[G4] Sound Output Choppy/Fails During Outbound Network Activity?

[Eric Volker]

Just to chime in, I've noticed the same problem with my Philips receiver 
that has a USB port. When moving from one song to the next, output will 
become very distorted when the new song is begun. Switching from the 
UAC5535B to internal audio and then back again will relieve the problem 
temporarily. Of course, my receiver is only listed with Windows 
compatability, so I can't moan about it. Are the Powerwave and 
SoundSticks supposed to be Mac-compatible? Has anyone here experienced 
this problem with hardware designed for the Macintosh?

Eric

Steve Goldstein wrote:

> Sort'a.  I play my sound from my Quicksilver through the PowerWave 
> amplifier which connects via USB.  I notice that often when I play 
> music CD's or video DVD's, the sound gets distorted and tinny.  I have 
> to open up the "Sound" Preference Pane, switch to Internal 
> Speakers/Built-In Audio, and then back again, and it is OK for a 
> little while longer.  I wondered if that had anything to do with 
> overloading the USB bus.  BTW, this has happened through many versions 
> of OS X, though I am up to date with 10.3.3 now.
>
> --Steve
>
> At 12:23 PM -0700 4/8/04, Jim Pacyga wrote:
>
>> Anyone have the problem on OSX 10.x where if you have a USB sound 
>> device (like SoundSticks) that the sound is intermittent or fails 
>> completely if you have an outbound transfer of data over the network 
>> (i.e., Airport/Ethernet)?
>>
>> I see in the Console that there is a watchdog now for the USB Audio 
>> Driver, but it sure is annoying...I submitted it as a bug in 10.3.3 
>> but was curious to see if anyone else gets it too?
>