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  1. Please do me a favor and show me what the settings would look like in the "Device Settings" panel of my HQPlayer to do what you suggest. I would very much like to give this a go, but am a bit ignorant to some of the terminology and settings here. Thanks for your patience. Lance
  2. Yep, Well I did search and found nothing directly relating to my inquiry. Probably because every one else figured it out. The setup was just foreign enough to me to cause a bit of confusion. Thank you very much for fixing this for me. I am very grateful. Lance
  3. I just purchased HQPlayer and really likes the way it sounds. However I am baffled. I want to allow my music to play unaltered at it's stock resolution most of the time. But, In the "Device Settings", on the PCM Defaults column (left side), the SAMPLE RATE (/ Limit) Box does not have a bypass setting. So, if I set the sample rate selection to 96 KHZ, then ALL of my music plays at this rate and displays as such on the read out of my Auralic Vega DAC. It does not matter that I am playing a music selection recorded at 192 KHZ, it still registers playing back at 96. I really a lot hope that I am simply missing something? Any advice is appreciated. Lance
  4. I have had "0" functionality issues with the 2.1.1 latest Audirvarna version, but, It SOUNDS almost as if it were playing all music Out Of Phase when compared with my previous versions. The Focus and Presence of the music is quite degraded. Oddly the latest version "2.1.1" version has found an added many, many pieces of music that Were NOT found or ADDED to my last versions of Audirvarna. But, now that I have looked more thoroughly, all of this music IS on my attached external Hard Drive! This is really messed up. I have been an Audirvarna devotee for years, but have had to put up with very inconsistent sound quality from version to version, music duplications over and over and over again. And now the latest version has once vagain taken a step back in sound quality, while at the same time showing me how much of my music has been missing via all of my earlier Audirvarna versions. Lance A.
  5. I definately feel empathy for your situation. I waited 8 months to have my QB9 upgraded to DSD. And I am in florida USA. I got frustrated and now have an Auralic Vega, Metrum Hex and my Ayre QB9-DSD on hand. Lance A.
  6. Yep, clean AC is a BIG deal! I have the Biggest Adept Response TSSD 12 conditioner powering all of my equipment accept the Mac-Mini. The Mac-Mini is plugged into it's own seperate Adept Response ARTS2 power conditioner to assure absolute seperation from all other components. And I have recently added the MOJO external Power supply to my Mac-Mini, replacing the internal switching supply. The sonic upgrade was/is remarkable. That done, The frequent higher resolution music drop outs remains constant. And I agree, the EXACT Clock setting of the Vega DAC make this DAC the ONLY digital component that has EVER approximated real music for me. It is worth what ever effort required to reduce or eliminate these annoying drop outs. Hence my Original request for assistance in this POST.
  7. That is it! That is what I have been trying to hear about. If I filter through various forum sites and posted reviews of the Auralic Vega DAC, I read of many owners using Apple computers, many Mac-Mini's with their Vega DAC's via it's EXACT clock setting. I have NEVER read one of these reviews that had music drop out issues beyond once every four hours or so. But, now that I have one of these Vega DACs, a MAC-Mini and tons of drop outs via the EXACT clock setting, WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE? I have posted asking for their advice on several forums with almost "0" feedback. Were these original postings from all of these Auralic Vega/Mac-Mini owners with NO drop out issues for real? Hey, all that I am asking is HOW you are managing to accomplish what I cannot with similar equipment. "What really would be interesting is to get feedback from other Mac Mini owners out there." Lance A.
  8. Nope, not likely the reason for the difference in drop out between our two Apple based setups. My computer's processor is a bit more powerful than yours, yet you claim to have very little drop out issues. It's gotta be something else. "As I mentioned above, power more than likely."
  9. Thanks a lot for your reply. It is quite a confusing issue as you use an Apple computer that is no more powerful than mine and I have used several different high quality USB cables and yet you have VERY FEW drop outs using "EXACT" setting. I continue to have to fight with my system to stop these drop outs with almost every song beyond cd quality. What IS THE DIFFERENCE? Lance A.
