but your mac isn't what's producing the sound in this case. The question isn't
does your mac have optical, at which, the answer is no, by the way. The
question is, does your USB interface have optical out?
I do agree that would give you a better sound. Either that, or SPDIF,
sometimes pronounced spiddif.
I still however tend to think this is a bigger issue than your speaker setup.
It sounds more like there is something going on within the USB connection from
your mac to the USB interface. I don't think your speakers are the problem
here, honestly, based on what you're telling us.
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Holton
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: Need a bit of USB sound education
I was told my mac mini didn't have an optical out. Is it the same jack that
you would normally take audio out of?
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 19, 2016, at 11:43 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
If you are trying to get 5.1 out of your Mac, does your amp have an optical
input? If so, it might be easier to skip all the USB stuff and just run optical
from the mini to your surround-sound amp.
CB
On 1/18/16 9:57 PM, Bill Holton wrote:
Hi.
My wife says they are green, orange—red?—and black. The USB cable goes
into the box, those three cables go to my 5.1 system subwoofer, the subwoofer
has the amp, I am guessing, and there are five audio cable jacks in it that
lead to the left, right, satellite, and center channels. The speakers also
have a large cable with a volume know, a headphone jack, and dial for
bass/treble, and another that does increased separation. Does that help?
The USB audio keeps dropping out, then coming back. I thought maybe it
was an OS issue, but I am running VM, and after a config change it started
asking me where I want the device connected, Mac or Windows, so I am guessing
it is actually disconnecting and reconnecting. Tried three different USB
cables;, didn’t help.
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 6:50 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Need a bit of USB sound education
OK, do you know what color those cables are? That would tell me a fair
amount. Are they blue green and black? If so, I might have a possible
solution. If two of them are red and white, then I'll have to think about it,
as that wouldn't exactly tell me much.
red and white is generally your standard RCA, then of course yellow would
be for video, so I highly doubt that is what you're working with.
The green, blue, and black would be digital and probably would be like a
composit cable.
That's why I'm kind a wonderring. We need just a slight bit more info.
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Holton
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 5:15 PM
Subject: Need a bit of USB sound education
Hi.
I am currently running a USB sound adapter to a set of 5.1 speakers on
my Mac Mini, connected by three color-coded cables to the subwoofer, which in
turn connects to the five speakers.
The device is acting up, it keeps failing and restarting. Tried
different cable, same issues. I want to replace the device, but not sure what
I am looking for. All the ones I see on Amazon show audio out. What do I need
to look for in one that will connect via the three color coded cables? Hoping
to get off fairly inexpensively, so if anyone can recommend one…much thanks.
Bill
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