/* only the first stream can choose the sample rate */
                /* the further opened streams will be limited to its frequency (see open) */
                /* set the clock only once (first stream) */
-               if (mgr->sample_rate == 0) {
+               if (mgr->sample_rate != subs->runtime->rate) {
                        err = pcxhr_set_clock(mgr, subs->runtime->rate);
                        if (err)
                                break;
+                       if (mgr->sample_rate == 0)
+                               /* start the DSP-timer */
+                               err = pcxhr_hardware_timer(mgr, 1);
                        mgr->sample_rate = subs->runtime->rate;
-
-                       err = pcxhr_hardware_timer(mgr, 1);     /* start the DSP-timer */
                }
        } while(0);     /* do only once (so we can use break instead of goto) */