Compact size and ease of use m2tech hiface features a very compact size and can be directly or using an accessory usb aa adapter, not supplied with hiface connected to a high speed usb 2. Mk1 boxed m2tech hiface evo usb to spdif converter plus the. Word clock, usbspdif adapters and ultralow noise power supplies. M2tech hiface usbspdif converter hfa the independent. Jan 31, 2020 the m2tech hiface operates asynchronously with two high precision m2tech evo covering the multiples of these clocks have a claimed precision of 2. M2tech from italy is very well known for their hiface usb to audio converter series, while they are making some insanely good dac and headphone amplifier, it is not as famous as their hiface line, i have tried their dac and headphone amplifier, honestly they are really good, sounded meaty and dynamic, especially the young dsd and marley headphone. M2tech has all the source code so its possible to support the users. Dec, 2015 windows 10 and hiface evo 1 posted in computer audio. Amarula solutions ready mavericks driver for m2tech hiface. But the biggest thing is that it sounds a lot better. You currently have a m2tech hiface that has been modified to run on an external power supply, and it is not an evo. Audiogon the worlds largest highend audio community. Trying to use server as another zone, family room, server has m2tech hiface 2 usb to spdif to a home theater receiver via digital coax.
Please note that a driver is required for linux also. Currently have driver folder downloaded from m2tech website. Very low jitter oscillators, asynchronous transfer on usb. The hiface 2 and hiface evo are two of many recently developed audio interfaces that convert an usb input signal to spdif output sampling the incoming signal at rates from 44. Power is drawn from the 5 volt rail of the usb supply so there is no need for a separate power supply. The drivers for hiface evo are available on the m2tech website, in the download page.
The evo is an evolution of the original hiface usbstick type interface. Mar 26, 2010 the m2tech hiface is a miniature usb to spdif converter. For some time now you could turn to m2tech or their local representative for a hiface async usb to spdif interface. For several years the italian company m2tech has been offering their own solutions dedicated to both usbspdif conversion the popular hiface and its decoding into the analog domain. I did get the driver working needed to edit nf and force the usb to take index 0 instead of the built in audio. The use of a high performance transmitter allows the output to have extremely low jitter and m2tech employs a pulse transformer to provide galvanic isolation from the computer. I installed the mac version of the driver on mac os lion. Windows 10 driver incompatibility with creators update hiface, hiface evo, young and vaughan customers owning the products above are adviced that the driver for windows causes blue screen after applying the creators update version 1703. M2tech hiface mac drivers does anyone know of alternate drivers that work with the hiface on a mac.
M2tech hiface evo two hiend spdif output interfacehiface evo two. M2 tech hiface two hiend sspdif output interface with rca. Not because usb is not high fidelity, but because i have a bryston bdp2 and bda3 combo, and they work very well together via aesebu, and that allows you to take advantage of brystons excellent optional synchronous upsampleing 44. The hiface is primarily designed to use kernel streaming under windows, regardless of version. M2tech usa sales referrals only, advanced highresolution pc audio systems and streaming devices. The evo dac represents a good upgrade for a system that features a digital source to be increased remarkably and an adequate digital output.
For just 115 base model plus some software your computer can become a highend music server offering up to 24 bit 192 khz play out. The original hiface offered an affordable and simple solution to converting usb to spdif audio. No drivers are necessary with either mac and linux computers, while a single standard driver is required for windows computers. It is sufficient to connect the hiface evo two to own mac with an usb cable not in stock to have it recognized by the mac, which will then include it in the audio devices list, as shown in fig.
M2tech hiface dac hiend usb 384khz32 bit dacstereo. Phono stage preamps, digital to analog converters, power amps and ad conversion. Cant get the m2tech hiface drivers to download audiogon. Jan 04, 2011 im looking for personal experiences from people using m2tech devices like the hiface or evo on mac os x. Nov 19, 2011 hi i use a eastern electric minimax plus dac with a mac mini.
This makes the unit compatible with any player application but kernel streaming is the way to go if you want maximum sound quality. The hiface operates asynchronously with two lowjitter quartz precision oscillators covering the multiples of 44. The above fix to load the module disappears after every reboot will find a way to make it stick. All m2tech products are designed, engineered and manufactured in italy. M2tech hiface mac drivers audiogon discussion forum. M2tech supplies proprietary drivers for the device since it does not support the usual plug and play usb audio device protocol. The necessary cookies do not collect personal data. The sound quality with the hiface is a significant improvement over the.
