First, the issue I'm having:
Any sound / video file I play has "pops" in the sound. Like a tiny skip, but more like the crackle pop one hears when moving a headphone jack connector that is dirty.
My Set up:
Mid-2011 iMac 3.4 i7 32GB RAM. Samsung EVO 256 SDD (OS and apps installed here) Stock Apple 1TB (data) external Samsung 4TB in dock connected with thunderbolt (iTunes media) Yosemite - never did the beta, so only downloaded and clean installed the first public release. Running optical from mac spdif to external dac. from there, RCA to tube amp.
What I've tried:
Different source files. pop.
New download of a song that pops. Downloaded flac and compared to my acc, thinking it was my media that was messed. Pops.
Moved the flac playing app from SSD to both internal and external HDD. Pops.
Moved media between drives. Pops.
Same iTunes media files from iMac played through apple TV (via apple TV) Pops.
Cut out the DAC, and hooked iMac 3.5mm jack straight to tube amp. Pops.
Tred iphone to tube amp. NO POPS.
Oh - when I was comparing the aac to flac files - I would pause one as soon as it popped, then play the other. Pops are not in the same location in song. In fact, if I just keep replaying the same song, the pops get fewer in number, and eventually disappear - Until I play another song.
I tried a new clean install of Yosemite - pops.
This never happened with Mavericks - and so far the only consistent "pop creating" variable, seems to be Yosemite.
I haven't seen anyone else mention anything like this.
Anyone have any ideas what I can try?
Any sound / video file I play has "pops" in the sound. Like a tiny skip, but more like the crackle pop one hears when moving a headphone jack connector that is dirty.
My Set up:
Mid-2011 iMac 3.4 i7 32GB RAM. Samsung EVO 256 SDD (OS and apps installed here) Stock Apple 1TB (data) external Samsung 4TB in dock connected with thunderbolt (iTunes media) Yosemite - never did the beta, so only downloaded and clean installed the first public release. Running optical from mac spdif to external dac. from there, RCA to tube amp.
What I've tried:
Different source files. pop.
New download of a song that pops. Downloaded flac and compared to my acc, thinking it was my media that was messed. Pops.
Moved the flac playing app from SSD to both internal and external HDD. Pops.
Moved media between drives. Pops.
Same iTunes media files from iMac played through apple TV (via apple TV) Pops.
Cut out the DAC, and hooked iMac 3.5mm jack straight to tube amp. Pops.
Tred iphone to tube amp. NO POPS.
Oh - when I was comparing the aac to flac files - I would pause one as soon as it popped, then play the other. Pops are not in the same location in song. In fact, if I just keep replaying the same song, the pops get fewer in number, and eventually disappear - Until I play another song.
I tried a new clean install of Yosemite - pops.
This never happened with Mavericks - and so far the only consistent "pop creating" variable, seems to be Yosemite.
I haven't seen anyone else mention anything like this.
Anyone have any ideas what I can try?