Hi guys, Anyone managed to pick up a spare lens for ET3? Any idea which one would work. Keeping spares and future proofing Cc: @Shanling

Welcome to the DSD club, What are your settings?

I agree with you but Tidal connect is slightly higher than JPlay and equal or better than Roon. NAA > Tidal/Roon > JPLAY / Bubble UpnP

Interesting video, has a hqp file attached to try out.

Just saw this video, has a HQP setting file attached to it. Giving it a try today.

Weird or dumb question, Can a mesh router provide similar results that we get with FMC mod , if the 2 routers are connected wirelessly? Hope noise cannot be transferred wirelessly

@Shanling I tried this again and I am getting DSD upsampling on i2s and PCM on AES. I just plugged back the AES cable back and it started working and showing properly. Weird but it seems working now without any update or change.

Thank you, let me retry this with r26 I don't have other dac with i2s.

SRC is DSD 512 on Shanling, make sure no other cables are connected to Shanling other than i2S. If it doesn't work, I think the custom cable is not working as expected, the pins would be wrong.

Sadly HQP + Roon is not possible on DMP A6 though I dp use Roon + A6

I have a custom made i2S cable, The i2s pins on R26 and Shanling are different.

Shanling ET3 outputs to Gustard R26, via AES and i2S Of course this is not a permanent thing but to check which combo sounds better. PCM works as expected, but when I try to upsample to DSD via i2s, I just get pcm. There is no error or anything. When I remove the AES output from Shanling but...

@Shanling when I have both AES and I2s outputs connected to the same DAC, I am unable to upsample to DSD via i2s. Is this expected?

I don't think roon remote does make a difference, maybe placebo or mind games. Try a blind test comparison with someone else testing and you are the one listening.

What I meant there is HQplayer + Roon via LAN is better than DMP A6 which is better than just using upnp, Spotify or tidal streaming via LAN.

Yes, but not much difference heard. Will try once with a external clock

I too have the EverSolo DMP A6, as I sad before LAN sounds mediocre via non HQplayer + Roon Combo. Here is what I prefer HQplayer + Roon via LAN > DMP A6 > streaming via LAN.

Maybe My purchase was in Aug 2023, and I love DSD over PCM in R26.

Yes

I don't get any hiss or white noise, infact DSD sounds better than PCM in my setup.

IMO, LAN input sounds good only when using HQP, or it is a bit noisy directly. I prefer DSD upsampling to PCM, I like the way it sounds. I am upsampling to DSD 512, though my PC can do 1024 due to limited bandwidth of R26 via LAN I cannot. I am on 1.43 firmware, leave it if you don't use it as...

Can you try opening the lid removing the cd and inserting again?

Everytime I start the device, this is the issue I face. And with mostly all CDs

Even after reset it was the same thing, but I found a solution. Guess what? Just open the CD Lid and remove the CD, and insert it back again. Done, no more skips. @Shanling is my unit faulty or is this expected?

Thanks, tried the R26 with PCM and didn't like it at all. With DSD it sounds fantastic in my chain, I am not a measurement guy. I let ears be my judge.