mattjtaylor2809 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 HI All, Recently I noticed the SQ from my little work desk set up has turned to %^^$^. On inspection I noticed that the sound was coming from the "internal speakers" & not my USB connected DAC (AUNE X1 DAC). Ok, so just change back to USB out via preferences! Nope, it just keeps defaulting to "internal speakers"? I've been into the MIDI set up & the same, I can't seem to prioritise USB output? SQ via headphones seems fine?..just the damn speakers connected to the iMac via the Aune DAC. I'm running highSierra 10.13.6 Man Cave: 2CH: VPI Aries Scout + Hana SL MC Cart > Gold Note PH-10 / PS Audio PW Transport / Innous ZEN Mini Mk 3 (ROON Core) + LPSU > PS Audio DirectStream Jnr > Ayre KX-5 > Rogue Audio M-180 Monoblocks > Dynaudio Focus 380's HT: Sony 4K BD > Sony VW60 > Integra DRX3.1 > Dynaudio X24 Centre + Monitor Audio rears. Family Room: 2CH: Matrix Mini-i 3Pro > Bel Canto Pre3 > Bel Canto REf500s 2CH AMP HT: Sony UHD BD > Denon X4000 > Dynaudio Emit 20 + X22 Centre + in-ceiling B&W's. Cables & Misc: Man Cave: PAD Musaeus & Antipodes Komako XLR's / Bills Pinnacle Speak Cables / Audio Principe & Voodoo Power Cords + Isotek Aquarius Power Conditioner Family Room: Audio Principe XLR's, Speaker & Power Cables / Elijah USB cables. Tubes: 12AX7/ECC83: NOS Telefunken 1963, Mullard CV492, Brimar + Stock Elecktra Harmonix. 12AU7/ECC82: NOS Valvo E80CC's, 1963 RCA "Conn" Organs Long Plate Clear tops, RCA Blackplates, Tungstrum + Stock Electra Harmonix. KT120: Tsung-Tol Link to comment
davide256 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Are you able to play music over USB to the DAC outside of Roon? Not a Mac person but this sounds like a hardware problem... Roon uses whatever the default hardware is in Windows, and you can't change/control that inside Roon, OS owns if you want to switch the audio output device. Regards, Dave Audio system Link to comment
Kal Rubinson Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 hour ago, davide256 said: Roon uses whatever the default hardware is in Windows, and you can't change/control that inside Roon, OS owns if you want to switch the audio output device. That is not so. I can change my output device in Roon and, in fact, run more than one. firedog 1 Kal Rubinson Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile Link to comment
davide256 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 5 hours ago, Kal Rubinson said: That is not so. I can change my output device in Roon and, in fact, run more than one. Windows will allow you to select devices other than the OS default in Roon that were once directly attached to use Roon, regardless of whether they are still attached/working or not... I try to avoid that "kick me" sign on the back.... better to use Windows audio panel to be sure the device is seen as active by the OS. Regardless the user is having a problem where he appears to have used the Mac equivalent to audio panel and still can't get USB out to work. I suspect that the user can't get music to play over any other music player on his Mac using his Aune device vs it only fails with Roon... he should try iTunes or other installed media player and see if it works with the Aune. I'd swap USB cables at that point if other media players don't work just in case its simple bad USB cable. And of course the inevitable question, were device drivers updated recently for the Aune? if so perhaps fallback to prior version will fix the problem. And if you have another machine you can use/borrow, test the Aune with that one. Most of troubleshooting is process of elimination, swap around parts, identify which pieces are good, see if any change coincided with the failure, and through process of elimination isolate which piece is bad. Regards, Dave Audio system Link to comment
bobbmd Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 @mattjtaylor2809- that happens to me sometime just go to 'sound' in preferences and click appropriately or go 'Audio MIDI setup' and do the same Link to comment
mattjtaylor2809 Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 I keep doing this & it keeps changing to internal speakers? ive even swapped out my Aune DAC/Headphone amp for the Pro-ject S2 Digital & it does the same? It does sound better so maybe just a glitch but it’s giving me the willies! Man Cave: 2CH: VPI Aries Scout + Hana SL MC Cart > Gold Note PH-10 / PS Audio PW Transport / Innous ZEN Mini Mk 3 (ROON Core) + LPSU > PS Audio DirectStream Jnr > Ayre KX-5 > Rogue Audio M-180 Monoblocks > Dynaudio Focus 380's HT: Sony 4K BD > Sony VW60 > Integra DRX3.1 > Dynaudio X24 Centre + Monitor Audio rears. Family Room: 2CH: Matrix Mini-i 3Pro > Bel Canto Pre3 > Bel Canto REf500s 2CH AMP HT: Sony UHD BD > Denon X4000 > Dynaudio Emit 20 + X22 Centre + in-ceiling B&W's. Cables & Misc: Man Cave: PAD Musaeus & Antipodes Komako XLR's / Bills Pinnacle Speak Cables / Audio Principe & Voodoo Power Cords + Isotek Aquarius Power Conditioner Family Room: Audio Principe XLR's, Speaker & Power Cables / Elijah USB cables. Tubes: 12AX7/ECC83: NOS Telefunken 1963, Mullard CV492, Brimar + Stock Elecktra Harmonix. 12AU7/ECC82: NOS Valvo E80CC's, 1963 RCA "Conn" Organs Long Plate Clear tops, RCA Blackplates, Tungstrum + Stock Electra Harmonix. KT120: Tsung-Tol Link to comment
Ken Eis Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I had the same problem. You never mentioned what software you are using to play music. When I used iTunes or JRiver I constantly had floating system problems. When I went to Roon everything was as I wanted. Ken Eis Link to comment
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