Using the USB DAC function
Installing the driver
When using Mac OS X
The driver works with the following versions (as of February 2016).
OS X Lion (10.7)
OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
OS X Mavericks (10.9)
OS X Yosemite (10.10)
OS X El Capitan (10.11)
o This unit will work with the standard operating system driver, so
there is no need to install a special driver.
When using Windows
The driver works with the following versions (as of February 2016).
Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit)
Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Windows 8 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Windows 8.1 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Windows 10 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Operation with other operating systems cannot be assured.
Installing the driver on a computer
Before you can use this unit to play files on a computer, you must first
download the dedicated driver from the following ESOTERIC down-
load page and install it on your computer.
Driver software download page
http://www.esoteric.jp/products/esoteric/usb/usb_driver_e.html
Install the dedicated driver software after downloading it from
the above page.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
You must install the dedicated driver software before connecting this
unit with a computer using a USB cable.
If you connect the unit to the computer by USB before installing the
driver, it will not function properly.
For details about driver installation, see the instructions on the
ESOTERIC download page.
Depending on the composition of the computer hardware and
software, operation might not be possible even with the above oper-
ating systems.
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Note about transmission modes
This unit connects using asynchronous HIGH SPEED mode.
The sampling frequencies that can be transmitted are 44.1 kHz,
48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz, 352.8 kHz and 384 kHz.
2.8MHz, 5.6MHz and 11.2MHz DSD are also supported.
o 11.2MHz DSD is only supported with DSD Native playback. It is not
supported with DoP (DSD Audio over PCM Frames) playback.
When connected correctly, you will be able to select "ESOTERIC USB
AUDIO DEVICE" as the audio output for the operating system.
In asynchronous mode, the audio data transmitted from the com-
puter will be processed using this unit's clock, enabling it to reduce
jitter caused during data transmission.