lvc10000

You’re welcome. Sounds like I’m gonna have to give this U16 a try at some point..

I have sort of the same in Roon DSP. All formats and sample rates work fine natively over here so I'd be tempted to say it's elsewhere of course. For me it had to be HQP which is not always very compatible/friendly in terms of handshake. Or the U16 which they mention having had plenty of issues with (I think it was in DSD upsampling and u16 software config) on head-fi. I'd reach out over there also if you haven't yet.

But I don't see anything in my settings in roon relating to dsd.

Of course I've got roon ready selected (active) in the app switcher of the MicroRendu

I'm looking through my MicroRendu settings and this is all I see relating to DSD. see the attachment.

Just went downstairs to play some dsd files as you got me hesitating. I only have dsd64 files but they play fine. In my Roon settings I don't see much you could get wrong or choose from. And I have all dsp disabled apart from convolution. In the MicroRendu settings, in the roon ready settings I have the following: for audio device I have "USB output" selected (not my audio-gd dac) and for dsd support I have "native dsd" which is selected. Of course in the audio app switcher I have roon ready which is active. I am running the tda software on my audio-gd but v2 and v3 were also working fine if I recall Does this help?

Let me know how it went with the u16 after the Rendu. I also almost bought one following the same treads but didn’t pull the trigger in the end as they weren’t using/comparing with a solution like ours

That’s very odd! Do try Roon without HQP in the middle to check if that’s the root of your issues. Like to be it.

Then a question from my side.. I suppose you insert the u16 between the MicroRendu and the Audio-GD.. Better? How?

Sorry, can’t help you there. I don’t recall how I was doing it back then

If I recall HQP, when switching sampling rate input/type, didn’t you have to switch it in the settings? Trying to recall as I haven’t used it in a year or two

I’m not using HQP anymore as I have made a bridged connection which i felt was best to having a switch in the equation with HQP and my ears are allergic to upsampling it seems But through Roon with or without convolution files I have no issues.

I have the M7 Singularity (model just prior to R7) and have no issue with any format playing through my MicroRendu. Low res, high res, dsd. Don't even notice the switch in the sense that their isn't a latency or sound/click odd any sort.

Well, my feedback is not as I expected so I've continued testing a bit more before posting. In the last 4 weeks I've tried JSSGing Satas (System SSD & music storage HDD), the Sonore DC cable of my LPS-1 and the Sonore mini USB stub cable going to my MicroRendu. And I tried the PC with both linear & ATX power supplies. For the 3 types of cables I tried, the findings in my system go in a similar direction. I was listening for a noticeable variation in distortion for example however in my case I keep coming back to a reduction of the top end information. And the more cables added, the results seems to add-up further in the same direction. It is seductive with one cable in the loop in the sense that it brings out better focus to the medium and voices for example and fleshes out a bit further/more. However as counter example, a cymbal goes/tones down a notch, or for example a piano's wooden resonances information are reduced/hidden. Tough call.

Will do!