Get highest quality digital audio up to 192khz24bit spdif audio format available from your pc or mac very low jitter oscillators and proprietary drivers compact size 2x2. Not sure if this link has been posted here already, or if nvidia will take this package down, but here it is. M2tech supplies proprietary drivers for the device since it does not support the usual plug and play usb audio device protocol. How to archive restore email from outlook 2011 for mac forget computers help center. To avoid blue screens, user should disable the exclusive access to the m2tech device in use. Another delay for mavericks surf contest forecast just wasnt good enough for big wave tours newest event near half moon bay. Jul 24, 2012 the hiface delivered acceptable usb sonics when most manufacturers were still struggling with basic usb interface methodology, and established m2tech as a serious player in the evolving computeraudio universe. A driver is still necessary for windows computers, which enables for ds, ks, wasapi and asio mode. M2tech hiface two hiend sspdif output interface with rca. Then i started surfing the forums looking for more great gear. Dec, 2015 windows 10 and hiface evo 1 posted in computer audio. Power is drawn from the 5 volt rail of the usb supply so there is no need for a separate power supply. I use my mac mini as a music server and htpc and the hiface is unusable for videos netflix, hulu, youtube, etc.
May 17, 2014 question for m2tech hiface evo owner posted in jplay. Hello all guys over on the netkas forums have reverse engineered the nvidia web driver updater and acquired the package to 10. Dec 24, 2010 cant get the m2tech hiface drivers to download every time i go to the hiface website and attempt to download the drivers to my mac the only thing that downloads is the installer package itself, not the actual drivers. Question for m2tech hiface evo owner jplay jplay hi. Aurorasound tuned hiface dacpro with a little help from my. Pc lossless files foobar2k wasapi event m2tech hiface 2 rega dac woo. I have another computer with m2tech hiface 2, and i dont have this problem. I would go with the latterif previous unit got fried, good chance the driver didnt make it either. This driver is available in mainline linux since v3. The driver for hiface, hiface evo, young and vaughan is not currently compatible with the new operating system mavericks osx 10. Thats the long way of saying that your computer will pass a. A new path for me is m2techs young dac, with its optional external battery power supply, the palmer power station. I use it with evo clock and battery, and sound is really good.
In 2016, the contest was renamed titans of mavericks. Even if getting digital music out of a pc or a mac is nowadays quite simple, much. Either the mac already has the driver installed, or it lost the driver during the thunderstorm. Roon sees the m2tech, lets me name it, configure it as a new zone, but will only play successfully.
The thumb drive usb dac has become a market with a lot of entrees but one of the first was the m2tech hiface dac. M2tech reserves the right to change or modify the information any time, without prior advice. Listening, round one after selecting the m2tech hiface dac in both the macbook pros system preferences sound panel and audio midi window, i chose, as my preferred player, amarra 2. I have something strange when using xtream mode in jplay. M2tech evo set part one hiface evo interface and evo dac. All m2tech products are designed, engineered and manufactured in italy. Configure your linux box to load hiface module every time you boot your pc. Well guys, since some of you wanted to use the hiface 1 on raspyfi, heres how to get it working.
Getting your m2tech hiface 1 working in maver icks 10. The hiface 2 is also an amazing device that allowed me to enjoy my macbook air as an audio source. Ive listened to dacs with internal power supplies, wall warts, and expensive, costnoobject external ac supplies. The hiface 2 and hiface evo are two of many recently developed audio interfaces that convert an usb input signal to spdif output sampling the incoming signal at rates from 44. M2tech core business is the design, manufacturing and marketing of innovative products for home entertainment. M2 tech hiface two hiend sspdif output interface with rca. I thought it would be interesting to see what difference running a dc battery might make. The hiface delivered acceptable usb sonics when most manufacturers were still struggling with basic usb interface methodology, and established m2tech as a serious player in the evolving computeraudio universe.
