Static occurs whilst playing .dsf files (DSD256) from w11 over USB cable to DAC

[Kelly]

The static stops when I stop playing, and resumes as soon as I hit PLAY. When the track has a quiet beginning the static is very evident, a bit like a “cracked or dirty LP vinyl”.

I have tried a cheap much shorter USB cable, same static. I can borrow a very good quality 1.5m USB cable on Wednesday to try.

Any other ideas?

All settings are at default values.

I am very pleased that TuneBrowser plays DSD files immediately at 1st try!

Thanks Tiki, I am looking forward to explorer and understanding TuneBrowser ASAP.

[Tiki]

I thought I should look into USB cables first too.

“Static” I understood to mean noise like scratch noise, and while you don’t have to use an expensive USB cable to counteract that, it is better to choose a good quality one.

[Kelly]

Also, it is important to note that there is no static when playing lesser quality music files, even 24bit 192khz .flac files play beautifully with the same long 5m (17 feet) AudioQuest ‘Forest’ USB cable.

I fear that the noise could be inherent in using a notebook-computer to run TuneBrowser? They are notoriously “noisy” devices (as a generalisation). My music player hardware is a Microsoft “Surface Book 2”, about four years old. I have tried removing the AC supply so that runs on internal battery, but it makes no difference. The computer, DAC and AMP are all running off a good quality APC UPS which I trust is cleaning up our very dirty AC 220v input.

My external DAC is apparently opto-isolated so it should be stopping as much as that technique can:

PS Audio “PerfectWave DirectStream DAC MK2”. https://www.psaudio.com/products/directstream-dac-mk2

[typo in prior post: explorer should be exploring].

Thanks

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