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What position is the USB mode switch on the back of your Hegel HD25 DAC set to? A or B?

 

My Eitr has the same bug with a dac1541. I haven’t bothered contacting support because I don’t care for reasons Marvey listed above (and because I don’t hear much difference from the 1541’s USB so only use the Eitr to have an extra input to the DAC). That aside, the problem definitely exists with some units.

 

I've tried both positions. I think I've tried every combination of products, multiple times. The only time I can play 192K is when I take the Eitr out of the chain. It plays fine up to 24/96, but no higher.

 

Thanks for your reply. Most of it flew right over my head but I absolutely concur that upsampling is a pretty pointless exercise - at least, with my equipment. Occasionally, for some specific recordings, I find that the Roon minimum phase filter combined with upsampling to 24/88 can take rough edges off some pieces of music - but most of the time I find that it just flattens and contracts the soundstage. So I tend to agree with your philosophy of just ignoring the issue and enjoying the music. But it bugs me that my Eitr might be underperforming in other ways, if it's not able to to deliver it's quoted performance.

 

^^^ There's only one way to find out. Pull it from your chain...

 

Perhaps just a software/driver issue?

 

It might be a driver problem. The Eitr advertises the higher rates to Audirvana, but produces no sound for those files.

 

The 24/96 limitation sounds like USB Class 1 mode. Are you using Windows @gepardcv?

 

Not if he's using Audirvana, I think.

 

I'm using a MacBook Pro, through a microRendu (although the same issue occurs if I go direct). Most of the time I use Roon 1.3 - sometimes Audirvana 3. Same problem with either. Thanks for everyone's consideration. Schiit have suggested that I start the process for sending my Eitr back to them. I'm weighing that up. I really don't want to not have it for weeks while they figure out what to do. My only limitation is that it doesn't play higher res files.

 

I've figured it out....the 'problem' seems to be that my Hegel HD25 only plays 24/192K files when used with USB. The coax from my Eitr is limited to 24/96. So it's not a fault with my Eitr - just me being dumb and not reading the Hegel specs carefully. Thanks once again to all of you for your helpful information. Back to enjoying the music.

 

Doh, never used Audirvana. I just assume almost everything is available for Windows too.

 

Wouldn't a retraction of your earlier flaming at Schiit be in order? Some reconsideration of who's "comically incompetent" in this episode?

 

I knew optical was often limited to 24/96. But wondered of coax could have the same issue...

 

I was thinking about that....I certainly need to apologize to "Schiit" for any implication of a malfunctioning product, although I believe I gave them a good plug for the SQ of Eitr.

Concerning their customer service....yes, it was not impressive. I could have mentioned in my posts that the guy repeatedly asked the same questions, or offered up dumb solutions. For example, once he'd finally absorbed that I use a MacBook Pro he then suggested I connect it by Toslink to my 'audio device', seemingly forgetting that this device is an Eitr, which doesn't have a Toslink input. As so it went on, back and forth.

But hey, he's not to know that the Hegel DAC doesn't do 24/192 on coax - that fact took some deep research to establish, but that's another story. In the end, I got to the bottom of the issue and I'm truly sorry if I offended any Schiit fans out there. Once again, for the record, the Eitr has been one of the best additions to my system.

 

There is a saying that goes like this.
When you find yourself in a hole, the first order of business is to stop digging, or you wind up disappearing from view due to the depth of your self created hole.

Respect is earned not bestowed.

Just say'n is all.

JJ

 

Notice this phrase doesn’t exist without an “a hole”

 

I'm comfortable enough with my small dick to use the $179 Eitr.

 

Sorry if asked and answered but I looked though the whole thread and could not find a definitive answer from a user with first hand experience. Will the Eitr pass through Tidal HiFI MQA to an MQA capable DAC like the Brooklyn? I ask because of Schiit's well known stance against MQA.