M2TECH YOUNG 384KHZ/32BIT User manual

M2TECH
YOUNG
384 K H Z /32BIT DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER
USER MANUAL
REV. 1.1 – 2/2012

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Warning!
Changes or modifications not authorized by the manufacturer can invalidate the
compliance to CE regulations and cause the unit to be no more suitable to use. The
manufacturer refuses every responsibility regarding damages to people or things
due to the use of a unit which has been subject to unauthorized modifications or to
misuse or to malfunction of a unit which has been subject to unauthorized
modifications.
This unit is compliant with the following CE regulations when an USB ca le less than 3m is used: CEI EN
55022:2009 Class B (Radiated Emissions), CEI EN 55024:1999, CEI EN 55024:A2/2003, CEI EN
55024:IS1/2008 (Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 50Hz Magnetic Field Immunity Test and
Electrostatic Discharges – ESD).
For a proper operation of this unit, all connections to other equipment in the system must be done
when all equipment are off. Failing to comply to this advice may lead to damage to the unit.
Recycling
The la el a ove, printed on the product case, indicates that the product, when no more usa le, can’t e
treated as generic gar age, ut must e disposed of at a collection point for recycling of electrical and
electronic equipment, in compliance with the WEEE regulation (Waste of Electrical and Electronic
Equipment).
By making sure that this unit is correctly recycled, you will help preventing potential damages to environment
and human health, which could e caused y a wrong treatment of this product as generic gar age.
Materials recycling helps saving natural resources. For more in-depth information a out recycling this
product, please contact M2Tech Snc di Manunta & Marino.
W RNING: the information contained in this manual are considered to be reliable and accurate.
M2Tech reserves the right to change or modify the information any time, without prior advice. It’s up
to the customer to ensure that the manual being consulted is the latest version.

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Dear customer,
thank you for purchasing YOUNG. What you have is a first-rate digital-to-analog converter
with many unique features conceived to o tain the est audio performance out of a music
file.
Even if getting music out of a PC or a Mac is nowadays quite simple, much harder is to
o tain the est sonic performance from it, due to intrinsic limits in USB 1.1 audio standard
and the implementation of digital audio interfaces in computers. Please visit M2Tech
we site (www.m2tech. iz) to find extensive literature a out this topic.
YOUNG overcomes all the limits of usual USB digital-to-analog converters y implementing
the latest generation hi F ace technology, which uses proprietary drivers and asynchronous
data transfer, along with a sophisticated electronic design.
YOUNG features a comprehensive set of input connections which suit virtually all digital
sources around.
We feel that your expectations will e fulfilled y YOUNG: you’ll hear your CD’s, DVD’s and
music files in a way like never efore, prepare for a whole new experience!
Nadia Marino, CEO
Please annotate here your YOUNG serial num er for future reference:
S/N: ____________________________________
Date of purchase: _________________________

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INDEX
1. Unpacking and placing the unit........................................................................................5
2. Front Panel ......................................................................................................................6
3. Back Panel.......................................................................................................................7
4. Connecting and powering the unit ...................................................................................8
5. Driver Installation .............................................................................................................9
5.1. O taining the driver ...................................................................................................9
5.2. Installing the driver on a Windows- ased PC............................................................9
5.2.1. Automatic (guided) installation...........................................................................9
5.2.2. Manual installation ............................................................................................11
5.3. Installing the driver on a Mac ..................................................................................12
5.4. Unistalling the driver................................................................................................14
5.4.1. Uninstalling the driver on a Windows- ased PC after installation with
setup32.exe or setup64.exe .......................................................................................14
5.4.2. Manually uninstalling the driver on a Windows- ased PC ................................14
5.4.3. Uninstalling the driver on a Mac........................................................................15
6. Configuring the computer to use the Young...................................................................16
6.1. Configuring a PC with Windows XP ........................................................................16
6.1.1. Configuring for Direct Sound with Windows XP................................................16
6.1.2. Configuring for Kernel Streaming with Windows XP .........................................17
6.1.3. Using Young in oth Kernel Streaming and Direct Sound mode. .....................17
5.2. Configuring a PC with Windows Vista or Windows 7...............................................18
6.2.1. Configuring for Direct Sound with Windows Vista or Windows 7 ......................18
6.2.2. Configuring for Kernel Streaming with Windows Vista or Windows 7 ...............19
6.2.3. Configuring for WASAPI with Windows Vista or Windows 7.............................19
6.3. Configuring a Mac ...................................................................................................19
7.1. FooBar ....................................................................................................................20
7.2. Winamp and MediaMonkey.....................................................................................20
8. Configuring the player for WASAPI: an example ...........................................................22
8.1. FooBar ....................................................................................................................22
9. Using a power supply different from the standard one...................................................23
10. Cleaning the unit..........................................................................................................23
11. Tips on using the USB input ........................................................................................23
12. Technical Specifications ..............................................................................................24

