No DSD512 Sound with my iDSD micro

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I have Parallelize Sigma Delta Modulation checked and the speed indication is at about 1.5 to 2.5.

From what I’ve been told 1.5 should be enough.

Have you checked with the iDSD support and @allo.com

You’re not using Allo board, right? I have iDSD it’s supported under macOS, without drivers.

If DSD512 is green in Settings->Device setup->Bit perfect format, then you’re good to go as far as transport goes.

What is the color of DSD512?

Also, it just occurred to me I’ve been here before. See if this helps -

iFi iDAC2 and DietPi

Ok I know the problem and the soluton. For bus powered DACs like the iDAC2, the Pi3 is a no go with high sample rates like DSD256 here, due to shared bus and ethernet. Slim and Fernando don’t have this issue because their Pi3 isn’t powering the iDAC2 - their iUSB3.0 was providing nice clean power to the iDAC2 and the Pi3 doesn’t have to. When fernando tried without the iUSB3.0 as above, he got the same pops I had. So I just tested my old man’s same setup that’s been having all the issues abo…