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M2TECH HiFace DAC User Manual

Manual is about: 384khz/32bit Digital-To-Analog Converter

Summary of HiFace DAC

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    M2tech hi f ace dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter user manual.

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    Rev. 1.1 – 5/2013.

  • Page 3: Warning!

    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 3 m2tec h warning! Changes or modifications not authorized by the manufacturer can invalidate the compliance to ce regulations and cause the unit to be no more suitable to use. The manufactur...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 4 m2tec h dear customer, thank you for purchasing hiface dac. What you have is a first-rate usb digital-to-analog converter with many unique features conceived to obtain the best audio perfor...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 5 m2tec h index 1. Connections ................................................................................................................... 6 2. Connection to the host and the amplifie...

  • Page 6: 1. Connections

    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 6 m2tec h 1. Connections figure 1 1) usb input. Connect directly to the usb 3.0 or 2.0 or 1.1* port of a pc, mac or linux- based computer, or use an usb extender (a male to a female). In the ...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 7 m2tec h 2. Connection to the host and the amplifier/headphones advice: windows users must install the driver prior to connecting the hiface to the pc (please refer to section 5). Advice: bo...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 8 m2tec h 3. True plug’n’play operation with mac mac computers with osx 10.6.4 and later have a native support for audio devices compliant with usb audio class 2.0. This means that the driver...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 9 m2tec h figure 3.

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 10 m2tec h 4. True plug’n’play operation with linux linux has a native support for audio devices compliant with usb audio class 2.0 based on alsa. This means that the driver is already includ...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 11 m2tec h 5. Operation with ipad and android-based tablets ipad also supports usb audio class 2.0. This means that it is possible to connect the hiface dac to an ipad through the latter’s ca...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 12 m2tec h 5. Windows driver installation 5.1. Obtaining the driver the windows driver for hiface dac is available on the m2tech website, in the download page ( www.M2tech.Biz/download.Asp )....

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 13 m2tec h figure 5 then, the wizard will check for system features. At a certain point, it will ask you to plug the hiface dac in one of the usb ports (figure 6). Figure 6.

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 14 m2tec h follow the indications and plug the device in one port, then click on “install”. You will be asked to follow the destination folder (figure 7). Figure 7 the installation process co...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 15 m2tec h at the end of the installation process, the wizard notify the completion (figure 9). Figure 9 clock on “next”: the installation is almost completed (figure 10). Click on “finish” t...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 16 m2tec h figure 10 at the end of the installation process, the usb audio class control panel is running and you can open it by clicking on the red “t” to the bottom right of the desktop (fi...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 17 m2tec h figure 12.

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 18 m2tec h 5.3. Unistalling the driver sometimes it is necessary to uninstall the driver to roll back to a previous version. Uninstall is a quite simple procedure. Go to the control panel and...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 19 m2tec h figure 14 at this point, the wizard will show up the installation progress (figure 15), up to the end. Figure 15.

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 20 m2tec h after the uninstalling of all files related to the driver is complete, the “next” button will be enabled. Click on it. The final message will appear (figure 16). Click on “finish” ...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 21 m2tec h 6. Configuring the computer to use hiface dac 6.1. Configuring a pc with windows xp a pc with windows xp can use hiface dac in two different ways: direct sound (ds)* and asio. The ...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 22 m2tec h figure 17 then, select the “voice” tab. Again, select “m2tech audio 2.0 output” in the drop-down menu of the playback area. Click on ok button. Please be adviced that even if the p...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 23 m2tec h 6.2. Configuring a pc with windows vista, windows 7 or windows 8 a pc with windows vista or windows 7 can use hiface dac in four different ways: direct sound (ds)*, kernel streamin...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 24 m2tec h 6.2.2. Configuring for kernel streaming with windows vista, windows 7 or windows 8 as for windows xp, kernel streaming has no standard setting in windows vista and windows 7. Ks mu...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 25 m2tec h 7. Configuring the player for kernel streaming: two examples 7.1. Foobar to use foobar in ks mode it is necessary to download the dll for kernel streaming from the foobar2000 websi...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 26 m2tec h 7.2. Winamp and mediamonkey these two players are actually the same player with different skins, so they can share the same plug-ins. A freeware plug-in for kernel streaming by ste...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 27 m2tec h figure 21.

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 28 m2tec h 8. Configuring the player for wasapi: two examples 8.1. Foobar to use foobar with wasapi under windows 7 or windows 8 it is necessary to download the dll for wasapi from the foobar...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 29 m2tec h 8.2. Jriver from jriver option menu, configure the output mode to use wasapi event style, the configure the output mode settings as in figure 23. Please refer to the jriver technic...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 30 m2tec h figure 24.

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 31 m2tec h 10. Interface special features 10.1. Precision oscillators hiface dac uses two high precision, low phase noise oscillators as time base for data transfer to the dac. This way, jitt...

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    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 32 m2tec h purposely made for that and available on the computer market. Please use a 5v power supply with 500ma current capability..

  • Page 33: 11. Technical Specifications

    Hiface dac 384 k h z /32bit digital-to-analog converter revision 1.1 – may 2013 copyright © 2013, m2tech srl 33 m2tec h 11. Technical specifications sampling frequencies: ...................... 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192, 352.8, 384khz resolution: ........................................ 16 to 3...