Unfortunately that is not how the D1 is designed, as the optical connection will take priority. You may be able to have the optical and USB connected to different devices, but it depends on the how the optical device operates. Some devices will deactivate their optical out when no media is playing. Others will leave […]
Both USB and Optical should provide the same high-quality digital signal to your D1. In most cases where both USB and optical are available, we usually recommend USB since it’s a shorter signal path. The only real difference is that the optical input on the D1 can support up to 192KHz input if your source […]
It’s normal for USB B connections to have a little play as well as some of the metal to be showing when they are plugged in, so no need to worry. It will be fully connected once you feel and hear the click noise from the connection.
Optical and USB outputs are all digital, so both Windows and Mac OS X will disable the system volume control when they are in use. You can still control the volume directly in iTunes (or any media player), with the front panel volume control on the D1, or with the volume control on your audio […]
Absolutely! We’ve had a lot of really good feedback from our customers on this, and it’s really easy to add to an existing Airplay setup. You can connect your Airport Express into the D1’s optical input using a mini-Toslink to Toslink cable to pass a digital signal to the D1. Like other setups without a […]
Yes! You will need an Apple USB 3 camera adapter. What you would need to do is connect the D1 and its USB cable to the USB A port on the Apple USB 3 camera adapter, and then the male lightning end of the Camera Adapter to your iOS device. You will also need to […]
When you connect an optical cable, the D1 will sense that an optical input is present and give that input priority. If using D1 with optical outputs from your TV, DVD player, Apple TV, etc you will need an AC USB power adapter (sold separately) to power D1. When using the optical output from your […]
The D1 is asynchronous, which means it controls the data streams timing using its own internal clock to minimize jitter.
Yes, however, note that 24/96 HD digital audio pushes the limits of USB 1.1 speeds. Due to this it’s highly recommended that you connect to a higher-speed USB 2.0 port.
The D1 includes a headphone amplifier based around the ES9601C SABRE low noise opamp. This headphone amp is able to provide low-impedance, high-fidelity audio to a wide range of headphones and supports headphones with impedances 10 ohms and higher.
