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Setting Native Mode in Mac OS X
Mac OS X does not allow the music manager, such as iTunes or SongBird
to change the Sample Rate on a song by song basis. For example, if you
set the sample rate of the DAC driver in the AUDIO MIDI SETUP panel to
176400.0Hz then iTunes will up-sample a 44.1 CD to 176.4kHz and send it
to the CD6; the 176.4 LED will be lit. To play a 44.1 CD at 44.1kHz, simply
set the sample rate in the Audio MIDI Setup Utility to 44100.0kHz. See
section SETTING THE SAMPLE RATE ON MAC OS X: for details.
To play your music in bit perfect mode at its native Sample Rate you will
need to purchase and install software from a third party such as Pure
Music®, Pure Vinyl® or Amarra®. These software packages provide bit
perfect music transfer to the CD6 and allow the native sample rate to be
sent to the CD6 on a song by song basis.
Getting the most out of your CD6
The CD6 has many new features that can be enhanced when used with
some of the top MUSIC MANAGEMENT software packages and computer
to S/PDIF conversion hardware. Please take a moment to read through this
section and see if you’re getting the most out of your CD6 setup.
S/PDIF, USB 2.0 HS and Music Management
The CD6 was designed to provide your high-end audio system with bit
perfect 24 bit audio at sample rates not possible from a CD or SACD player.
Red Book CD’s are recorded at 16 bits, 44.1kHz sample rates; your CD6 is
capable of playing back digital music recorded at 24bits and sample rates
up to 192kHz. With your CD6 you can:
Take the S/PDIF output from your current CD or DVD player and enjoy
the sonic benets of the Quad DAC architecture, low jitter dual master
oscillators and high bandwidth solid state dierential ampliers while playing
your favorite CD’s.
It is also possible to take the S/PDIF output from many of the multiroom
home audio systems that are on the market. AppleTV®, Sonos® and many
others provide wired/wireless multiroom music management systems that
have S/PDIF outputs that work well with the CD6.
Software Installation