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Bottlehead Finished Products => Legacy Products => Bottlehead DAC => Topic started by: Grainger49 on April 12, 2015, 06:07:48 AM

Title: Startup Problem, Laugh With or At Me
Post by: Grainger49 on April 12, 2015, 06:07:48 AM

I got my DAC about 12:15, raced to open it and get it to the system.  I turned it on and started hooking up the three cables, I'm using the coaxial digital from my Philips SACD/CD player.

The DAC showed 44.1 when it powered up.  Once the cables were ready I cycled the power, waiting 2 minutes and it showed 44.1 again, which is right.

But no sound, took the Philips downstairs to check the programming, the digital outputs can be disabled, and couldn't get there.  A half hour later I checked, no sound, put in a cheap Oppo, no sound....

I had it on the USB input not the coax! 

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So I'm still wearing the big dummy sign.  You are all invited to laugh at me.

Here is hoping you guys don't have any such silly problems.

Title: Re: Startup Problem
Post by: Natural Sound on April 12, 2015, 09:27:32 AM

The problem is, you were,"racing." ;) If you are anything like me you make LOTS of mistakes when you are in a hurry.

Title: Re: Startup Problem
Post by: Grainger49 on April 12, 2015, 01:08:17 PM

Yes and such a simple one to delay me 45 minutes.

Title: Re: Startup Problem
Post by: Grainger49 on April 14, 2015, 02:57:06 PM

I should have thanked Bottlehead for making the low voltage cable, after the line lump, long enough to reach up to the shelf where the DAC sits in my system.  So few are longer than 3 feet.

Very considerate!

Title: Re: Startup Problem
Post by: Paul Birkeland on April 15, 2015, 11:50:21 AM

Quote from: Grainger49 on April 14, 2015, 02:57:06 PM

I should have thanked Bottlehead for making the low voltage cable, after the line lump, long enough to reach up to the shelf where the DAC sits in my system.  So few are longer than 3 feet.

Very considerate!

I had actually chosen a different power supply for the DAC in the beginning, but when we got it, there was only 3 feet of cord!  There just wasn't any way that we wanted to send something like that out with the DAC, and luckily we ran into the non switching line lump that went with the first run.

-PB

Title: Re: Startup Problem
Post by: mcandmar on April 15, 2015, 11:55:44 AM

I wondered about that as i was expecting a switching unit but that sucker had some weight to it.