In Reply to: RE: problem posted by tketcham on February 13, 2021 at 13:37:24:
Hi Tom - After I bought the Node 2i I tried it's internal DAC, therefore using RCA cables, 1m Cardas Golden Reference in my case. The connection was quite tight so I had to push fairly hard.
I later switched to the digital out. I didn't own a digital coax so I bought a cheap coax and then a cheap toslink. Extremely distorted sound resulted. So I bought a Wireworld digital coax which had an incredibly tight connection to the Node 2i. So tight I couldn't get it into the socket. I returned it and purchased an Audioquest cable which is fine. My system still has the issue described above. My wife says I "gorilla things" on repairs so it may all be my fault.
While doing this, I discovered that my old DAC likely has a bad S/PDIF input board which resulted in the distorted sound I heard. I'm now evaluating a new DAC, a Chord Qutest.
The distortion, frequently but not always, reappears on long listening sessions. Which means it could be a small break somewhere that is heard with thermal expansion of parts. Or it could be something entirely different. Such as my integrated amp. Ugh! I'd try a different source but my vinyl system is temporarily down and I'd rather not listen to 5 hrs of CDs, but that's the probable next diagnostic step other than switching to my old integrated amp.
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Follow Ups
- RE: problem - Terry P 02/13/2118:58:09 02/13/21 (2)
- RE: Troubleshooting - tketcham 04:42:20 02/14/21 (1)
- RE: Troubleshooting - Terry P 14:03:47 02/14/21 (0)