I installed a Hermes/Cronus on an Amanero USB to I2S in a friends single BIII DAC. Amanero has Slave to 1080 flash and config settings to TP suggestions. CE Designs Shield and CE Designs HiFiDuino code, just like on my DAC. I had it here for a week and it played SPDIF and USB to I2S beautifully. Hi Res and DSD played fine too. I had disconnected it and reconnected it, had SPDIF and USB connected at same time, no issues. Cronus powered at 5V.

I ship it to him, and he says the right channel plays static with USB input, the left channel is fine. SPDIF plays fine both channels. He is using a Sonore Sonic Orbiter SE with Squeezelite for USB output to DAC. I was using a Signature Series Sonore USB output, Squeezelite, Vortexbox 2.4. We are using SE output on the DAC.

When it was here I checked for DC on the outputs and there was only .003, which I adjusted the Legato to zero v DC.

I've had him check connections to Sidecar and they are good. I've asked for him to try in different outlets, check polarity of outlets, etc. Anything else I might be missing before I ask for it to be sent back?

Thanks,





Cronus with clocks, divider set to 1:2. Connections via three U.fl cables. No other grounds connected.

Edited by user Tuesday, March 8, 2016 10:14:33 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Thanks for the reply. I have sent him some testing documentation so he can do some volt testing just to be sure the trip didn't mess something up. He is head engineer for procurement of parts for nuke plants, so he should be able to test without messing up..I hope...lol

The DAC has been in service for a couple years, although more with SPDIF input than using the stock Amanero USB input. Jesus of Sonore is going to teamview the Orbiter SE to see if anything is out of the ordinary. I've read folks use the Orbiter SE with Lampizator DAC's which use an Amanero USB module. The Orbiter SE uses Linux with a stripped down Vortexbox type op system.

I'm just kind of shocked and bummed, it worked perfectly here. It was well packed, I made a nice double box shipping container for it. I may have him bump up the voltage on the Cronus, like 5.5 or 6 to see what happens. IIRC 5-7v is the range.

Edited by user Wednesday, March 9, 2016 6:47:50 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

I take it that he has swapped the cables around at the output to confirm that it is a problem with the DAC and not somewhere else in the signal chain?

If he put the cables for the left amp on the right output and the right amp on the left output the problem should shift to the other speaker if it is related to the DAC.

But yes, most likely as Russ said, something on the analog side. But it does not hurt to check the computer remotely ;)

Thanks Russ and gwikse, I'll add that to the list of things for him to try.