No more pops and clicks with hi-res (24/192) files ! : ODROID • RuneAudio Forum

by **jazzaj** » 12 Apr 2016, 11:26

YES ! It's possible...

YES ! It's possible...

... but you have to change from Runeaudio to Archphile :/

The purpose of this thread is not to depreciate Runeaudio. I love Runeaudio and especially RuneUI. (YMPD is, how to say... far from being as usefull as RuneUI : no add and replace, covers, tags etc... MPDroid helps on my android phone but on my laptop it's a really a annoyance...)

In fact, I'm asking, as Runeaudio and Archphile use both Archlinux and MPD, if Runeaudio could definitively eliminate pops and clicks when listening to hi-res files, 24/192 files on my system :

Odroid C1+ (Runeaudio nightly build) and Audio-gd NFB1 (USB Amanero combo).

Come on Runeaudio ! We can see light at the end of the tunnel !

Have a nice day !

-jazzaj

by **rikardo1979** » 12 Apr 2016, 12:09

a bit off topic but worth reading
https://xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html

by **jazzaj** » 12 Apr 2016, 13:28

Hi Rikardo,
I know about this question

('192kHz music files make no sense') and I agree with that. I have some albums that are just perfect in 16/44 and I'm convince that the problem regards capacities of studio engineers...

But that's not the question here.

In my music library, I have files from 16/44, 24/44, 24/48, 24/96, 24/192 and some DSD to, 128, 256 etc.. In fact I don't really care about hi-res, top hi-res, mid-res etc.. but when I listen to some of my 24/192 there are clicks and pops. That's not so annoying, it's remember me my old vinyls

The question I ask for is why must I hear some clicks and pops if it's possible not.

by **rikardo1979** » 12 Apr 2016, 13:36

by **jazzaj** » 12 Apr 2016, 17:12

by **rikardo1979** » 12 Apr 2016, 17:51

by **rikardo1979** » 12 Apr 2016, 17:57

so just to confirm, I have tried a different 24/192 album. Some Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits 24/192 HD FLAC
The sound is much better so it seems the Phil Collins is very bad rip. Have to delete it.

And to confirm I have no issues with playback again

by **jazzaj** » 12 Apr 2016, 19:16

Holly fantasy world of bits !

Before I had an Odroid, I had a RPI2. As I was hearing clicks and pops and because of the bad reputation of the RPI usb bus, I went to an Odroid... and still have clicks and pops.

But I'm not the only one to notice clicks and pops, mainly on 24/192 (and more :mrgreen:

) files. Some people notice clicks and pops on i2s connection, that supposes eliminating the risk.

And most of all, yesterday I tried Archphile and noticed no more clicks and pops while Archphile and Runeaudio are twin projects (however Archphile uses more recent versions of MPD etc.)

But let us come back to the topic : is there a way to use Runeaudio (updating MPD, tweaking some files, amanero driver, don't no what...) to not hear clicks and pops... (in my particular case 8-)