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.
You can, but we recommend not using USB hubs as the hubs can lead to a reduction in data flow rate which may not be fast enough for higher-resolution audio. Additionally, when using a USB hub, you are adding in the possibility of internal noise being picked up. For example, wireless mouse/keyboards may negatively impact […]
You can use Audioengine DACs with your original A5s, no problem. You would simply use a standard RCA cable and the RCA to mini-jack adapter that came with the A5 to connect the RCA output from the DAC in to one of the mini-jack inputs.
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.
These RCA outputs are variable, adjusting the volume on the D1 will adjust the output of any speakers or amp connected to this output. This makes the D1 a handy way to control the volume of both your speakers AND headphones.
Yes, the output will mute and audio will only play through your headphones.
When connected via USB with a computer, the D1 acts like a USB sound-card. Because of this, once it’s set as your default playback device, it should work with any application on your computer playing audio, and with any file format the software supports.
