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Originally Posted by j3brow
Issue #1 is normal operation for D1100. Mine does same thing.
And I betcha all current McIntosh DACs.
IIRC, basically this is McIntosh’s “fix” for the issue of different sample rates from successive songs hitting the dac which causes (or may cause) some sort of artifact, I believe a chirp or some other type of digital noise. They chose to truncate the first milliseconds (half a second??) so this digital artifact is not reproduced.
It is annoying but I’m used to it now. This is NOT isolated to USB but occurs with coaxial and AES too in my system.
I will have to check and see if MCT connection is same thing.
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Found this from a review of the D1100 when a reviewer noticed a similar behavior. I hope this helps.
Manufacturer's Comment: "The “fade-in” issue described in the review is a result of the DAC chip being used for both PCM and DSD audio. If the fade in was not present, DSD tracks could make a popping sound when they started playing. To avoid this, a very minute fade in was added."