Hi...I've just discovered this forum and it seems like the perfect place to ask the following question:
I bought an Airport Express a while ago. It sounded OK-ish on my Denon PMA-1500AE/B&W CM7's, but after a few weeks I decided I also needed a Musical Fidelity V-DAC (with upgraded adapter). Huge difference. Very happy with my current setup. Apple Lossless files sound pretty awesome now. However, one little thing bugs me. I stream from iTunes, wired via a router, which is installed on a Quadcore Win7 PC. I also use this PC for homerecording. As a result of this, I use a high quality soundcard (RME Multiface II).
This is what I've found out: in iTunes, when I stream directly to the Airport Express, it sounds great on my Denon/B&W & Beyer Dynamic DT990 Pro. Also, when I stream directly to my 'computer speakers' (RME in other words) it sounds great as well. But when I stream to both Airport Express ánd 'computer speakers' at the same time, I hear tiny clicks in the signal on the 'computer speakers'. It happens more often with very dynamic recordings. I thought it might be a network card/sound card conflict, but the clicks always appear at the exact same place in the recording. It's the same each time I play it. It almost sounds like something is clipping, but I've checked the RME mixer settings and nothing is clipping.
It's not a big problem of course. It's easy to turn off the stream to the Airport when I'm at the computer (which is in a different room in the house than the Airport). But I'm not used to hearing clicks and glitches from the RME, and I'm interested to know if I'm the only one with this problem. Somehow I think it's an iTunes problem, as no other audio player suffers from it (not even VLC with Airfoil attached to it).
I bought an Airport Express a while ago. It sounded OK-ish on my Denon PMA-1500AE/B&W CM7's, but after a few weeks I decided I also needed a Musical Fidelity V-DAC (with upgraded adapter). Huge difference. Very happy with my current setup. Apple Lossless files sound pretty awesome now. However, one little thing bugs me. I stream from iTunes, wired via a router, which is installed on a Quadcore Win7 PC. I also use this PC for homerecording. As a result of this, I use a high quality soundcard (RME Multiface II).
This is what I've found out: in iTunes, when I stream directly to the Airport Express, it sounds great on my Denon/B&W & Beyer Dynamic DT990 Pro. Also, when I stream directly to my 'computer speakers' (RME in other words) it sounds great as well. But when I stream to both Airport Express ánd 'computer speakers' at the same time, I hear tiny clicks in the signal on the 'computer speakers'. It happens more often with very dynamic recordings. I thought it might be a network card/sound card conflict, but the clicks always appear at the exact same place in the recording. It's the same each time I play it. It almost sounds like something is clipping, but I've checked the RME mixer settings and nothing is clipping.
It's not a big problem of course. It's easy to turn off the stream to the Airport when I'm at the computer (which is in a different room in the house than the Airport). But I'm not used to hearing clicks and glitches from the RME, and I'm interested to know if I'm the only one with this problem. Somehow I think it's an iTunes problem, as no other audio player suffers from it (not even VLC with Airfoil attached to it).