CD player CD6 -> USB noise

[raidho]

Hi,

I have a CD6 ARC in test. with a USB cable entry level the ARC Dac have a lot of noise and after 20 sec. ca. stop to sound....

the same USB cable with a Moon 650dac work perfect!

(MacbookPro Retina-> driver as be for more time installet...... but nothing....The ARC CD6 -> MacPro Retina dont sound.....


is a problem from the player? I dont think...red book cd sound perfect. USB cable with other player is ok.....

what's happen?

thx

[mwjw]

ARC has a known problem with Apple right now. Talk to Kalvin Dahl at ARC.

[Orb]

This may be a bit of a long shot but could help if one loves the sound of their ARC; you may want to see if you can audition those USB 'bridge' cables such as from Halide Design/Audiophilleo/etc.
The cheapest may be the Halide Design but still several hundred dollars/pounds (but it is a complete solution meaning cables and bridge conversion)
S/PDIF Bridge | USB to SPDIF cable | USB DDC
Audiophilleo2 - low jitter USB SPDIF transport,converter

Note; You will need to check the specs though and your needs, as an example the Halide only does up to 96khz.

These would mean using USB on the Macbook to S/PDIF on the CD or DAC.
But long shot and worth checking it does what you need if nothing else is working for you.
Cheers and good luck
Orb