Lol you were just about to go out an buy an inferior USB version just because palm questioned you.

Come on Juan, at least read your own posts:

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dit: You're def right I would need a USB to Aes XLR cable

Oh, and it's also a converter, not a "cable"

can't wait till you get started with room treatment

Yeah we'll see.

juan do you have a soundcloud acct?

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Originally posted by meriter juan do you have a soundcloud acct?

Yea sure do.

I plug my Dynaudios into my RME with wires.

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Originally posted by Robotrance i was under the impression that consumer optical (like whats probably on a macbook?) was 24bit 48kHz max in stereo? the clocking of USB is a good point though, for any device not just AES. but the HILO seems to have all the interfaces ever needed? I really dont see the problem just keeping the HILO. its perfect. you have the USB or optical from computer and you have AES XLR or analog XLR to the monitors. whats the problem, Juan?

Um i don't need it anymore?

You can't connect the PMC's thru ethernet on the mac. So my solution means i don't need the hilo anymore.

And I don't have a laptop jesus christ.

Well here's where it get's tricky.

in the Mac OSX it does give various differnt bit and sample rates that be used for a digital outputs.

However, technically the consumer SPDIF standard is meant to be a max of 16b 48k. But Toslink (the cable protocol used) can technically handle up to 32b 192k but it's really the hadrware and the specific data protocol used at either end which is the defining element.

There is quite literally no documentation as to what the mac pro onbaord chipset is capable of putting out.

Juan, if you're lucky, it will do full AES 3 protocol (which as I said in the previous post is actually what SPDIF is based on) which means that the signal will stay fully digital from the computer, through to that converter box (which apparently does not alter the data stream at all) then to the AES input on your monitors (the ideal connection).

There's no way you'll know until you try it, and see if your mac pro/OSX/Logic will properly output full bit depth and sample rate via the optical connection.

Is there a specific way of testing it out to find out if it does do it all?

Oh you want my advice now? How do i know you're not going to close the thread?

I tell you what, send me your Hilo as a show of good faith and I *may* consider it.

Just on this particular subject. Cmon homie just lay it out.

Everything's plunged in and we're rollin!

Now, who needs a lynx hilo?