I have something strange when using xtream mode in jplay. The m2tech hiface two usb to coax converter its all in. Power is drawn from the 5 volt rail of the usb supply so there is no need for a separate power supply. For some time now you could turn to m2tech or their local representative for a hiface async usb to spdif interface. The windows version of this driver was developed by m2tech. But we have to wait for their reply first and let you know when answers are coming back. View and download m2tech hiface evo two user manual online. The m2tech hiface uses a proprietary driver to interact directly with a player in kernel streaming mode at a low level of cpu loading. Its up to the customer to ensure that the manual being consulted is the latest version. I have sent a kernel stack trace several times to m2tech hiface to have them debug and fix the issue nothing. The hiface two is based on the well known xmos solution for usb to spdif conversion.
Highest quality digital audio up to 192khz24bit spdif audio format available from your pc, mac or linux computer. I could try to squeeze more out of the dl3 by getting a higher end converter, like an audiophilleo with purepower. I have to wait 26 seconds each time i move to another track. Maybe anyone need this to install the hiface1 driver 1. Compact size, ease of use and very high performance. Amarula solutions ready mavericks driver for m2tech hiface mk1. Im using a ps audio digital link 3 dac connected with a m2tech hiface 2 from my pc. Then came m2tech with a small, budget, practical usb pendrive. Very low jitter oscillators, asynchronous transfer on usb. How to make a bootable mavericks install drive macworld. Configure your linux box to load hiface module every time you boot your pc. So you have to tell linux to load hiface module every time you start your pc.
No longer is this a dongle hanging from the side of the computer, the evo is compact stand alone component positively bristling with connectors, one will be hard pressed to find a. Compared to the octave we improved the max sampling rate to khz. Listening, round one after selecting the m2tech hiface dac in both the macbook pros system preferences sound panel and audio midi window, i chose, as my preferred player, amarra 2. Either the mac already has the driver installed, or it lost the driver during the thunderstorm. Highest quality digital audio up to 192khz24bit spdif audio format available from your pc or mac very low jitter oscillators and proprietary drivers compact size 2x2. It does so without any other drivers and allows for audio data to reach the peripheral easily and without any undesired changes to the data stream. We are working on a solution but for now, it is recommended not to update to 10. A little orange usb stick that featured a dac capable of converting pcm files all the way up to 32384khz. M2tech hiface 24bit192khz usb digital audio interface a. The thumb drive usb dac has become a market with a lot of entrees but one of the first was the m2tech hiface dac. M2tech usa will only ship within the usa where a local retailer is not present within the buyers state andor surrounding states. This outoftree driver is just to keep an history of the development and for poeple using kernels older than 3. I would go with the latterif previous unit got fried, good chance the driver didnt make it either. Getting your m2tech hiface 1 working in mavericks 10.
For just 115 base model plus some software your computer can become a highend music server offering up to 24 bit 192 khz play out. Question for m2tech hiface evo owner posted in jplay. And apart from downloading, and installing the appropriate drivers if you are running windows, the hiface is ready to play music. With few clicks to install the drivers and make the setup for the right app, it was possible to extract from the usb port of any desktop pc, notebook and net book, a digital signal at the sampling frequencies of 44. Hi, i just bought an m2tech hiface evo and connect to my computer today. M2tech website is temporarily offline due to a stupid technical problem which we hope to silve pretty soon. For windows computers, a driver is still necessary to enable ds, ks, wasapi and asio mode. The trouble now is that the current hiface xp driver, for both the hiface and hiface evo, does not seem to support plain asio, which is odd. I use it with evo clock and battery, and sound is really good. High quality mavericks surfing videos and clips to enjoy on your phone or tv. Get highest quality digital audio up to 192khz24bit spdif audio format available from your pc or mac very low jitter oscillators and proprietary drivers compact size 2x2. Jesus vigo goes over the steps to create a bootable usb to install os x 10.
How to create a bootable usb to install os x mavericks. Customers owning the products above are adviced that no driver is presently available for their product. However, we know that the device m2tech oem it is programmed now has many functions and therefore chosen by us. Trying to use server as another zone, family room, server has m2tech hiface 2 usb to spdif to a home theater receiver via digital coax. Mk1 boxed m2tech hiface evo usb to spdif converter plus. Thats the long way of saying that your computer will pass a.
This driver is available in mainline linux since v3. This ensures low cpu utilization even at high bit depth and sampling rates and allows for a highly optimized driver. Compact size and ease of use m2tech hiface can be directly or using an accessory usb aa adapter, not supplied with hiface connected to a high speed usb 2. M2tech hiface two hiend sspdif output interface with rca. Amarula solutions ready mavericks driver for m2tech hiface mk1 by john h. M2tech supplies proprietary drivers for the device since it does not support the usual plug and play usb audio device protocol. A very high electric and mechanical performance rca gold connector provides an output signal, ready to be connected to a hiend system. A driver is still necessary for windows computers, which enables for ds, ks, wasapi and asio mode.
M2tech usa ships only within the usa if a local retailer cannot be found. This time we have a look at their hiface evo dd converter and certain addons that improve its sound. Question for m2tech hiface evo owner jplay jplay hi. Getting your m2tech hiface 1 working in maver icks 10. The hiface is primarily designed to use kernel streaming under windows, regardless of version. Its all truethe driver is a piece of crap in every way. M2tech reserves the right to change or modify the information any time, without prior advice. Cant get the m2tech hiface drivers to download audiogon.
If you plug in the m2tech hiface after the box completely boots up, it panics as soon as an application opens the device. I have another computer with m2tech hiface 2, and i dont have this problem. The m2tech hiface dac is compact in size and can be directly or using an accessory usb aa adapter, not supplied with hiface connected to a high speed usb 2. Roon sees the m2tech, lets me name it, configure it as a new zone, but will only play successfully for a few seconds, then i get. To avoid blue screens, user should disable the exclusive access to the m2tech device in use. The usb stream enters through a transceiver chip usb3318 clocked at mhz, while two different crystal oscillators are used for the clock circuit, one at 24. Aurorasound tuned hiface dacpro with a little help from my friends sonny trigg. To date, the very best musical results that ive had from pc based audio have been via an old hp laptop, running xp, foobar and asio to a hiface usb converter. If you have any questions please post them in the comments below. Download the driver setup file for m2tech hiface dac driver from the location below.
The driver for hiface, hiface evo, young and vaughan is not currently compatible with the new operating system mavericks osx 10. Not sure if this link has been posted here already, or if nvidia will take this package down, but here it is. Download and install m2tech hiface dac driver id 2123477. I can get foobar to work with asio4all, but that has a peculiar effect on the sound which i can. M2tech recently released a higher end version of the hiface usb spdif converter called the hiface evo. Compact size and ease of use m2tech hiface features a very compact size and can be directly or using an accessory usb aa adapter, not supplied with hiface connected to a high speed usb 2. Amarula solutions ready mavericks driver for m2tech hiface. How to get audiosurf on a mac mavericks compatible.
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