08-13-2019, 02:52 PM
Those audio glitches are fairly common IME with PCM5xxx based DAC's. I think it's partly that the boards don't include any type of circuit for suppressing the glitches but I recall that there were a couple of bugs in the PCM51xxx kernel codec related to glitches that were supposed to haven fixed. Maybe there are other bugs? Also, if I remember correctly, Allo had enhanced their Boss driver to try and reduce the glitches.
Btw, I've never experienced any audio glitches on my two ESS Sabre based DACS: Mamboberry LS and Allo Katana.
If the DAC supports hardware volume then its usually best to select "Hardware" for volume control in MPD config. If you choose instead to select "Software" then ALSA volume should be left at 100% so that when MPD Software volume is at 100% the overall output of the DAC is 0dB (100%).
Btw, I've never experienced any audio glitches on my two ESS Sabre based DACS: Mamboberry LS and Allo Katana.
If the DAC supports hardware volume then its usually best to select "Hardware" for volume control in MPD config. If you choose instead to select "Software" then ALSA volume should be left at 100% so that when MPD Software volume is at 100% the overall output of the DAC is 0dB (100%).
