· System will not play songs above 48/24 resolution
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I have a baetis audio computer as roon core connected to dutch dutch 8c speakers via aes output on baetis computer using analysis plus digital crystal cables xlr cables. Via ethernet, I can play every format no problem, but via aes connection, nothing plays above 48/24. With 96/24 there are frequent skips during song and 192/24 makes no sound during playback.
It is occurring with local files and streaming Qobuz and Tidal tracks.
In device setup, AES connection is set to 192/24.
AceRimmer
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Can you provide a screenshot of your signal path showing it only playing at 48/24?
AceRimmer
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Hmm, interesting.
Apparently up to sn2000 they only support 96/24 over aes and that’s individual.
I wonder if they are like the Devialet Phantoms and when you connect a stereo pair it is halved.
Which would be 48/24.
This is not the root cause of the issue, but inputing >48 kHz audio is superfluous, as the Dutch & Dutch internal DSP sample rate is a static 48 kHz for all sources. As such, Roon DSP ideally should be configured to sample rate convert all sources to 24 bit 48 kHz.
I couldn’t find a setting in the web menu to change the DSP sample rate, but to see if this was the case only with analog input data—ie , to see if the analog input’s A/D converter runs only at 48kHz—I fed the speaker AES/EBU digital data sampled at 96kHz and repeated the on-axis frequency-response measurement. The result was the same: a sharp rolloff above 20kHz and a Nyquist frequency of 24kHz. As a final check, I set the 8c’s analog subwoofer output to full range with the website app and analyzed its analog output signal while I fed the speaker 96kHz digital data. There was no difference. It appears that Dutch & Dutch’s DSP operates at a fixed 48kHz sample rate, and that digital data with a higher sample rate are downsampled.
