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DAC / USB outputs in MONO? HELP

Hello,

At 73 I'm attempting to upgrade my office system and I can NOT seem to get a stereo signal out of my DAC? I have used various on line samples that are "in phase" and have audio. When I attempt an "out of phase" signal I get nothing from either channel? I have also tried "spoken left-right-center" samples and all these samples are the same on both channels?

System configuration:

Desktop PC Win10 (Amazon Music) with 20ft USB into a SMSLSu8 DAC, direct into Threshold 400A amplifier driving Magnepan LRS speakers.

Any help folks would be greatly appreciated...

Cheers' Darrell

 

 

 

ajeepham

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ajeepham OP
5 posts
 

Thanks lordmelton but mine is the first series and doesn't have switches.

Maybe TOSLINK would be better for this 20ft run?

ajeepham OP
5 posts
 

OK,

* * * * *  I'm embarrassed  -  It had MONO selected * * * * *

Thanks SOOO much yage and everyone else.

Now that I have lost a day and a half,

I can now listen to some music... (OM is smiling now)

Cheers, Darrell

ajeepham OP
5 posts
 

Kind of went down that road and thought that the limitation of 5 meters is for supply voltage losses. My DAC SMSL Su8 has an internal power supply. 

I have just discovered that there is a problem with my SMSL DFU driver which has a yellow caution tag???  

ajeepham OP
5 posts
 

I replaced the SMSL with a Emotiva XDA-2 and no cautions now but still no stereo.

ajeepham OP
5 posts
 

Headphone connected directly to computer, and NO stereo?????

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