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Distorded sound with Tidal
By the way, thank you all for your suggestions.  That is helping me and motivating me to push further my investigation! 
Distorded sound with Tidal
DJONES51,May i ask if you use the node2i internal dac or an external dac? If you use the internal one, what do you think of the sound quality?  That might be my next move... 
Distorded sound with Tidal
I am presently tezting a different configuration, bypassing the ifi converter and the audio alchemy dac.  I am streaming directly from the NUC to a simaudio dac 100d ( limited to 16/44 in that configuration). So far so good but for sure not a grea... 
Distorded sound with Tidal
Prpixel, i use Roon.  i tried streaming in Master, Hifi, etc.sometimes i see improvement when I decrease the quality but mkst of the time the distortion is present. 
Distorded sound with Tidal
Jond, all my gear is on the same table.  My current setup is my NUC streaming directly to the IFI. I wish i would have the equipment to connect the NUC to ethernet and use a streamer (i could actually use a laptop as an endpoint - i will try tomor... 
Distorded sound with Tidal
Thanks Nonoise.  I would discribe what i hear as distortion rather than an added sound (or tone). While i cannot accurently identify the frequency, i would say it is for sure above 1khz.  Interesting, i was not aware of such "watermark".  I am now... 
Distorded sound with Tidal
Thanks for the suggestion on LPS. No I have not tried but your advise would also apply to the NUC. I guess it is my next step.