macbook air 2012 + thunderbolt display.
after about 3 or 4 minutes of audio coming out of the display, the sound turns to static and then pure static.
streaming spotify, pandora, itunes, even happens during video chatting.
audio on MBA 2012 is fine without connecting it to the thunderbolt.
please help.
I have just discovered the source of my distorted audio issue. It is being created by my Drobo which is interfaced through iSCSI. I can replicate the issue every time when moving files to it. Granted the files are moving from my Pegasus array, so I guess there may still be some questions.
I have been in contact with Apple support, Promise support, and Drobo support. Hopefully a fix will be supplied from someone.
Update:
It wasn't the Drobo.
I no longer run a drobo and still encounter the issue. The problem seems to occur whenever there is high I/O through Thunderbolt. I have 3 Promise RAIDs and one Lacie 8Big all on one TB bus, with the TBD on the second bus and the problem still occurs. Itrealyt just points to a USB buffer issue. The same issue that Anandtech hypothesized in their review of the TBD in 2011.
macbook air 2012 + thunderbolt = audio problems after 3 minutes. turns to static.
