I wanted to post an update to my Emotiva XDA-2 issues with squeezelite and the raspberry pi. It all comes down to the issue being with the Emotiva XDA-2 dac. The XDA-2 uses the CM-6631 chipset for usb and it has been known for awhile that it has issues with alsa and negotiating the correct sample rates. Others who have dacs with this chipset are having the same issues. The only way to get the correct sample rate to play with a track is to play it, stop, and replay. When I do get the dac to play the correct sample rate and run squeezelite, playing tracks in 16/44.1 format does not sound all that great. The sound is slightly distorted and scratchy. During my research, it was found that dacs using the XMOS chipset works fine in linux and alsa. It was said that when writing the usb audio class 2.0 driver for linux, it was tested against the XMOS chipset. So it looks like my hunting for another dac has started again and the Emotiva XDA-2 will have to go back. The Cambridge DacMagic Plus looks like a good contender.
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