iFi nano iDSD DSD Support [Resolved]

Tech_Whisky_Lab · May 18, 2017, 10:34pm

xxx · May 19, 2017, 1:53am

I’ve dealt with an Alix in iFi tech support. My experience with him has been very positive.

Tech_Whisky_Lab · May 19, 2017, 4:03am

You are suggesting this is an ifi issues?

I am starting to worried I don’t see support reaching out, so is making me think that is an ifi issue…?

xxx · May 19, 2017, 1:46pm

Dunno. I saw you mentioning firmware, etc., so I threw in my two cents as to the responsiveness of iFi support. Don’t know if they are familiar with Roon, but it doesn’t hurt to open a ticket. You’ll get 1 response a day, but they will follow up.

BTW - the Vanguard cable came yesterday, two weeks from Hong Kong. Will update.

Marko_Maenpaa · May 20, 2017, 8:44pm

I’m using a Cubox-i, running Debian Stretch. Firmware on nano is 5.2

Tech_Whisky_Lab · May 20, 2017, 10:14pm

Interesting. Must be my setup.
Thanks!

allineedis · May 21, 2017, 5:27pm

I don’t have the nano, but micro and I see a difference in supported bit perfect formats when switching between the WASAPI or ASIO driver. In my case the WASAPI driver says it is not accepting DSD512. The ASIO driver does show DSD512 as it should. Maybe that is the difference you see? It looks like something is askew with the WASAPI driver.

Tech_Whisky_Lab · May 21, 2017, 8:02pm

I don’t use Windows.

allineedis · May 21, 2017, 8:07pm

Whoops was a bit too quick.

eric · May 22, 2017, 4:05pm

Hi @Tech_Whisky_Lab ---- Thank you for the report and my apologies for the slow response here. In order for native DSD to work on Linux the following must be in line:

DAC must support native DSD.
The Linux kernel must recognize the DAC’s capabilities.
New enough ALSA (1.0.29 is baseline)

With the above in mind, may I very kindly ask you to please verify the Linux distribution you are using and the the version of ALSA as well.

-Eric

Tech_Whisky_Lab · May 22, 2017, 4:20pm

@Eric

Thanks for your response, No worries… The actual problem is in my end. Please close this thread. Thanks!

eric · May 22, 2017, 4:28pm

Hi @Tech_Whisky_Lab ---- Thank you for touching base with me. Would you mind sharing what the outcome was here, just in case anyone else finds themselves in similar scenario?

-Eric

Tech_Whisky_Lab · May 22, 2017, 4:38pm

@Eric, A conflict with stupid pulse and alsa. I removed pulse completely from my system, configured alsa to be my back end audio and everything worked just fine. This system is my workstation hence why pulse was present… Damn pulse…

Thanks!