M2tech usa ships only within the usa if a local retailer cannot be found. I have also listed all the invitees competitors for jeff clarks 202014 mavericks surfing contest at pillar point, princeton by the sea, half moon bay, ca. I was very pleased to see that the hiface two will work with linux and mac systems without a driver. A little orange usb stick that featured a dac capable of converting pcm files all the way up to 32384khz. May 17, 20 for windows computers, a driver is still necessary to enable ds, ks, wasapi and asio mode. I have to wait 26 seconds each time i move to another track. I hope audeze fix all the wood cracks and driver failures by now. Customers owning the products above are adviced that no driver is presently available for their product. We are working on a solution but for now, it is recommended not to update to 10. Mar 17, 2015 the thumb drive usb dac has become a market with a lot of entrees but one of the first was the m2tech hiface dac. View and download m2tech hiface evo two user manual online.
Hiface evo two media converter pdf manual download. Question for m2tech hiface evo owner posted in jplay. The hiface two is based on the well known xmos solution for usb to spdif conversion. Review m2tech hiface evo usb to spdif output interface.
Does anyone know of alternate drivers that work with the hiface on a mac. Amarula solutions ready mavericks driver for m2tech hiface mk1 compared to the octave we improved the max sampling rate to khz. Getting your m2tech hiface 1 working in mavericks 10. The m2tech hiface uses a proprietary driver to interact directly with a player in kernel streaming mode at a low level of cpu loading. Jan 04, 2011 its all truethe driver is a piece of crap in every way. To date, the very best musical results that ive had from pc based audio have been via an old hp laptop, running xp, foobar and asio to a hiface usb converter. Highest quality digital audio up to 192khz24bit spdif audio format available from your pc, mac or linux computer. This time we have a look at their hiface evo dd converter and certain addons that improve its sound.
M2tech will not sell in areas where an authorized m2tech delaer is present, please contact sourcesystems for details. May 06, 20 a new path for me is m2tech s young dac, with its optional external battery power supply, the palmer power station. Compact size, ease of use and very high performance. But we have to wait for their reply first and let you know when answers are coming back. This ensures low cpu utilization even at high bit depth and sampling rates and allows for a highly optimized driver. Very low jitter oscillators, asynchronous transfer on usb. Jan 19, 2014 highest quality digital audio up to 192khz24bit spdif audio format available from your pc, mac or linux computer. Aurorasound tuned hiface dacpro with a little help from. It does so without any other drivers and allows for audio data to reach the peripheral easily and without any undesired changes to the data stream. M2tech hiface 24bit192khz usb digital audio interface a. M2tech recently released a higher end version of the hiface usb spdif converter called the hiface evo. Not willing to wait any longer for m2techs v1 hiface driver for os x mavericks, metrum acoustics announce second generation usb module. Amarula solutions ready mavericks driver for m2tech hiface mk1 by john h. The m2tech hiface two usb to coax converter its all in the.
Cant get the m2tech hiface drivers to download audiogon. I can get foobar to work with asio4all, but that has a peculiar effect on the. In short, both the hiface 2 and hiface evo surprised, with the hiface evo allowing my macbook air to better an esoteric sa50 cd transport. The sound quality with the hiface is a significant improvement over the. So you have to tell linux to load hiface module every time you start your pc. M2tech hiface mac drivers does anyone know of alternate drivers that work with the hiface on a mac. For some time now you could turn to m2tech or their local representative for a hiface async usb to spdif interface. Question for m2tech hiface evo owner jplay jplay hiend.
Drivers app notes and white papers notes and advices frequently asked questions discontinued products. M2tech were caught off guard last year when the apple update to os 10. Another delay for mavericks surf contest the mercury news. A very high electric and mechanical performance rca gold connector provides an output signal, ready to be connected to a hiend system. Hi, i just bought an m2tech hiface evo and connect to my computer today. Jul 30, 20 listening, round one after selecting the m2tech hiface dac in both the macbook pros system preferences sound panel and audio midi window, i chose, as my preferred player, amarra 2. Mk1 boxed m2tech hiface evo usb to spdif converter plus the. Phono stage preamps, digital to analog converters, power amps and ad conversion.
