I have never noticed any popping when they wake up, but I am connected via USB to the computer.
I will be doing the DAC/amp thing next week. USB to RCA to RCA
Yeah with usb sometimes you don’t get any popping with your setup
Same here, never noticed that but I’m connected via USB as well. I’ve disabled the auto input switch off and do everything manually now. I emailed Vanatoo & got a response from Gary on that on rare devices the usb connection doesn’t wake the speakers. I suspect it might be a laptop / power output to USB thing.
Most of the time windows doesn’t let a USB audio device sleep tbh or it plays sound so often that it doesn’t sleep for long
Ah my issue was actually that the speakers won’t wake via usb after it goes to sleep. I had to manually wake it with the remote or connect another audio source (ie. Bluetooth) and feed it audio to wake it. So everytime I started my PC up even though under audio devices it shows Vanatoo T0 as connected & audio is being fed, the speakers would stay asleep.
Hmmm, is it set as default, and also in the properties is there something that you can uncheck that says disable this device for power savings or something along those lines
Nah it’s not set to default. I switch between the speakers & a DAC - AMP for my headphones. Nah no power savings settings on. But the laptop I’m using - the usb output power has always been somewhat lacking anyway
If they are set as default do they still not wake? Also, on Windows 10 press the Windows key and type “edit power plan” and hit enter then click on change advanced power settings, and scroll down to USB and disable USB selective suspend setting and apply and see if that works
Nope they still won’t wake.
Just tried looking around but don’t see any USB option.
Very strange then. I guess it’s been messed with by Dell. I guess you could check the bios settings but that’s probably too much effort
Yeah. I suspected this was the case, I’ve gone through the bios before but couldn’t address the issue.
Anyway it really isn’t a big deal. It’s just a minor inconvenience.
I had a similar problem with Vanatoo Transparent One Encores, but have found a workaround by connecting the Vanatoo through a powered USB hub. Everything works fine now, the speaker is always available to the computer connecting over USB both at boot and wake after speaker sleep.
The hub must be powered - an unpowered one had the same problems as going direct with a cable. Going through the powered hub in my monitor solved the issue.
Symptoms I saw: the Vanatoo would show as active in Windows on boot but no sound would play until I unplugged and plugged in the USB connector again, after which everything worked fine including speaker sleep and wake from sleep. The speakers were awake as I could connect and play music via Bluetooth though the computer was silent over the USB input.
All of this went away with the powered USB hub, where after 3-4 days of multiple boots, sleeps of both computer and speakers the USB connection continues to work.
Hah. I’ve since started running my T0 with an external DAC in the chain, since I did find that improved the sound noticeably, cleaner, clearer, less muddy sound now. So that issue no longer exists for me since analogue input works and wakes fine.
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Good to hear you found a workaround. This thread was the only one I found on the issue when looking for workarounds.
Which DAC did you go with, out of curiosity? I’m happy with the sound, there’s a firmware update coming that tweaks it.
My Vanatoo T Zeroes woke up just fine from my desktop and they were connected via USB.
I have since added a DAC and amp in the chain. The only delay is when I forget to turn on the DAC and amp first. When they are on it is still the same delay as before. Maybe 2 seconds.
And the Vanatoo’s sound SO much better with the new items inserted in the chain. The Vanatoo’s were miles better than my Bose 2.1 system, but still came up a bit short after long term listening. My computer just has a built-in sound card in the motherboard. I put in a Topping D30 and Burson Fun-Classic and now it sounds like a nice stereo.
Here’s a reply from Gary at Vanatoo:
I’m sure it has to do with the USB power management that is causing the issue. For me I’m pretty sure it has to do with using a laptop (dell) with it, since it sounds like most desktop users rarely have this problem.
I’m using a grace sdac-b for now (actually my headphone DAC) but I’ll be slotting in a topping d10 when it arrives.
I mean, I was really happy with the sound when I got it, but there was a noticeable difference in sound when I was just fooling around with the chain. So…
Hey I recently also purchased the sub to go with my Vanatoo and purchased when it was $179, great deal. Question I have for you are you using a splitter y cable going from the Vanatoo speakers to the sub? And also did you set your speakers DSP to the flat configuration?
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I just have a single RCA running to the LFE input. And yeah I’m using the flat DSP. Sounds amazing!!
Hey so I picked up this cable. It gave my setup the right kind of balance to the sound. Also this let me dial in the crossover as well. Hugh improvement:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LQVWGAI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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