Holo.

Hallo. Congrats. Also, select 48x1024 as limit instead of 44.1 if selecting adaptive so 48k files play within family if you wish.

The A26 is not capable of higher than 512. This is why the display shows 24.5M with 48k rate x 512 and if playing 44.1x512 would show 22.5M. 44.1x1024 = 45.1584M and a 48x1024 would show 49.152M. The most the A26 can render are 512 rates.

If you see 24.5, this is 512, the A26 max. You may make setting 1024 even upto 2048 in HQP settings but will always be limited by other factors. If you use Roon, another way to check is the Signal Path button to the left of previous track button.

That could be the case with A26, but not sure if same with R26. R26 I found the U18 which worked well with X26 to sound thin with the same i2s in comparison to standalone USB or Lan. The U18 being not very good as discovered and sought to eliminate the extra box and gain galvanic isolation with...

Hyalo. Good assessment and discovering what works on your gear. I found similar differences in LAN vs USB with U18 when I had the R26. An area of note if you have not explored, look into an Intona or similar to eliminate possibility of and reduce noise and jitter in USB. And, keep from letting...

This is trial and error and up to your setup and transducer characteristics. See if any non sinc filters are close and compare with sinc ones if you have to lower rate to tailor the sound. I found the sinc and heavier or long filters to add richness by dropping rate. Switch Dither in PCM to see...

In PCM try to see if non sinc filters play at 1.4 or 1.5 rates. With DSD begin with non ec modulators such as poly sinc ones like ext, ext2, xtr short, gauss short, gauss long, etc.

Do you have 1.5 selected in PCM tab? Do you have 48k and Adaptive checked or grayed in Output tab? Do you have Multicore checked in Advanced tab? Do you have in Roon settings all Audio device disabled except HQP? If these conditions are met and stutters still happen at higher rate but play...

Hiylo. I have not experienced these stutters in either mode with PLL on and upsampling. Maybe try PLL on before hassling with outdated versions. Earlier versions have been posted previously in this thread. 12.10.22 4.15.23

Hollo. I have had set to 8 during test along with all trials with Default, Filter, Pool and every block amount combination each.

Hallo. I report. After testing with Dac Correction now correctly applied, as of the current 5.7.0 version, my current pc hardware is incapable of rendering stutter free playback with DC at 1024 rates. Necessitating audition with DC at 512 rates instead for trial. Upon further review, I was...

Hilou. That is absurd. Even at the introductory price it is nice, but in totality does not warrant price increase in comparison to other possibilities. Package size is an achievement similar to portables, however limited by DAC is invariably wack.

Congrats. Now do it again with the rest of the dithers and modulators. Then repeat with each and every filter. Then report.

Good theories. It was a one off correlation so perhaps another trial should be in order to further eliminate variables. Although, I do suspect ultrasonics are in play with our auditory senses beyond what we know.