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SETTING NATIVE MODE IN MAC OS X:
Mac OS X does not allow the music manager, such
as iTunes or SongBird to change the Sample Rate
on a song by song basis. For example, if you set the
sample rate of the DAC8 driver in the AUDIO MIDI
SETUP panel to 176400.0Hz then iTunes will up-
sample a 44.1 CD to 176.4kHz and send it to the
DSPre; the 176.4 LED will be lit. To play a 44.1 CD at
44.1kHz, simply set the sample rate in the Audio MIDI
Setup Utility to 44100.0kHz. See section SETTING THE
SAMPLE RATE ON MAC OS X: for details.
To play your music in bit perfect mode at its native
Sample Rate you will need to purchase and install
software from a third party such as Pure Music®,
Pure Vinyl® or Amarra®. These software packages
provide bit perfect music transfer to the DSPre and
allow the native sample rate to be sent to the DSPre
on a song by song basis.
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR DSPRE:
The DSPre has many new features that can be
enhanced when used with some of the top MUSIC
MANAGEMENT software packages and computer
to S/PDIF conversion hardware. Please take a
moment to read through this section and see if
you’re getting the most out of your DSPre setup.
S/PDIF, USB 2.0 HS and MUSIC MANAGEMENT:
The DSPRE was designed to provide your high-end
audio system with bit perfect 24 bit audio at sample
rates not possible from a CD or SACD player. Red
Book CD’s are recorded at 16 bits, 44.1kHz sample
rates; your DSPRE is capable of playing back digital
music recorded at 24bits and sample rates up to
192kHz. With your DSPre you can:
Take the S/PDIF output from your current CD or DVD
player and enjoy the sonic benefits of the Quad
DAC architecture, low jitter dual master oscillators
and high bandwidth direct coupled differential
amplifiers while playing your favorite CD’s.
It is also possible to take the S/PDIF output from
many of the multiroom home audio systems that
are on the market. AppleTV®, Sonos® and many
others provide wired/wireless multiroom music
management systems that have S/PDIF outputs that
work well with the DSPRE.
If you want to play back S/PDIF music at a higher
resolution and sample rate, you can assemble a HD
music server computer system. Your Audio Dealer
or
the HRx web site at
http://www.referencerecordings.com/HRxSETUPS.as
p can give you ideas on how to construct a high
resolution music server that will provide an S/PDIF
signal to the DSPRE.
If you desire to play high resolution music files via
the USB 2.0 HS interface to the DSPre, all you do is
connect your computer to the DSPre via a good
quality high speed USB 2.0 (480Mbps) cable and
install the DSPre HD Audio Device drivers. Once
connected you are ready to sit back and enjoy
your favorite tunes.
A large part of the digital music experience is
managing and organizing your music for fast and
accurate playback through the DSPre to your
audio system. There are several software music
managers available to enhance your music
experience; on PC’s, J Rivers Media Center®,
Mediamonkey® and FooBar® are three that
provide the ability to connect to the DSPre’s HD
Audio Device drivers for bit perfect music playback
in its Native mode. Others such as iTunes®,
SongBird® and Windows Media Player® are
excellent media managers that will play your music
through the “Windows Sound Control” interface. To
assure bit perfect data transfer with these music
managers follow the instructions in the “SETTING THE
SAMPLE RATE OR NATIVE MODE” section. The
resources at http://www.computeraudiophile.com/
and other digital music web sites can help you
select a media manager and provide other
information aimed at enhancing your music
enjoyment.