Can PSA give us any info on the next OS release for the DirectStream (Jr)?

See here: [image] FPGA improvements in Redcloud DACs I’ve mostly been doing other things. One of the ideas didn’t pan out. But my subconscious is ruminating on others. An interesting idea I’ve had since seems to work on paper, but does nothing in the FPGA - I’m still n…

Shaft - can I ask why you ask? Redcloud just came out.

Just wondering what’s going on. Based on previous releases I thought the cycles are short enough that it was worth asking. I’m glad I did. It’s worth hearing about the process. It’s easy to forget about the experimentation required when we mostly hear about the final results. Also, I’ll admit that…

FWIW Often Paul and/or feedback from the forum give me a direction to work towards. If I can make theoretical progress in that direction I consider it. I think about things for a month or two, sometimes by staring at the wall and other times by letting things percolate in the subconscious. For it…

Was it ever figured out if the pops during dsd playback on the DirectStream were due to the bridge or Redcloud? If part of Redcloud would that be fixed on the next release?

It’s been known to be in the Bridge since about the beginning. Never the less I’d expect them to be fixed with a separate bridge release (hopefully before the next overall update.) I guess I could add that JRiver 23.0.102 (and the few other 23.xx releases I happed to try last year) are pretty bad …

I do not have the bridge on my DAC, and I have pops, actually more like like “clicks” while play DSD using the Memory Player. It sounds a little like the clicks you sometimes hear while playing LPs. Hope this will be fixed in the next update.

I have a DSMP and DS DAC. I play DSD sacd’s all the time. I have never ever heard and pops or ticks. Not sure why people are having issues?

My DAC also has the bridge II, I don’t use anything but Roon from I-tunes. Ripped all my redbooks with no noises at all.

Put the 20dB attenuator in. Then turn volume to between 100 and 106. Good chance you will then hear the pops with an SACD.

The next DirectStream update?

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The next DirectStream update?

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