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  1. @kelvinwsy is right - I had success doing that, but it wasn't ideal so I didn't post here. I also gave up on iFi support to help me, because they weren't helpful. If you know how to solder, I recommend you open it up and fix the contacts. If not, you should take it to an audio electronics specialist. For me, nowadays I'm using a Topping D30 Pro. So much better, and I'm OK with losing portability. Just as long as I don't have to use iFi products again.
  2. This might be related to my post from 2017. I seem to have lost sound on the right channel from my iDSD Here are the facts: When the headphone jack is fully inserted, I only get sound from left side. When 3D is enabled, I do get slight sound from right side (like 10% of left side). When the headphone jack is partially (around halfway) inserted and 3D is enabled, I get more sound on the right side than left (right side 50% left side 35%). No sound on the right side when 3D is off, whether fully or partially inserted. When I apply pressure on the IEMatch slider when it's on High or Ultra Sensitivity, I get crackling sound on the right side, which at this point I consider good news. This seems like a mechanical problem. Is there anything I can do to fix this? Should I open it up and check inside? Would I be able to put things back where they belong? Are there schematics or teardowns that I can look at? I can also post photos if you'd like. Any help is much appreciated! Thank you.
  3. It's not a big deal, I just wanted to mention it as a bug or "fyi". Might be isolated to my setup (although it's just the DAC connected to my desktop via USB). If you ever want to look into it let me know how I can be of assistance.
  4. The audio interface I'm using (iFi Micro iDSD) disappears during playback with HQPlayer To be fair, it also disappears from the list of playback devices in Windows audio control panel.
  5. Thank you very much for this! Looks great.
  6. Thank you! Why does IAudioFormatEnumerator::GetFormat() think the audio is single channel?
  7. Please forgive my lack of knowledge, as the question might sound ignorant or stupid... Is there any kind of software that can show me the details of the current audio coming out of my headphones? In case that doesn't explain the question properly, let me give you an example: When I'm listening/watching anything with Dolby Digital Plus or Dolby Atmos audio, I get a little text saying "Dolby Atmos for Headphones is in use", which my virtual surround software can properly recognize and play: I don't get this text when playing any other audio format, for example DTS, but it sounds just as good and virtual surround feature is still working. The text might be there just for marketing purposes, but it's a nice idea and I would like to find software that can show me whatever format Windows audio is currently sending to the DAC. The audio driver GUI is only showing the current sample rate, but at least I know it to be correct thanks to some testing with DSD512 files: Please note I don't mean software that will show me the details of the files I'm playing (like MediaInfo), but more low-level, passive software that attaches itself to maybe Windows audio. Something that can tell me the signal is stereo/5.1/7.1, format, sample rate. Thank you
  8. I did that, and this is what they said.
  9. Since kernel extensions are signed, you can just check the signature of a file. This way, you can make sure the file is created & signed by Apple. If you don't know how to do that manually, you can download What's Your Sign? to do it for you.
  10. There definitely is a mechanical problem. I have created a support ticket with iFi Audio. I have found many threads about this, by the way. Apparently the recommended position is between 1 and 3 o'clock, using High/Ultra Sensitivity.
  11. Power Mode is Eco, but the iEMatch is on High Sensitivity. If I put it on Ultra, the mismatch becomes even more apparent. Just realised: pressing the iEMatch switch when it's on Ultra makes things a bit better, but there seems to be a malfunction of some sort, because when I lift my finger it goes back to left-heavy. Feels like there's a connectivity problem that gets better with pressure on the switch?
  12. TL;DR: iFi Micro iDSD produces more sound in left ear than right, to the point where at a sufficiently low volume there is no sound at all, and at higher volumes the vocals are produced on the left side. What should I do? After months of thinking I might be going deaf in one ear, I've just found out that my Micro iDSD has a weird fault. I don't really know how to explain it in technical terms, since I regretfully admit that I don't know much about audio, so bear with me. I have a SACD file (Wish You Were Here) that I've been enjoying very much since I bought the DAC, but one thing always bothered me: it felt like the vocals were not fully centered and it was always on the left side of my headphones. Since I've been happy about the quality of this combo (SACD + Micro iDSD + ATH-M50), I've pretty much accepted that my right ear has started giving up. After all, it seemed natural that after six months of rifle shooting in the army without protection, and going to nightclubs and standing in front of the speakers, and the worsening tinnitus, that this would happen. Recently I've purchased Shure SE846 and ten minutes ago, enthusiastically plugged it in the DAC and started playing the same music. The vocals still seemed left-centric. Of course I didn't expect it to change, because it's my ear that's not functioning as it should be... ...or so I thought. I just plugged my headphones directly into my mac, and vocals seemed...centered. Then I played some music on YouTube, before I played some left-right testing videos, and it all seemed centered. This prompted me to try lowering the volume to see if anything changes and it didn't; even at the lowest volume, it seemed centered. At this point, I plugged the earphones back into the DAC, and lowered the volume slowly. Oh my god. In Audirvana (volume control set to DAC only), while listening to the same music, when my DAC volume knob is at 9 o'clock, the right side is completely silent, and ALL of the sound comes from the left ear. While listening to the same song at higher levels (10-11 o'clock), the vocals seem to be at around 11:15 (you know what I mean...) in my head. While I'm happy that I'm not really going to be deaf in the right ear as soon as I thought, this means the DAC is bad. Now, don't ask me why I never tried to wear my headphones the wrong way, to test if it was the headphones; I just didn't think of it, it's that simple. But the DAC is really favoring left. Can anyone who has the same DAC try if it's the same case for them? And if not, what do you think I should do?
  13. akay

    Audirvana Plus 2.6

    I use my work laptop for music, and updating to Sierra will be mandatory in a few weeks. There are other reasons to upgrade to Sierra too, but apart from that, what about next year, when the next version of macOS is released? Better to try and get problems fixed by Apple and stay up-to-date, than use old versions of operating systems, which may become vulnerable to various attacks over time, and fall out of support eventually.
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