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Help with setup of Berkeley Audio Design Alpha USB - GeeBog - 31-Oct-2021 I'm trying to demo the Berkeley Audio Design Alpha USB from my Win 10 PC running JRiver, it looks like this should be easy to setup, but no luck at all. The light on the Alpha USB is glowing Green, I have the switch set to AES, using an AES/EBU Digital cable into my Expert Pro 220. I've tried both a default configuration and trying to config AES/EBU using: Balanced Digital Input (AES/EBU). In JRiver I set Alpha USB Digital Output (WASAPI) or the Direct Sound option. JRiver will play tracks but my Devialet Remote App shows AES/EBU in Red and turning on the Meter using the physical Remote, I do not see any activity, yet in JRiver I see data flowing. Any config or setup ideas ? GeoB RE: Help with setup of Berkeley Audio Design Alpha USB - ogs - 31-Oct-2021 (31-Oct-2021, 04:36)GeeBog Wrote: AES/EBU in Red This normally means no sync (or not connected). Any chance you could try if SPDIF coax works? RE: Help with setup of Berkeley Audio Design Alpha USB - thumb5 - 31-Oct-2021 As you said, it looks as though it "should just work". Some questions which might help narrow down the cause of the problem:
RE: Help with setup of Berkeley Audio Design Alpha USB - GeeBog - 31-Oct-2021 I just ordered a real cheap BNC to SPDIF cable to test, so far I've tested Win10 PC running JRiver -> Alpha USB -> Devialet XP220 Music plays on the JRiver display, but Remote shows no activity Win10 PC Sound Test -> Alpha USB -> Devialet XP220 Sound shows on Test Meter, but again no sound on Devialet Nuc Rock -> Alpha USB -> Devialet XP220 Zone shows up, shows activity but no sound on Devialet IMac -> Alpha USB -> Devialet XP220 Play YouTube, no sound on Devialet what sample rate are you using? can you try lower, e.g. 44.1 or 48 kHz?
[*]can you verify that the Alpha is producing output on the AES/EBU (e.g. by connecting to a different amp or pre-amp, if you have one)?
Here's a sample Pic, not my config, I'm plugging a single cable into the AES/EBU port [*] RE: Help with setup of Berkeley Audio Design Alpha USB - thumb5 - 31-Oct-2021 (31-Oct-2021, 23:28)GeeBog Wrote: what sample rate are you using? can you try lower, e.g. 44.1 or 48 kHz? That all sounds fine. (I wondered whether there might be signal integrity problems, but it sounds unlikely.) (31-Oct-2021, 23:28)GeeBog Wrote: can you try a different cable? That will be a good test. (31-Oct-2021, 23:28)GeeBog Wrote: [*]can you verify that the Alpha is producing output on the AES/EBU (e.g. by connecting to a different amp or pre-amp, if you have one)?[*] Sounds like your other amp might have balanced analog (stereo) inputs, rather than a digital input. RE: Help with setup of Berkeley Audio Design Alpha USB - GeeBog - 07-Nov-2021 I was reviewing the Berkeley Alpha USB interface to ensure that my streaming from my Win10 PC to my Devialet XP 220 received the best quality input, I never could get the AES/EBU connection to work so I thought I'd try an S/PDIF connection, I ordered a cheap BNC to S/PDIF cable to test, but it never came in in time and I had to return the Alpha USB to the dealer. While at the Dealers, I tested a couple of T+A products, which I really liked, hmmm, I may switch teams and go with something new. Thanks for the help. RE: Help with setup of Berkeley Audio Design Alpha USB - ogs - 07-Nov-2021 (07-Nov-2021, 04:10)GeeBog Wrote: Devialet XP 220 received the best quality input How about streaming directly from JRiver to your 220 over ethernet with DLNA (UPnP)? It's worth a try. Might be just as good as conversion from USB to SPDIF. |