Dynamics were impressively huge, the soundstage exceedingly wide, and. M2tech hiface features a very compact size and can be directly or using an accessory usb aa adapter, not supplied with hiface connected to a high speed usb 2. Air conditioning services florida rega dac m2tech hiface two. Trying to use server as another zone, family room, server has m2tech hiface 2 usb to spdif to a home theater receiver via digital coax. Its up to the customer to ensure that the manual being consulted is the latest version. The m2tech hiface two usb to coax converter its all in. The trouble now is that the current hiface xp driver, for both the hiface and hiface evo, does not seem to support plain asio, which is odd. View and download m2tech hiface dac user manual online. Compact size and ease of use m2tech hiface can be directly or using an accessory usb aa adapter, not supplied with hiface connected to a high speed usb 2. However, we know that the device m2tech oem it is programmed now has many functions and therefore chosen by us. Taking into account the technological contents and changes in music playback mode, the mission of m2tech is to offer, in the form of equipment and software packages for domestic entertainment, a pleasant and easy access to audio contents with regards to new methodologies, and to guarantee a high quality of the exploitation experience. Mavericks surfing contest winners list vaughns summaries.
You can get there at a fraction of the price with a laptop or desktop, a decent 24192 capable dac, perhaps an external hard drive and m2techs hiface. The drivers for hiface evo are available on the m2tech website, in the. Basically all you need to do is compiling its drivers, and execute it on boot. M2tech usa will only ship within the usa where a local retailer is not present within the buyers state andor surrounding states. The hiface is primarily designed to use kernel streaming under windows, regardless of version. How to make a bootable mavericks install drive macworld. Our customer care is only a phone call away, all driving annuity. For windows computers, a driver is still necessary to enable ds, ks, wasapi and asio mode. It done pretty well but japanese outfit aurorasound whose heada we.
For several years the italian company m2tech has been offering their own solutions dedicated to both usbspdif conversion the popular hiface and its decoding into the analog domain. The usb stream enters through a transceiver chip usb3318 clocked at mhz, while two different crystal oscillators are used for the clock circuit, one at 24. This outoftree driver is just to keep an history of the development and for poeple using kernels older than 3. If you plug in the m2tech hiface after the box completely boots up, it panics as soon as an application opens the device. Mk1 boxed m2tech hiface evo usb to spdif converter plus. I can get foobar to work with asio4all, but that has a peculiar effect on the sound which i can. I have sent a kernel stack trace several times to m2tech hiface to. And apart from downloading, and installing the appropriate drivers if you are running windows, the hiface is ready to play music. The m2tech hiface evo revealed the potential of the macbook air running amarra as highend source component. Jan 01, 20 im planning on upgrading to windows 8 and want to know if there are any complications or driver issues using the m2tech hiface 1 under that os i cant seem to find any. Prices include shipping registered mail for hiface and hiface two, ups courier for all other products.
M2tech hiface mac drivers audiogon discussion forum. I have sent a kernel stack trace several times to m2tech hiface to have them debug and fix the issue nothing. Then came m2tech with a small, budget, practical usb pendrive. No longer is this a dongle hanging from the side of the computer, the evo is compact stand alone component positively bristling with connectors, one will be hard pressed to find a digital input the evo cant connect to.
Compact size and ease of use m2tech hiface features a very compact size and can be directly or using an accessory usb aa adapter, not supplied with hiface connected to a high speed usb 2. Word clock, usbspdif adapters and ultralow noise power supplies. High quality mavericks surfing videos and clips to enjoy on your phone or tv. For just 115 base model plus some software your computer can become a highend music server offering up to 24 bit 192 khz play out. M2tech usa sales referrals only, advanced highresolution pc audio systems and streaming devices.
Metrum acoustics drop m2tech oem, announce new usb module. The m2tech hiface dac is compact in size and can be directly or using an accessory usb aa adapter, not supplied with hiface connected to a high speed usb 2. Maybe anyone need this to install the hiface1 driver 1. Amarula solutions ready mavericks driver for m2tech hiface mk1. Its all truethe driver is a piece of crap in every way. M2tech hiface two 192khz24bit digital audio interface user manual rev. Windows users must install the driver prior to connecting the hiface to the pc please refer to section 5. With few clicks to install the drivers and make the setup for the right app, it was possible to extract from the usb port of any desktop pc, notebook and net book, a digital signal at the sampling frequencies of 44. Amarula solutions ready mavericks driver for m2tech hiface.
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