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Airport Express "local clock" issue?

I have an Airport Express going optical into my Marantz HT receiver, and sometimes I lose the first half-second or so of the beginning of a song. I believe it is related to the "local clock" issue, outlined in this article in Stereophile.

My question is, what DAC would not have a problem dealing with this? Maybe a Cambridge DacMagic, or Musical Fidelity V-DAC? Or does it have to be something higher up the food chain, like the Benchmark DAC-1.

Cheers,
Mark
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mooneycj
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I'm using a MF V-Dac with an AE and have no problems. Sounds great!
mingles
775 posts
 
I'm using an MHDT Paradisea that doesn't have this problem.
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kijanki
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My Benchmark DAC1 doesn't have this problem either.
gherrera1
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It seems your DAC is "slow to lift mute" from a no signal condition. To determine if it's your DAC or if it's the AE/Mac combo moving betwee songs, enable crossfading or whatever it's called. This way the "song" never ends, it fades in to the next song.

If the music never stops, then it's your DAC. If the music pauses between songs anyway, then it's the AE/Mac combo not being able to move from one song to the next, but that's highly unlikely.

Good excuse to grab a new DAC!
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