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USB DAC GUIDE TO COMPUTER-AUDIO | 12.2015 | 11

SETUP FOR HIGH END AUDIO WITH AUDIRVANA ON MAC

1. USB driver installation

2. Connect USB DAC by USB cable to the Mac

3. Install Audirvana

4. Setup Audirvana

5. Enjoy

Attention it is Mac iso PC this time.

NOTE: Screen shots on your Mac might look dierent depending on software

version. However setup will be similar as described here.

1. USB-Driver installation

For Mac operation there is no dedicated driver installation required. However this

might be dierent for other USB-DAC devices.

2. Connect USB-DAC by USB cable to the Mac

Connect the Mac to USB DAC by a USB-A to USB-B cable and select the

corresponding input on the USB DAC.

The Mac will automatically detect the new USB device.

3. Change Midi output rate

First of all we need to prepare the Mac.

Your Mac’s Sound Preference Pane is the go-to place for choosing audio inputs

and outputs.

You can ﬁnd the Audio MIDI Setup app inApplications à Utilities.

Here we can set the sample rate for audio output devices by ﬁrst selecting the

device from the left-side column, and then clicking theOutput tab. In our example

the one to select is the USB High Speed Audio. Alternatively you will select your

USB DAC mentioned here.

Now use theFormatpop-up menu to choose the sample rate you want. Higher

is generally better, but don’t work with all generation of DACs. So try the max

output level (352) but if the display on your DAC shows unsupported format

please set it to 192 that work with most DACs.