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ScottCitron

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  1. WGScott: After spending $50 bucks and some time with the Audirvana, I'm back where I started. The problem is that the Audirvana only controls the audio level from iTunes. All other useful system sounds are way too loud. Plus, it's nearly impossible to Quit Audirvana with iTunes open; it forces itself open whenever it sees that iTunes is open. Overall, it's just too invasive and makes listening to music on my iMac too complicated. There MUST be a simpler solution to using a DAC with my computer. I looked at the DODD Audio-Buffer, but $1500 is overkill for this problem. There must be another way, no? Ninjagosg (above) talks about routing his main sound to his DAC and his alerts and sound effects to the iMac built-in speakers. But when I plug in the DAC via Toslink, I'm not able to send alerts and sound effects to my built-in speakers. Everything goes to the Digital Out.
  2. The Audirvana Plus looks like the ticket. Without it, iTunes is WAY TOO LOUD!! There's no way to really control the volume with the iTunes slider. At least with Audirvana I'm able to once again regain normal control. Many thanks for the tip; much appreciated.
  3. Yes, I understand that DACs by nature take over a computer's audio output control. Nonetheless, employing the DAC is not without some problems, as I noted. I tried turning down or off the computer's alerts, which may be the only real solution. Will also check out the Audirvana Plus as well. Thanks.
  4. I bought a DAC to attach to my iMac. The I love the sound when listening to music in iTunes, but attaching the DAC also disables the computer's built-in audio controls. This means any computer alerts or sounds come through much too loud, and all audio level sliders are dimmed out, giving me no way to control the computer's built-in audio levels. Is my only option to now buy some kind of preamp to add to the audio chain? Or is there some other way to do this? Again, I'm on Mac OS 10.8.2 and would appreciate any and all suggestions. Thanks.
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