I use both a MAC mini and a Mac Book pro as music server sending AIFF files to a Bryston BDA-1 via Audiophilleo/PurePower USB/SPDIF converter.. Using Pure Music is an improvement over iTunes, however neither sounds 'horrible'.
Getting good sound from MacBook via DAC.
Hello everyone,
I decided to go down the digital path and picked up a Bryston BDA-2. I hooked up an Audioquest USB 2 cable from my MacBook to the BDA-2 to play music from my Itunes and it sounds awful. What am I doing wrong? I tried playing with the sampling rates thru the MacBooks Audio Midi set-up but no help there. it sounds compressed, over extended bass, lack of detail and soundstage, just plain awful.
Ive been using the DAC with my Simaudio CD player with excellent results. I also have a WADIA 177 hooked thru the DAC for my IPod which sounds surprising good. I like the idea of using the MacBook and was thinking about getting a dedicated Mac Mini for music files.
I decided to go down the digital path and picked up a Bryston BDA-2. I hooked up an Audioquest USB 2 cable from my MacBook to the BDA-2 to play music from my Itunes and it sounds awful. What am I doing wrong? I tried playing with the sampling rates thru the MacBooks Audio Midi set-up but no help there. it sounds compressed, over extended bass, lack of detail and soundstage, just plain awful.
Ive been using the DAC with my Simaudio CD player with excellent results. I also have a WADIA 177 hooked thru the DAC for my IPod which sounds surprising good. I like the idea of using the MacBook and was thinking about getting a dedicated Mac Mini for music files.