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

[Jim Pacyga]

HK Soundsticks are Mac only devices.

On 9 Apr 2004, at 18:00, Eric Volker wrote:

> 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?
>>
>
>
>
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