To ensure that the DacMagic 100 is receiving Hi-Res audio, you may need to adjust some of the sound settings on your Mac.
Note: The following was carried out on a Mac using macOS High Sierra. These instructions should be suitable for other compatible macOS versions.
How-to guide
1. With the DacMagic 100 connected to your Mac, open the ‘System Preferences’, and navigate to ‘Sound’
2. In the ‘Sound’ interface, select the DacMagic 100 as the selected sound output device
3. Open ‘Finder’ and navigate to ‘Applications. Then open the folder named ‘Utilities’
4. Within the utilities folder, open ‘Audio MIDI setup
5. Select the DacMagic 100, and you will be given the option to modify the output sample rate
If your DacMagic 100 is operating in USB Audio Class 1.0 mode, set the output sample rate to 96,000Hz.
If your DacMagic 100 is operating in USB Audio Class 2.0 mode, set the output sample rate to 192,000Hz.