Search results

The squeaky wheel... . Unfortunately, this firmware update doesn't seem to work for my MacBook Pro, but it's highly possible that the operating system OSX 12.7.6 Monterey is just too old to work with the firmware change. My MacBook Pro is from 2015 and works fine as a music player and will...

What's frustrating is that it's not that simple a matter to change the L-R balance on my system because it's a tri-amp system with an active three-way crossover that is in turn feeding separate amps for midrange and high end, and two subwoofers. I imagine allowing the OSX sound preferences pane...

Yet the even more basic Griffin iMic allows the Mac to control balance. It obviously isn't expensive to implement. It's just a matter of the engineers caring. Not having a balance control is almost as silly as not having a volume control. In fact, a balance control is a volume control, albeit...

Oh, wait. I realized that I have RogueAmoeba's Airfoil, which has a balance control...still, it'd be nicer to not to have had to purchase an additional app just to get what is a pretty crucial control for hearing music as it should be.

So I decided to try an external DAC to add to my stereo equipment collection. My first impression of the Topping device is that it's louder, which should help with signal to noise ratio. Is it better? I'm not sure. I'll do some A-B comparisons to the Mac's internal DAC when I'm feeling a little...