Hi I have recently setup my old pi which is original model b running latest picoreplayer and using USB audio out to my ARCAM IRDAC ii dac. I used the settings for my model of DAC from the website but the audio coming out is pretty poor. A lot of dropouts, what sounds like poor resampling especially on some of my HQ 192k flac files but even bog standard mp3 is suffering dropouts and it all sounds a little shrill. Anyone have any clues, is it just the model b is underpowered (checked top and cpu does not seem overly taxed) or is the usb bus rubbish. Could it be power? I am only using the bog standard supply pihut gave me when I bought the thing. Or is this going to need some linux love, my linux is not that great but if you point me in the right direction I can try.
Just tried a Tidal stream it was unlistenable,
Just tried a Tidal stream it was unlistenable,