Hi all. I’ve bought one Arcam SA 30 a few days ago. Unfortunately, I’ve found the issue. When I’m listening TIDAL (via SA 30 directly) occasionally there is a noise in the track’s background. I’ve made 2 videos and put them on YouTube: [IMG 0010] [IMG 0009] After a resta…

I understand your concern. No problem, you’re welcome. I added your particular question if it it hardware related to the ticket. As soon as I have a response I’ll let you know.

I got a response. You’re advised to open a formal support ticket at arcam.support@harman.com and refer to your post here. It might have to do with a software bug in the MQA decoding, but this is a premature statement. Please send the email and keep us posted about the outcome. Thank you.

Should I just send an email to the arcam.support@harman.com and mention the link to the current page TIDAL and strange noise, ref#102 ?

@jvs1 , done will keep you updated.

Yes, something like that. I would send them an email and tell them you bought a new SA30 and found out an issue with MQA deconding, state your worries (is it hardware or software related) and finally refer to this conversation. That would be enough information.

I have exactly the same problem and have been in contact with Arcam’s support about this and received the answer that it is a software problem that they are working on and fix in a new software version that may come out this week. There are a large number of other people who have reported that erro…

And I think it’s related only to MQA decoding, just make few tests: Select on TIdal MQA playlist and not MQA Starts to play tracks, and often switch between The issue appears only on MQA tracks, when I hear it, I just switch to not MQA track - everything is ok Sometimes the noise is horrible, lik…

Very interesting. I was listening to a song called Corcovado from Kenny G on Saturday evening and suddenly I heard a strange sound. My source is QOBUZ and I though it is related to a pb with the source file or the streaming. I was more thinking about a problem with my Pylon speakers which are onl…

Does someone know, can I install a previous software version where this issue was not present? And how to disable auto-update via the internet after,

It does it with regular streaming as well. I stream FLAC files from my NAS and it will do it as well. It’s more prone at higher sample rates. In my case I have found I don’t need to re power the amp just select a different input then go back to NET and all will be ok.

TIDAL and strange noise, ref#102

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TIDAL and strange noise, ref#102

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