionality issues using I2S to PST playing discs or USB (Auralic Aries G1 via WiFi) playing stored files and Qobuz. But I gotta say, I have changed no settings other than set the volume to 96. There’s something to be said about us set it and forget it guys . . .
To be clear, over the past four years of being a Roon user, through multiple iterations of streamers and DAC’s, I have never had the problem that you or @baldy describe prior to yesterday’s installation of the MKII. I have had streams play for weeks without issue while breaking in other components. Most recently with the purchase of an amp in September.
I woke up this morning to exactly the same situation as I posted above.
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I have had no issues with Mk2 but use only PST/I2s connection. The background lighting of the MK2 display seems lighter as compared to the PST. Both displays are at the brightest “10” setting. The darker PST background is desired. Better contrast.
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Do you mean that all of these beta testers with different systems experiencing the same music-drop symptom when the new dac installed could be something other than the dac, when they haven’t generally had that symptom before? That seems extremely unlikely.
But like was said, the purpose of public beta testing is to ID problems and fix so this is probably the fastest way to ID issues and get them fixed. Good to hear that when the product works that it sounds great from the reviews so far
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No, not at all. I am specifically talking about the track-skipping thing VKennedy is describing. Not about anything else. And I’m just guessing based on my experience. IIRC, I’ve had that track-skipping behavior on the Qobuz app on my iPad. I believe it is internet-related.
Got it, thx
While I admit that my symptoms could be internet related, they are awfully coincidental with the installation of the MKII. Experiencing the issue twice in twenty-four hours, but never once prior is very suspicious.
I have restarted my stream, this time 100% from our local library.
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Totally. Too big of a coincidence if that is the only thing that is different and you’ve never experienced it before. I was not suggesting it is unrelated to the DS2 For Sure, just that it might not be, based on my experiences, since I’ve had that before from time to time. It’s wierd and frustrating, and I don’t recall ever getting a definitive solution to it.
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If it happens again, I will start another stream to the ultraRendu/Chord Hugo TT2 combo I use in my office. I won’t do this second test unless I have another MKII issue. I don’t want to add another variable to the test I just started.
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I think my MK2 has Covid! I wonder if Ted can tell me if mines been vaccinated? I have tried all inputs with same results. It’s to cold here in Massachusetts for golf now. I need to move back south.
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Just received my Beta test unit. Stunning in black. Initial impressions:
**started up flawlessly
**bigger soundstage than previous model–especially the height.
**music centers better than with previous model
**much more detail
How many hours required for “burn in”?
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You should be over in the beta topic.
I decided to set the intensity levels on both the PST and the mk2 to 4. It is plenty bright enough and will extend the life of the OLED display.
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I hope we hear something today on maybe when we can get a firmware update to fix some of these voodoo things that are going on. I have my JR sold now but having second thoughts of giving it up until MK2 is working longer than 30 minutes at a time.
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@Paul - Has the MKII received Roon Ready certification?
Thanks
I’m not saying the setting isn’t there in the menus, but as far as I know OLED doesn’t use a backlight. It’s emissive by design.
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