The blue light's on so I know Amarra's running, but I've also tried it just going straight through iTunes. Anything played through my computer can still be heard with volume down to 0%. Hopefully I hear other people weigh in but I'll get an email in to AQ in the mean time.

I've got Amarra.  So what's the explanation as to why the volume doesn't decrease to zero without muting it? I've had several USB dacs over the years and this is the first to do that.

So I've just received mine and on a mac with iTunes volume maxed I'm noticing that turning the OSX volume down from the keyboard doesn't turn it down all the way and you have to mute to get actual silence. Also surprised that it's only taking 3 notches to drive me IE8's as loud as need be. Does...

I guess I may as well look for something to match my already existing speaker cable which is one of these:   742c8ef2_htf_imgcache_36287.jpeg   Heartland apparently doesn't exist (at least online) as I checked today. Is anyone doing USB cables in the same style?

Really just for cosmetic purposes and not for the idea that its upgrading SQ at all. I have one of these 6651.jpg that I use to plug from the back of my DAC to my speakers and a more visually pleasing cable would be nice. Any ideas?

I was trying to configure soundflower and now I can't get my speakers working again.My hook up is mac to my dac via optical and my dac to my speakers via rca.   This is what my audio midi setup looks like: http://gyazo.com/cb955f1f5ebd01c92ca2a6f502564f59 I don't need soundflower for...

Anyone here with experience using the uDAC2 with a set of A5's? I have the HDP but am interested in possibly downgrading to the uDAC as I almost never use headphones anymore but would like to keep the A5 volume control at arms reach.

I've moved away from full sized headphones as I'm living with someone who likes having music playing over speakers. I have very little isolated listening time except for my commutes for the most part or runs. My only IEM is the IE6 right now but I plan to go bigger there at some point, but there...

Does the Icon HDP just not have 96/24 support

Anyone else? I figure someone here would know better than someone at mac support.

Yes, input is greyed out completely.

I'm using optical and while it lets me select 96hz. when I get out of audio midi setup and reopen it it's reset back to 48hz

That's for the uDAC2 but I assume everything's the same (change to 96Hz / 2ch-24 bit?) just clarifying since my mac default was I believe 48Hz / 2ch-16 bit. Also would it be the same for both optical and USB? I haven't figured out which I'm sticking with yet.

Are there any Cog users in here? I've only had a mac for about a month now and it was the first alternative to iTunes I found and have stuck with it. Just wondering if anyone's had any problems with it or have upgraded from it and for what reasons. Other than no album art I haven't found...

The new mac mini instantly recognized the Icon when connected via USB, but I'm wondering if there's some audio options somewhere I can go to thats recommended I change khz or whatever, I seem to recall doing this on PC but I don't remember exactly what and I'm new to OSX. I'm on Lion for...

I just have the A5's connected straight to a mac mini. The Icon HDP is being considered to wedge inbetween there but I'm just not sure its what I'm looking for. I've read its obviously a compitent amp/dac for headphone use and it does come with the preamp which means it can be intended for...

Most of my listening lately has been through my Audioengine A5's and I'm wondering if anyone has any experience getting a noticable bump in SQ and with what outside equipment? I still do headphones, but won't bother listing what I have as I'm not bound to what I do have and as I said all...

I've had the audioengine wireless adapter as long as I've has the a5's and have always used it but I've been getting shakey sound lately and need to figure out if its the speakers or the adapter and need to hook up the speakers to my mini directly and am trying to figure out the best way to go...

i like things spelled out for me. thanks for taking my load..cya

what do you mean by amplified source? the a5's are powered speakers, is running the nuforce into them not worth the trouble? as for the phono preamp, i was just told you need one without question with turntables. maybe there's an exception when speakers are self powered like a5's.

it's working, just a bittersweet victory that i had it in my mind that i'd be able to switch headphones to speakers and vise versa with a switch of the knob and would be able to leave the headphone jack alone. both accomplish the same thing just one it a lot smoother motion in my opinion. just...

so that was my problem earlier. i ran through the HDP output to A5 audio-in connection but i never had my headphones unplugged. i assumed since i was using the "analog output" of the HDP i would have the knob set to analog when i wanted to use the A5's and switch back  to "digital" when i wanted...

i didn't think i was that unclear. of course the headphones are plugged in where they're intended. i meant "headphone listening via optical"(optical input on the back plugged into my optical jack on my PC) as in that's how i connect the two. headphones are plugged into the headphone jack. yes...

as you ask that question i realize maybe that is it. the HDP has 3 knobs depending on what you want. usb, optical, and analog. my headphone listening is via optical and the only connection from my PC to my HDP. from the HDP to A5 i have just the standard RCA to RCA (red/white). as i said i've...

i am getting no sound from my a5's after trying every conceivable way to connect the two units. if it is something on my computer i'd like to know th definitive connection so i don't drive myself crazy plugging in and out. i have both an rca to rca cable and an rca to mini. there's an analog...