Ben Duncan mains conditioner
2022 MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro 10/16/16/16
Samsung QE75Q90T 75" QLED TV
XMOS DSD Async USB to Coax converter
RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect
Edifier S3000 Pro active speakers
Atacama SE24 stands
Hi Rob..
Your post prompted me to sign on !!!
Am just starting to play around with i-tunes library. I suspect like many others, also regretting not ripping my i-tunes libary to a much higher rate. vast majority at 128kbps with AAC. Last few weeks switched to Apple lossless...but am curious to play around, so will try AIFF.
sadly ( well, not really as I could finally ditch our last pc in the house) I have inherited my sons old G4 Powerbook, which lacks optical out. Tried using an old Edirol UA5 via usb...but poor results, so am basically just using the headphone out for the time being.
strange set up though...cable (mini jack to phono) runs from mac through the floor to a second hi-fi in recently refurbished basement, where a small system also doubles up as a home theatre.
We have a spare Imac upstairs...but its not where the hi-fi lives.
Anyway...thanks again for the set-up info.
Steve
Glad the thread helps you out mate.
Ben Duncan mains conditioner
2022 MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro 10/16/16/16
Samsung QE75Q90T 75" QLED TV
XMOS DSD Async USB to Coax converter
RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect
Edifier S3000 Pro active speakers
Atacama SE24 stands
cheers Rob..
Now, getting a toslink onto this old machine is a bloody good idea...thanks. Might even make the Edirol DAC work OK.
...i have a cunning plan, almost.
Whilst setting up the basement, before the plasterboard and plaster went up, I got a 25 meter run of network cable..no idea what to do with it, but had an idea that by plumbing it behind the hi-fi it might get used in the future. I demo'd the Linn DS, mightily impressed...but I'm not forking out that kind of dosh thanks.
And they work on PC not Macs
Next on the shopping list will be an ipod touch...and then able to utilise this
http://www.alloysoft.com
Even with the current Heath Robinson set up, I spent a pleasant half hour today listening to Goldfrapps new album playing from the hard Drive (just about to rip to AIFF as an experiment !)
Steve
Hi, I'm using Leopard and I'm using the digital audio out (mini toslink) that comes with the MacBook (regular, white one, not the Pro). I've opened the Audio Midi utility and recognize everything you show in your pictures... except mine doesn't show any options for the audio out!
Cheers,
Alex
One is a sinner. One is a saint, but most of us worry about showing up late. Pete Townshend - Street in The City
Alex, can you do a screen grab of your Audio MIDI Set-up for me and either post it on here of email it to me, I'll have a look and see if there's something not set-up quite right.
Ben Duncan mains conditioner
2022 MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro 10/16/16/16
Samsung QE75Q90T 75" QLED TV
XMOS DSD Async USB to Coax converter
RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect
Edifier S3000 Pro active speakers
Atacama SE24 stands
When you open Midi set up it probably looks like this
click on properties for and choose built in output,then it changes to this
Does this solve your problem?
This is how it looks on my MacBook (non pro)
ATB
David
Excellent tutorial BTW Rob.
Been using this for a year or so now.
ATB
David
Hi, thanks for everything... I finally found out how to change the options... I feel like a right t##t. Hehehe! I'll try the differences now... Ta!
One is a sinner. One is a saint, but most of us worry about showing up late. Pete Townshend - Street in The City
Hope it works for you Alex.
Let us know.
ATB
David