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Airport Express "local clock" issue?

I have an Airport Express going optical into my Marantz HT receiver, and sometimes I lose the first half-second or so of the beginning of a song. I believe it is related to the "local clock" issue, outlined in this article in Stereophile.

My question is, what DAC would not have a problem dealing with this? Maybe a Cambridge DacMagic, or Musical Fidelity V-DAC? Or does it have to be something higher up the food chain, like the Benchmark DAC-1.

Cheers,
Mark
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vinkim
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I have problems, as mentioned above, with Airfoil to Airport Express to DacMagic when using the optical out from AE. No problems with analog and no problems using Itunes to AE optical out, that is skipping airfoil as it is not needed..

In fact I have to be sure to quit Airfoil when playing Itunes using optical out from AE to DacMagic.

The problem with the Airfoil - AE - optical - DacMagic is skipping or cut-outs during songs.

I am starting to think that the problem is in Airfoil.
vinkim
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This is late, but try this download from Apple:

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL973

I found this in the mac users forum for problems relating to pauses, skips, fadeouts relating to using the optical out from the AE to a DAC using Airfoil. I have not tried it yet, but have downloaded and ran the program.

Vinny
vinkim
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Magfan, sorry for the late response. Thankyou, for the info on CA Tech Support. I will contact them and ask.

Guess I may have been off track on the OP issue, sorry about that. Just thought it may be somehow related.
Vinny
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