Thanks -- I had read the first post before posting at all in this thread, but missed the link to Salvatore's post.  Good info there and good to see the manual.  As you predicted, still no joy in Mudville regarding the iMac setup though.

Is Aune T1 owners manual posted anywhere online?  I've searched but have been unable to find it.  I'm looking for iMac 27" (10.6.8) setup instructions.  Right now the T1 is connected via USB, but the keyboard volume controls still change the level of sound coming out of the T1, so it seems like...

  Thanks for the feedback.  I guess that means that it is still using the iMac internal DAC for that OS mixer and that I need to get that out of the loop to get any real benefit from the T1 DAC.  I searched for Mac setup for an external DAC, but can't find anything to disable it.  My search did...

Hello,   I just picked up an Aune T1 and have a couple questions.  I've connected it via USB to an iMac to drive both headphones (via the T1 headphone jack) and Adam A3x powered monitors (via the T1 RCA outputs).  From what I've read in this thread, I believe the headphone output is using the...