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How do I connect my Bricasti M21 DAC to my MAC Computer using the Network (Ethernet)

How do I connect my Bricasti M21 DAC to my MAC Computer using its Ethernet connection?   I want to run QoBuz on my MAC Computer and send the QoBuz output to the Bricasti M21 DAC using the Ethernet connection.  I will set the M21 using the IN5 LAN and Network setting.   This means the M21 connects to my network.  

Can I use the Qobuz interface and/or do I need some other software running on my MAC for this to happen?  This is a temporary setup so a large expense for any needed software is not required.  

If I need a software package on my MAC, what software package do you recommend?      

Your advice is requested.  Thanks.  
hgeifman
hgeifman OP
2,350 posts
 
Thanks for your help but I give up.  I spent the entire Wednesday working on this and was NOT able to get my Bricasti M21 DAC to connect to my Internet.   Next, I LOST ALL Internet connectivity AFTER I reset my router (as was suggested by someone, AND a huge mistake).  My ISP helped me get that fixed.   Next, my iPad would NOT connect to the Internet. I finally fixed that and then discovered my Aurender N10 would not connect to the Internet.  I powered down my N10 (unplug from the wall) and it connected perfectly when it restarted (Thank goodness).   Of course, my furnace/AC thermostat LOST its Internet connection so I had to restore that. 

I wanted to connect my Bricasti DAC to Audirvana as an experiment to see how it sounds using an Ethernet connection.   I talked to several people (Thanks for your advice) on Audiogon (and many others) and followed their suggestions.  Nothing worked!!! 

Based on my understanding, my Aurender N10 connects PERFECTLY to the Internet BUT when I move the EXACT same Ethernet cable to my Bricasti M21 DAC, my network refuses to recognize it.  My best guess is the IP Address thinks the device is the N10 but it is actually the M21 DAC.   To be honest, I really do not know or understand.  One suggestion was reboot my Luxul XWR3100 router and modem before I connected the Bricasti.  This also did not work.   

My home network is very simple and not complicated.  I have 2 MAC computers (wired), one iPad (wi-fi) , 2 iPhones (wi-fi), an Aurender N10 (wired) and a furnace/AC thermostat (wi-fi) that connects to a LUXUL switch box to my LUXUL XWR3100 router to my Arris modem.

I am not willing to spend any more time on this.   I do not understand why this is happening.  It absolutely should work.    

Thanks again for all your help.

HOWEVER, if someone has a simple solution that does NOT impact my Internet connectivity, I might be willing to give it one more try. 


hgeifman OP
2,350 posts
 
Bricasti is a world class Company.

The Bricasti National Sales Manager CALLED me this morning and REPORTS Bricasti has seen this connectivity issue before. The SSD card in the unit is corrupted and they are sending me a new SSD card ASAP. Amazing.

IN ADDITION, one of the Bricasti retailers I was working with sent some info regarding my issues to Bricasti. They already knew and were working with the National Sales Manager on a solution. This is truly Outstanding customer service. This Bricasti retailer on the East Coast saw my post on Audiogon and was trying to help solve the issue.

Thanks to Bricasti and Steve from Sounds of Silence for all their help.
rsf507
2,433 posts
 
OP you are in good hands, Bricasti is a first rate company and Sounds Of Silence has also helped me in the past.
Keep us posted once all is resolved.
hgeifman OP
2,350 posts
 

I installed the new SSD Card received from Bricasti and Audirvana still did NOT recognize my Bricasti M21 DAC.

Bricasti and I checked the lights (opened the case) on my Bricasti DAC and the lights on the internal LAN Card are flashing okay (meaning it is connecting okay). I installed MConnect on my iPad and it recognized the M21 DAC in 2 seconds. MConnect connected PERFECTLY to my M21 DAC AND plays perfectly thru my Bricasti M21 DAC. This shows the M21 is connected to my network. The iPad sends a Wi-Fi signal to my LUXUL router and the router is sending the signal to my DAC using the same Ethernet connection used for the Bricasti DAC

Is it possible the Audiovana trail version does not support the Bricasti DAC? OR, is there an issue with Audirvana not working with my Bricasti DAC?

I deleted Audirvana and reinstalled it. This also did not work.

In summary, I installed Audirvarana on my MAC Computer and set my Bricasti M21 DAC to IN5 meaning LAN connection. My MAC Computer and the Bricasti M21 DAC are BOTH wired to my LUXUL 3100 router and I have connectivity. I am UNABLE to get Audirvarana to recognize my Bricasti M21 DAC.

Am I missing a setting somewhere on the MAC? Is this an Audirvana issue, setting or something else? This Ethernet connection was previously used for an Apple MAC Book Pro and it connected perfectly to my network.

Does anyone have any suggestions? What else could be wrong with my configuration that is preventing Audirvana from connecting to my DAC? Thanks.

Okay, I agree it might be some stupid error I am making. What am I missing? Thanks.



indranilsen
113 posts
 
@hgeifman- You have to ensure that Bricasti M21 is accessible from your MAC computer, else no software installed on that MAC will be able to connect to it. One way to do that would be to ping M21 from your MAC computer after getting the IP address of M21 from your Router's admin page. You would need to open a Terminal (found under Applications->Utilities folder) window on your MAC and issue the command ping IP Address. If you see a response like

64 bytes from 192.168.X.X: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.533 ms (where 192.168.X.X is the IP address) on the Terminal then M21 is visible to your MAC and the problem is most likely with Audirvana...

Alternatively you can install Roon or JRiver software on your MAC and verify whether they are able to connect to M21.

W/o the confirmation that M21 is accessible from your MAC it would be difficult to isolate and troubleshoot the real issue.

Thanks.


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