Digital audio out
Is it possible to get digital audio out of a new M1 Mac mini through a USB-C port or by any other method? I'd like to hook the mini up to a 5.1 surround sound system. Cheers.
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Is it possible to get digital audio out of a new M1 Mac mini through a USB-C port or by any other method? I'd like to hook the mini up to a 5.1 surround sound system. Cheers.
Tesserax wrote:
Per Apple's specs, the M1 Mac mini only supports multi-channel digital audio output via its HDMI 2.0 port.
Ref: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP823?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Not exactly. The way I read it is that HDMI supports multichannel,
as it always had. 2018 spec is identical in that regard but pretty
much known that mast any DAC or USB audio interface works just fine.
Any other USB device that follows the USB Audio Device spec
should work fine and will likely be more app dependent (as usual).
Per Apple's specs, the M1 Mac mini only supports multi-channel digital audio output via its HDMI 2.0 port.
Ref: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP823?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
woodmeister50 wrote:
... 2018 spec is identical in that regard but pretty
much known that mast any DAC or USB audio interface works just fine.
Any other USB device that follows the USB Audio Device spec
should work fine and will likely be more app dependent (as usual).
You are absolutely correct. Didn't have my coffee this morning when I replied to the OP. Thanks for jumping in.
I know what that's like! I am pretty much non-functional
before the third mug.
Digital audio out