Hi Brian

I have an Amanero-Hermes-Cronus Combo with 45.1584/49.152MHz Rhea clocks. I’m feeding it from an Auralic Aries streamer, and into a Buffalo II. The Amanero is powered by an iFi 5V supply (very low noise).

My Buffalo II has a RJ45-socketed input installed. In the past this received just a DSD signal tapped from a Denon disc player. The arrangement works well, without Teleporters; the player is connected to Buffalo with a 50 cm RJ45 cat 5 cable.

I now use this input with the Amanero combo, connected by a 10 cm RJ45 cable hard wired to Cronus. It works perfectly with PCM files up to 196 kHz/24 bit; but with DFF files, even DSD 64, I get music but also hiss and whines, which persist when playback is paused.

I tested the “DSD0E” pin on Amanero during DSD playback an it remained at 0 V. I thought it should register “1”- i.e. 3.3 V? Should I try taking an output direct from Amanero? Or might the Amanero need re-flashing (it was pre-programmed by you)? I’m very reluctant to try this- it’s outside my experience and my comfort zone!

Thanks

Paul N

Also I would simply power the amanero via USB - it will absolutely not do any good to power it separately (because it is isolated) and could cause initialization issues.

Hi Russ

You got it. I didn’t know what DoP was until you mentioned it! After I quick read around I checked the settings of my Auralic Mini server- I’d disabled the “DSD over PCM” option. (I sort of assumed that, like DSD over HDMI from a DVD/SACD/CD disc player, it was an option to convert to PCM permanently- unless I’ve got that wrong too.) Now fine with DSD64, slight issue with DSD128 before track begins, then fine- in particular, no clicks and whines when I pause, just silence.

BTW, the DSD0E pin now goes high during DSD playback. Learning all the time!

I intend to install teleporters, and an I2S/DSD or S/PDIF 2:1 mux, and to tidy up the wiring further.

Many thanks

Paul N