Jim Lesurf wrote:

It is unlikely to be interference. The comments you make about the
'lock' light going off when you skip tracks implies that the signal
stream from the deck is being interrupted in some way. This will
cause the DAC to lose lock and have to regain it when the deck starts
sending again.

Yup.

The source may differ in how it outputs signals during
the re-start transient via co-ax and optical links, and this may
explain the 'tick'.

I had wondered if it might be that, but kinda discounted it, thinking that
they both handle the same data stream - maybe they do but the circuitry for
each signal behaves differently (ie, coax output is flawed).


... However its not an effect I've encountered using
coax inputs to either a 263 or 563 dac. The players I use seem to
leave the output 'on' during track skipping, etc, so allowing the dac
to remain locked.

If I can blame it on the source, then I can live with that.


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