DSD Files white noise and "breaks"

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Volumio Information

Volumio Version: 2.873
Hardware: Raspberry Pi 3 model B+
DAC: Khadas Tone Board 2

Hi,

I’m completely newby in this world. I’ve always listen to music through a CD player and nowadays also through my laptop, so please don’t be to hard on me. :slight_smile:

I was able to put volumio running on my pie, and everything worked great when using Tidal as a source. When, i tried to use dsd files (stored at a usb pen) i was not able to make volumio to work properly. For exemple: the dsd file played but there was always a white noise on back ground, or the dsd played with breakes (no white noise).

I Know that the dac can handle dsd, and it worked just fine when using Foobar.

Can you please help me?

Thanks

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Hi,

In general, many USB Audio devices do not support volume control and output 100% by default which results in a bit-perfect stream. Bit-perfect is necessary to play DSD formats.
Khadas does have volumio control (assuming it has current firmware), which forces you to set it to 100% before being able to play DSD tracks. Anything less than that will cause (intermittent) white noise.
Please check this first and report back if it still does not work.