Lumin T2 mid/high distortion "spitting" "splatty" DAC gone bad?

[wklie (Peter Lie)]

@Chris_Spruiell

I decided to bypass the DAC and use my Anthem STR DAC (via usb) instead.

I wonder if you came across either of these two issues:

Short noise - Anthem STR Integrated Amplifier - USB DAC

Hello, I have a problem with my Anthem STR Integrated Amplifier. If I select the integrated DAC as the source and start playback, you can hear a digital noise for a short time, then it plays the music normally. It only happens after the STR is switching on, not later. My chain: ROCK (Intel NUC) - USB - Anthem STR I ask the Anthem Support, here are the answer: “The issue here is most likely due to Roon’s playback settings if you are having problems with both DSD (decoded by our DAC) and PCM…

Anthem STR Preamplifier: Producing audio artifacts under certain conditions (pops, white noise, and static)

I have an Anthem STR Preamplifier that has a built-in USB DAC (XMOS USB Audio 2.0 ST 308F). I have a Sonore microRendu (software version 2.6) feeding the USB input on the DAC. Anthem represents that the unit accepts native DSD, but if I setup the microRendu for native playback, DSD is no longer an option in Roon’s audio setup and it converts the DSD to PCM. If I select DoP in the microRendu, DSD is available in the Roon Audio setup and DSD tracks are not converted to PCM. If I put together a…