  10. jtwrace, I am very much aware of Auralics' "current" opinions concerning the use of the Vega's "EXACT" Clock setting. Just for discissions sake I am including a paragragh from one of the Vega's first public reviews. This was/is available in the 6MOONS Archives review of the Auralic Vega DAC. " By using the Femto master clock, we also added clock options, a very important function. As the machine warms up, we can enable the additional 'fine' and 'exact' levels for clocking precision in the menu. This can create huge sonic improvements particularly over USB. Over the past few months we upgraded our internal firmware several times to create the perfect balance between secure data lock and best sound quality. With retail firmware version 1.3 and higher it allows most modern computers to run in exact clock mode without any dropouts. We thus consider 'exact mode' the Vega's true advantage though most people already were shocked hearing it in 'auto mode'. " I am a realist and only care that the "EXACT" Clock setting of my Vega DAC is the ONLY thing (in my opinion) that makes this DAC outperform my Ayre QB9 DSD and Metrum Hex DACS. And outperform them it does, via it's "EXACT" Clock setting. I understand that there are Auralic Vega owners who are also using Apple based servers and have little to no music drop outs via the "EXACT" Clock setting. I simply want to learn what you/they are doing differently than I, so that I may lower the drop outs if possible. My Vega DAC is the First and Only digital play back source that is actually musically enjoyable period. I only wish to lower the vdrop outs some if possible. Lance A.
  11. I am new to posting on this great site. I am thinking that there are MANY Auralic Vega DAC owner/Users facing very annoying music drop outs while utilizing the Vega's "EXACT" Clock setting and listening to higher resolution music files, me to. I am NOT expecting a complete elimination of these drop outs, but, I am hoping that some on this forum have discovered methods/ways to lessen their Auralic Vega's "EXACT" Clock setting music drop outs. My Computer/Server: Late 2010 Mac-Mini. Solid State internal HD Fire Wire Externam Music HD's Vega input onto Hi Speed USB Bus by itself OSX 10.8.5 Processor: 2.4 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo Memory: 8GB 1067 MHZ DDR3 External Linear Power Supply for Mac-Mini: MOJO Audio Power Supply. Any advice from those who are living with, experiencing similar circumstances will be MORE than greatly appreciated, as I am becomming frustrated with the absolute fidelity of this DAC because the constant drop outs are Soooooo damned annoying. Thanks a bunch. Lance A.
  12. I am also quite pleased with the improved sound quality of 1.5.9 and 1.5.9.10. And I applaud Damien for finding further sonic improvements with the latest two upgrades. However, I must point out that it has been quite some time and MANY uprades since Audirvana has sounded as good as it did months before. I agree that a modest upgrade fee would be a good and fair idea IF each upgrade could be trusted to NOT take a sonic step in the wrong direction. Time will tell and if all proceeds nicely, then sign me up to pay extra. Lance A.
  13. It took from release 1.4.9.1.1 etc... all the way to 1.59 to re-gain the sonic musical "rightness" that set Audirvana apart from ALL other player softwares. Damien, what ever you did to aquire the current sonic quality, please make it your new base-line. Thanks a bunch. Lance A.
  14. I realize that I am new to this site and as with most established Forums there are several dominant members/participants who's opinions are the Loudest and Most frequent. This does not always make then correct. I have spent the past several weeks listening to almost every version of Audirvana from the past year up to and including the present. I really hate performing this kind of tedious evaluating as it has a tendency to impede and lessen the enjoyment of the listening experience. As a reviewer I try to avoid this much back to back to back to back etc........... evaluation of upraded, or slightly changed versions of the same product. As an audio designer I often has little choice but to do this type of repetative listening. For those who have decided to follow the lead of several members and make Audirvana Plus 1.4.9.7 your static (for now) player software, I urge you to re-visit and directly compare this version with 1.4.9.1.1. In my opinion, my earlier description of this versions' sonic advantages remain valid when compared with version 1.4.9.7. the earlier version is quite good, but remains several notches behind version 1.4.9.1.1 in the areas of transparency, dimmentionality, coherence, depth and LIFE. It is great to be able to retain and or re-acquire previous versions of Audirvana for comparisons, however, this can (and does for me) cause too much audio confision and sonic stress. I need to take at least a one week break from my audio system to re-set/clean my brain's audio slate. I'll spend that time trying to fifure out if my new 4K television is woth it. Thanks a bunch for all of the much needed insights from this forum's members. Some of the best that I have encountered. A very bright group of audiophiles here. Lance A
  15. Alex, Your suggestion for Damian is spot on, Thank you. Lance A
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