A very high electric and mechanical performance rca gold connector provides an output signal, ready to be connected to a hiend system. It is plug and play as soon as youve installed the drivers. Presently, windows xp, vista, windows 7 drivers are available, as well as mac drivers for 10. Since the original hiface does not support uac2, it needs a driver that is downloadable from the m2tech website. Mk1 boxed m2tech hiface evo usb to spdif converter plus. May 14, 2014 growing tired of waiting for a new driver to be written, metrum acoustics recently ditched m2tech as their usb oem provider of choice. Im thinking of getting one, but i really dont want to deal with these types of things. M2tech recently released a higher end version of the hiface usb spdif converter called the hiface evo. I was very pleased to see that the hiface two will work with linux and mac systems without a driver. The hiface two is a high valueformoney ratio digitaltodigital converter to turn your computer into the main audio source for every hifi system provided with a digital input. All engineering bv and m2tech srl form new company to leverage expertise in digital to analog conversion and to provide m2tech with a global distribution, sales and marketing platform metrum acoustics products on amazon and ebay. M2tech manunta hiface 2 usb to spdif converter output. M2tech hiface features a very compact size and can be directly or using an accessory usb aa adapter, not supplied with hiface connected to a high speed usb 2.
M2tech hiface evo usbspdif converter hfa the independent. Spdifddcdigital to digital converterhiface evo dac. Jan 28, 2016 im kind of done with usb audio for the time being in both my main systems. Highest quality digital audio up to 192khz24bit spdif audio format available from your pc, mac or linux computer. Im kind of done with usb audio for the time being in both my main systems. There you will find also some interesting documents, like the white paper on hiface and setup. In short, both the hiface 2 and hiface evo surprised, with the hiface evo allowing my macbook air to better an esoteric sa50 cd transport. Transfered, and unzipped files in new folder on desktop. Roon sees the m2tech, lets me name it, configure it as a new zone, but will only play successfully. M2tech hiface evo m2tech recently released a higher end version of the hiface usb spdif converter called the hiface evo. No longer is this a dongle hanging from the side of the computer, the evo is compact stand alone component positively bristling with connectors, one will be hard pressed to find a digital input the evo cant connect to. Internal very low jitter oscillators allow for playing 192khz24bits audio files that feature the best signal quality. New marley mkii headphones amplifier available end of june.
The complete set of outputs includes s pdif, aes ebu, toslink and i. Trimarchi, who is pals with m2techs leading engineer and designer marco manunta, had this to say. There are drivers for windows and mac and for both directsound and kernel streaming. A nice lcd display shows all the settings, together with the selected sample rate. The m2tech hiface two usb to coax converter its all in the. Oct 26, 2010 the evo is an evolution of the original hiface usbstick type interface. M2tech hiface evo two interface for listening to liquid music from pc and mac details it can be powered by the usb bus or by an external power supply such as evo supply two. This time we have a look at their hiface evo dd converter and certain addons that improve its sound. And apart from downloading, and installing the appropriate drivers if you are running windows, the hiface is ready to play music. It depends on the product and the operating system in your computer. Young dac driver with hiface m2tech digital sources, dacs.
Review m2tech hiface evo usb to spdif output interface. Evo dac two evo dac two plus evo phonodac two hiface dac hiface evo two hiface two joplin joplin mkii young dsd young mkiii. Does anyone know of alternate drivers that work with the hiface on a mac. I use my mac mini as a music server and htpc and the hiface is unusable for videos netflix, hulu, youtube, etc. The m2tech hiface two usb to coax converter its all in. A driver is still necessary for windows computers, which enables for ds, ks, wasapi and asio mode. Jkenny usbi2s battery powered based on hiface evo feeding a twisted pair audio buffalo ii great combo. Windows drivers are contained in zip files, mac drivers are contained in dmg files. Installing the driver on a windowsbased pc create a temporary folder in the hard disk of your computer you can even create it on the. M2tech hiface 24bit192khz usb digital audio interface a. M2tech evo set part one hiface evo interface and evo dac. Every time i go to the hiface website and attempt to download the drivers to my mac the only thing that downloads is the installer package itself, not t.