[Voyage-linux] Repeated "clicks" in audio output from MPD

[Nick L.]

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 11:06 AM, superpat <patrick at byeslane.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi  Punky,
>
> I have another weird problem with Voyage MPD which I hope you can help with.
>
> When I boot up my Voyage MPD system and play some music,  I sometimes get an
> audible "click" or noise pulse at about 1 pulse per second, along with the
> proper audio play back, for the duration of the sound file.  The noise is
> not present when there is no music file playing.
>
> Rebooting the mpd server  generally results in the clicking noise vanishing
> until I finish listening and power the server down. Occasionally I may have
> to reboot a couple of times  before I get a "clean" output. Sometimes the
> system comes up clean on first boot.
>
> So far I have tried both Voyage MPD 0.7.5 and 0.8.0
>
> I have tried two different systems,  a FIC system and a Futro A250 thin
> client, both Lx-800 based. I choose "386 generic" mode when I build the
> systems on the CF cards.
>
> I have tried two different  DAC's.
>
> No matter which sets of hardware, or software, it either works beautifully
> after boot, or it plays the audio with a constant  click, click, click,
> which is very annoying.
>
> I am streaming the audio file as a Flac at 24bit/96khz from my Freenas  Nas
> box, using a Wifi connection, and a wifi Nokia N800 as a controller for the
> mpd server.
>

Which DACs? Are they 24 bit DACs?