Hi. No, it is a USB cable to the playing card size 5.1 sound box. USB on that end, three cables out that go to the subwoofer, which I am assuming has the amp, from there five sets of cables out to the 5 speakers. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 12:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Need a bit of USB sound education OK, but realize, that might not even fix the issue. I'm not saying the USB port on the mac you're using is defected, although it could! be that. God forbid! What I'm saying is on the other end. Didn't you say you had a little sound device that plugged into your mac via USB? Then, your speaker system was plugged into that box? You're not plugging the speakers directly into your mac, are you? Let's get this clear before we go any further. If you go into system preferences, then sound, and then vo+Space on the output tab, then go over to the table of devices, be careful here. Don't interact with this table, and don't arrow around it either. Just move over to the table, then tell me what it says is selected in that table. I promise you, most likely 95% chance, it's not gonna say internal audio. It's probably going to be set to whatever the name of that audio device is you're using. What I'm saying is, you have a USB cord, right? That cord is running from your mac. One end is plugged into a USB port on your mac. Right? Now trace that cord. The other end of it. Where's it going? It's going to that little audio box that your speakers are plugged into. Right? OK. What I'm saying is, not the cord itself, but the USB port on that audio device box... on the opisit end from the mac. I'm saying, that port there internally in that audio device box might be somehow defected. If it were your speakers that were the issue, then they'd be going out, but your USB wouldn't keep randomly disconnecting. Your speakers seem, from what you're telling us, are getting power just fine. The problem seems to be lying within that USB connection between your mac, and the device which is hosting your speakers. I don't know how to explain this any easier. Perhaps if you still don't understand, someone else on list can chime in and better rephrase what I'm trying to explain to you. Nothing personal against you or anything. I just don't know how to simplify this any more than I already have. Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Holton <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 12:18 PM Subject: Re: Need a bit of USB sound education That is my plan for the afternoon, to connect it to a different computer
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 20, 2016, at 12:13 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: You're not following though. I'm not saying the problem is in the USB cable. I agree with you there. It's not the USB cord. What I'm saying is, I'm saying the USB port on the audio box you're using that the sub woofer is plugged to. What I'm saying is, that USB port itself might be having issues. If that were the case, then no matter how many cords you try using, the problem won't be fixed. I still wonder if the problem might be within the actual electronics of the USB port itself on that audio device that your speaker system is hooked up to. The cords, most likely have nothing at all to do with it. Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Holton <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 12:07 PM Subject: Re: Need a bit of USB sound education I have tried it with three different USB cables, on three different USB ports on the many. I get the same problem everywhere. The reason I know it's a USB disconnecting, I am running fusion and when it goes out and comes back Fusion asks me where I want to connect the USB device. By the way, yes, I also get this problem when I'm running El Capitan without Bm Sent from my iPhone On Jan 20, 2016, at 9:18 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: but your mac isn't what's producing the sound in this case. The question isn't does your mac have optical, at which, the answer is no, by the way. The question is, does your USB interface have optical out? I do agree that would give you a better sound. Either that, or SPDIF, sometimes pronounced spiddif. I still however tend to think this is a bigger issue than your speaker setup. It sounds more like there is something going on within the USB connection from your mac to the USB interface. I don't think your speakers are the problem here, honestly, based on what you're telling us. Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Holton <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 8:02 AM Subject: Re: Need a bit of USB sound education I was told my mac mini didn't have an optical out. Is it the same jack that you would normally take audio out of? Sent from my iPhone On Jan 19, 2016, at 11:43 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: If you are trying to get 5.1 out of your Mac, does your amp have an optical input? If so, it might be easier to skip all the USB stuff and just run optical from the mini to your surround-sound amp. CB On 1/18/16 9:57 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. My wife says they are green, orange—red?—and black. The USB cable goes into the box, those three cables go to my 5.1 system subwoofer, the subwoofer has the amp, I am guessing, and there are five audio cable jacks in it that lead to the left, right, satellite, and center channels. The speakers also have a large cable with a volume know, a headphone jack, and dial for bass/treble, and another that does increased separation. Does that help? The USB audio keeps dropping out, then coming back. I thought maybe it was an OS issue, but I am running VM, and after a config change it started asking me where I want the device connected, Mac or Windows, so I am guessing it is actually disconnecting and reconnecting. Tried three different USB cables;, didn’t help. From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 6:50 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Need a bit of USB sound education OK, do you know what color those cables are? That would tell me a fair amount. Are they blue green and black? If so, I might have a possible solution. If two of them are red and white, then I'll have to think about it, as that wouldn't exactly tell me much. red and white is generally your standard RCA, then of course yellow would be for video, so I highly doubt that is what you're working with. The green, blue, and black would be digital and probably would be like a composit cable. That's why I'm kind a wonderring. We need just a slight bit more info. Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Holton <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 5:15 PM Subject: Need a bit of USB sound education Hi. I am currently running a USB sound adapter to a set of 5.1 speakers on my Mac Mini, connected by three color-coded cables to the subwoofer, which in turn connects to the five speakers. The device is acting up, it keeps failing and restarting. Tried different cable, same issues. I want to replace the device, but not sure what I am looking for. All the ones I see on Amazon show audio out. What do I need to look for in one that will connect via the three color coded cables? Hoping to get off fairly inexpensively, so if anyone can recommend one…much thanks. Bill -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. 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