Following these instructions ensures that the original signal is not processed or changed while on its way from the file it's stored in to your processor, for instance that in the BeoLab 5 speakers, or in a stand-alone DAC unit, or in the BeoSystem 3. You could otherwise be listening to seriously degraded sound, compared to its full potential.

If you plan to do playback through your system from a DVD, using the Mac's DVD-player, be aware that the sound has been limited, to allow for the smaller range of computer speakers. You want to deactivate this limitation, to get the full dynamic range of the sound on your film or concert-DVD: If you have an optical toslink digital s/pdif minijack

Now you have to find the Audio MIDI Setup utility, which is in the Utilities folder. It's a very powerful utility which configures itself automatically depending upon which soundcards, DACs, optical s/pdif connections, etc. you have connected to your Mac. It should look like this, but may show digital output as source if you have a toslink minijack

Next, go to System Preferences>Sound And make certain the panel looks like this. If you have an optical minijack cable attached, then you will have a choice of that as Digital OUT:

A few things to keep in mind if you're using a Mac to supply your setup with music. You need to set up iTunes Preferences and Audio MIDI Setup properly. iTunes Preferences: Go to iTunes>Preferences>Playback -- UNCHECK all the boxes in the following fields. You don't want any processing on your music files. Also go to the iTunes>Window

Seriously, I think you get full bit-transparency with the "cheap" ones. There shouldn't be any change or modification to the digital signal, just from a simple conversion. It's just that it seems so counterintuitive that one can get the necessary translation without spending a fortune. (Bel Canto sells DACs and soundcards that run

[quote user="maclife"][quote user="bayerische"] I got the Mac mini and sync cable, but still missing the toslink -> coaxial converter... [/quote] I’m using this one without any problems: http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/CO2.html [/quote] I've used the same one, before my present Cambridge Azur 840C solution. It's

Nice to see everything up and running again! Congrats!

Strong luxury lobby in mgt, I'm afraid. Be interesting to see what the new boss aims for, though the €100.000 BeoVision seems to be an answer, or?

Hi Halid, It's on my "to do" list, I've had some inquires via PM, as well. I'll try to put something together!