james wilcox

Cheers, but how is 'volume' even a possibility? And the suggestion that one must keep it at 100% and the EQ off makes me think that itunes is doing rather more than simply sending a digital file to my DAC for that to do its work. Is there anyone who can explain, please, rather than a 'keep calm and carry on'.....! Cheers, James

Cheers for the replies guys, but I'd like a little more by way of explanation.... Just how is the signal being attenuated in itunes? One of the reasons I bought the hiface was that it allowed me to bypass all the internal audio elements in my Mac (which I don't believe are designed with hi-end audio reproduction in mind) and simply use my Mac and itunes as a digital source. It seems however that Itunes still retains some 'influence'.... If anyone can provide an explanation, that would be swell! Best to all, James

Hi all, I bought the Hiface a few weeks back to take digital files from my Mac (from itunes) to an external DAC via an SPDIF. As expected, volume control via the Mac keyboard is disabled and attenuation is achieved by my pre-amp. All as I expected so far. However, I've quite by accident discovered that using the volume control in itunes affects the output volume. I wouldn't have expected this to be possible. Is it possible to attenuate a digital signal this way? My surprise is also tempered with a little concern that the Hiface and Mac are doing something more than simply sending a digital signal to my DAC. Enlightenment from anyone who out there who knows of such things really appreciated. Best regards, J

Hi all, I currently run a Squeezebox wirelessly, with a MacBook as my storage device/server. This is horribly temperamental, and I wondered if some kind soul would give me some advice on whether I can purchase an external hard drive which will run Squeeze Server and that can be connected non-wirelessly to the Squeezebox. Thus removing the need to have the Mac running all the time and the Squeezebox to run non-wirelessly? Thanks for any advice. James