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MARANTZ GUIDE TO PC-AUDIO | NA-11S1 | 05.2013 | 1www.marantz.eu

Contents:

• Introduction

• Digital Connections

• Audio Formats and TAGs

• System requirements

• System Setup for PC and MAC

• Tips and Tricks

• High Resolution audio download

• Audio transmission modes

Introduction

As you know, in recent years the way to listen to music has

changed. There has been a progression from the use of physical

media to a more digital approach, allowing access to unlimited

digital entertainment content via the internet or from the library

stored on a computer. It can be iTunes, Windows Media Player or

streaming music or watching YouTube and many more. The com-

puter is a centre piece to all this entertainment.

The computer is just a simple player and in a standard setup the

performance is just average or even less.

But there is also a way to lift the experience to a complete new

level of enjoyment, making the computer a good player, by giving the

responsibility for the audio to an external component, for example a

“USB-DAC”. A DAC is a Digital to Analogue Converter and the USB

terminal is connected to the USB output of the computer.

Doing so we won’t be only able to enjoy the above mentioned

standard audio, but gain access to high resolution audio too,

exceeding the CD quality of 16-bit / 44.1kHz. It is possible to enjoy

studio master quality as 24-bit/192kHz recordings or even the

SACD format DSD with a bitstream at 2.8MHz and even 5.6MHz.

However to reach the above, some equipment is needed which

needs to be set up and adjusted. This document will guide you

through this journey to PC-Audio. It will provide you with the

information you need to get a good understanding for the topic.

As a reference product we will use the Marantz Reference Network

Audio Player NA-11S1 with USB-DAC.

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Page 1 - White paper

MARANTZ GUIDE TO PC-AUDIO | NA-11S1 | 05.2013 | 1www.marantz.euContents: • Introduction• Digital Connections• Audio Formats and TAGs• System requi

Page 2 - DIGITAL CONNECTIONS

MARANTZ GUIDE TO PC-AUDIO | NA-11S1 | 05.2013 | 10www.marantz.euSETUP FOR HIGH END AUDIO WITH AUDIRVANA ON MAC1. USB driver installation 2. Connect

Page 3 - AUDIO FORMATS AND TAGS

MARANTZ GUIDE TO PC-AUDIO | NA-11S1 | 05.2013 | 11www.marantz.euOn the Active Audio Device select DSD over PCM standard 1.0This will authorise DoP fun

Page 4 - SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

MARANTZ GUIDE TO PC-AUDIO | NA-11S1 | 05.2013 | 12www.marantz.euTIP AND TRICKS TO GET THE BEST FROM YOUR USB-DAC1. Select a good USB cable (sound wi

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MARANTZ GUIDE TO PC-AUDIO | NA-11S1 | 05.2013 | 13www.marantz.euAUDIO TRANSMISSION MODESLooking for bit perfect sound! – Audio transmission modes expl

Page 6 - SETUP FOR PC AND MAC

MARANTZ GUIDE TO PC-AUDIO | NA-11S1 | 05.2013 | 2www.marantz.euThe NA-11S1 has been designed to give you access to a wide range of music from a variet

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MARANTZ GUIDE TO PC-AUDIO | NA-11S1 | 05.2013 | 3www.marantz.euAUDIO FORMATS AND TAGSLet’s ﬁrst make a quick review of the most used audio format.For

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MARANTZ GUIDE TO PC-AUDIO | NA-11S1 | 05.2013 | 4www.marantz.euUSB-B CONNECTION IN DETAILHigh End audio DAC mode through USB-B port.First of all this

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MARANTZ GUIDE TO PC-AUDIO | NA-11S1 | 05.2013 | 5www.marantz.eudifferent than it was initially. In addition, there are various interfer-ence phenomena

Page 10 - AUDIRVANA ON MAC

MARANTZ GUIDE TO PC-AUDIO | NA-11S1 | 05.2013 | 6www.marantz.euAttention Wasapi is designed to work with Windows Vista and higher, but doesn’t work on

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MARANTZ GUIDE TO PC-AUDIO | NA-11S1 | 05.2013 | 7www.marantz.eu4. Setup jRiver Media Center Open your Media Player and select tools à and OptionThis w

Page 12 - YOUR USB-DAC

MARANTZ GUIDE TO PC-AUDIO | NA-11S1 | 05.2013 | 8www.marantz.euNow click on the line just under: Output setting mode. This will open a new windowIn

Page 13 - AUDIO TRANSMISSION MODES

MARANTZ GUIDE TO PC-AUDIO | NA-11S1 | 05.2013 | 9www.marantz.euFor DSD streaming (DoP Mode) one more setting is required. Please note this is only pos