audiofool1982 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Hi Guys, I bought a server here on Computer audiophile. It comprises of The Ryzen 7 2700 in a Streacom FC10 case and a HD Plex power supply. I have installed Euphony OS on it and using Roon Core and HQ Player. Recently I got a Sonnet Morpheus DAC and whenever I set the sampling freq to 384 Khz on HQ Player settings, I am hearing severe crackling noise. I reached out to Sonnet and they said that my processor may not have enough power to process 384 Khz with HQ Player's algorithms. Any thoughts? If I were to upgrade, do u think I can build on what I have (use the same fanless case) and replace with a better processor? Would that help? I was also interested in buying a better server like Phasure Stealth mach 3 or something like that. Any suggestions? Iam intrigued by the idea of building my own music server (I can handle the software side of things) but not quite confident about building / attaching heat - sinks etc. Has anyone done this and have any suggestions? Here is my setup : Link to comment
audiofool1982 Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 Hello, thanks for the reply. This morning I was trying to see what the CPU output was, and to my surprise, no output. No sound at all at 384 Khz. Weird. I got a new DAC, a sonnet Morpheus which could be the culprit too. Link to comment
audiofool1982 Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 Yes. There is a uptone audio iso Regen in between. It works with 192 , no sound is coming out on 384 Link to comment
audiofool1982 Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 Tried this again and I am hearing the crackling noise again, I recorded it, Will try and post it . the CPU usage says only 5% Link to comment
audiofool1982 Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 Will post the pics Link to comment
audiofool1982 Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 20200802_115929.mp4 20200802_115929_1.mp4 Link to comment
audiofool1982 Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 You can hear the crackling noise here in this video... Link to comment
audiofool1982 Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 Hello @elan120 thanks for your help. Turns out its the DAC. I got another DAC and tried to use DSD and it works fine. I am able to do upto DSD 256 and here is the usage report of my server. Its okay to operate the server at this level right? the 25% you see on the screenshot below is DSD 128 and the 55% usage is DSD 256. If I do DSD 512, I am hearing dropouts and the CPU operating at 98% in the red. The Link to comment
audiofool1982 Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 Thanks. What modulars do u use? Link to comment
audiofool1982 Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 Oh cool. Wow so it's okay to run the processor that high eh? Link to comment
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