Thomsen

Thank you for your suggestions. I will check and consider. Cheers, Tom

Hi Eloise, Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, there is no optical connection to the Bithead. Just USB and headphones. I usually power my macbook from the mains. Cheers, Tom

Hello, Thanks for your tips and ideas. I tried the 2 USB ports on my Macbook with the DAC. One sounds a bit better than the other but compared to the headphones out both sound weaker. I went to the Audio MIDI Setup section of my Macbook to change the settings. The DAC USB out I can only set 48 kHz/16 bit whereas the headphones out can be set up to 96 kHz/32 bit. But even when I set the USB and headphones out to the same settings, the headphones out sounds rounder, more powerful, and more detailed and I don't need a high end system to hear that. So I assume that if I want to improve the sound from my macbook I need a better DAC. Or maybe the fire wire out would help? Cheers, Thomsen

Hello, I am new to CA and the forum and I am not much experienced with computer and audiophile. I recently purchased a Macbook Pro and use it as a music server with my hifi or headphones. I purchased the Total Bithead DAC/Amplifier by Headroom some time ago and used it with my pc laptop (before my macbook pro) via USB connection. It worked well. Now I try to use the Bithead DAC with the Macbook via USB connection but the sound is very noisy and not powerful. Using the headphone line out via DAC sounds much better and clearer. Now I am not sure if there is much difference between DAC and no DAC when using headphone line out? Does the Bithead actually improve the signals coming from the headphone line out? Is there something that can be done to use the Bithead via USB connection from my MacBook in good sound quality? Thank you for any help and suggestions. Thomas