have you tried this via another PC with roon bridge…could it be that the combination of running the USB DAC and the DSD upsampling on the same machine…though I would doubt it.
All are run at same pc. Roon core > USB audio output. > SONY TA-ZH1ES. do I need to output via bridge?
Output via bridge won’t change anything here.
Can you run HWMonitor during the upsampling and show us a screenshot like this:
I want to make sure that your temperatures + actual CPU frequencies (post-scaling) are healthy.
What is the actual and Max clock speed during upsampling to DSD512?
What are the per core CPU usage numbers?
(Was looking for more than just temps when I asked for the screenshot–it will help put the performance in context of the system as a whole)
Will update you soon. I’m out of pc now.
Your screenshot shows that you have not enabled Parallelize Sigma Delta Modulator. @brian I suggest this to be default.
You need to enable it, as @wizardofoz suggested at the beginning.