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1. Unpacking and placing the unit
Place the carton ox on a ta le and open it y removing or cutting the adhesive tape.
Extract the foam upper cover. You should find the following items:
• one Young DAC;
• one wall adapter;
• one A-B USB ca le;
• a sheet with indications a out how to o tain this manual and the drivers.
Should one or more items e missing, please contact your dealer or local distri utor.
Extract the Young from the foam container and place it on a sta le ase, far from heat
sources. Avoid the direct sunlight on the unit. Allow for enough room around the unit for
venting. The Young is a high efficiency design so little heat is produced during normal
operation; anyway, it’s etter allow for adequate venting. Avoid smoke, humidity, moisture
and water from reaching the unit.
Do not place the unit on thick carpets or inside a ox or piece of furniture, or in close
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2. Front Panel
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Figure 1
1) Standby button. Press this utton to put the unit into stand y. When in stand y, the
unit is silent and the display is off. Stand y ends when this utton or the input selection
utton is pressed.
2) Input selection button. Press this utton to change the selected input. Inputs are
selected sequentially y consecutively pressing this utton.
3) Display. Multifunction three digits led matrix display. When selecting the input, it shows
the selected input. During normal operation, it indicated the sampling frequency of the
music program eing decoded. A dash indicates the loss of lock.

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3. Back Panel
4
PUSH
M2TECH
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DC IN
15-18V DC
TOSLINK
USB 2.0
AES/EBU
S/PDIF 1 S/PDIF 2
MADE IN ITALY
S/N:
LEFT OUTRIGHT OUT
5
6
7
8
9
10
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Figure 2
4) Right channel analog output. Connect to right channel of the amplifier or preamplifier
input. RCA female connector.
5) Left channel analog output. Connect to left channel of the amplifier or preamplifier
input. RCA female connector.
6) ES/EBU digital input. Accepts AES/EBU datastreams in either professional or
consumer format. XLR female connector.
7, 8) S/PDIF digital inputs. Accept S/PDIF datastreams. RCA and true 75 Ohms BNC
female connectors
9) Toslink
TM
optical digital input. Optical input for Toslink
TM
ca les. Toslink
TM
connector.
10) USB 2.0 input. Connect to a PC or MacIntosh with an USB 2.0 compliant A-B ca le.
USB 2.0 B female connector.
11) Power supply input. Connect the wall adaptor provided with the unit or any other
power supply capa le of 15-18V/500mA. 5.5mm/2.1mm supply jack (female, tip is
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4. Connecting and powering the unit
DVICE: all connections to other equipment in the system must be done when all
equipment are off. Failing to comply to this advice may expose the Young to the risk
of damages.
Please refer to section 3, “Back Panel Description”.
Connect the “B” plug of a 2.0 USB A-B ca le to the USB connector (Figure 2, 10) of the
Young.
Connect the “A” plug of the ca le to a 2.0 USB port of your computer.
Connect two interconnects to the analog outputs of the Young (Figure 2, 4/5) and to the
input of your amplifier/preamplifier.
Connect digital ca les from your digital sources (CD player, DAT tape recorder,
DAB/DVB/sat tuner) to the Young’s digital inputs (Figure 2, 6-9).
Connect the power supply or any other 15-18V/500mA power supply to the supply
connector (Figure 2, 11) of the Young. The Young will activate.
If a driver hasn’t een installed on your computer, an automatic driver installation wizard
may appear.
Note: If you want to avoid the automatic driver installation, please connect the
Young to the computer after manually installing the driver (see section 5).

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5. Driver installation
5.1. Obtaining the driver
The drivers for the Young are availa le on the M2Tech we site, in the download page
(www.m2tech. iz/download.asp). Download the driver you need for your computer and
operating system. Windows drivers are contained in zip files, Mac drivers are contained in
dmg files encapsulated in zip files.
5.2. Installing the driver on a Windows-based PC
Create a temporary folder in the hard disk of your computer (you can even create it on the
desktop). Then, dou le-click on the zip file to open it. Select and drag all files in the
temporary folder: this automatically unzips all files.
5.2.1. utomatic (guided) installation
Apply power to the Young and connect it to the PC. Following the negotiation process, the
driver installation wizard is automatically launched. Select the option “Not now”, as in
Figure 3.
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Click on the utton to proceed. A window appears as shown in figure 4:
Figure 4
Choose automatic installation (as recommended) and proceed to next step. Indicate the
folder where you have previously unzipped the driver and proceed to installation. The
window shown in figure 5 will appear:
Figure 5

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Click on Continue. The installation will proceed to the end. The window shown in figure 6
will appear. Click on Finish to complete the driver installation.
Figure 6
Note: the wizard appearance and the guided installation procedure may slightly vary
from XP to Vista to Windows 7.
5.2.2. Manual installation
Sometimes it’s necessary or advisa le to install the driver manually. The installation
package offers two installation utilities, “setup32.exe” and “setup64.exe”. The former is for
32 its operating systems, while the latter is for 64 its operating systems. Without
connecting the Young to the PC, dou le-click on either “setup64.exe” or “setup32.exe”,
depending on your operating system: the driver will e installed in your PC.

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5.3. Installing the driver on a Mac
Dou le-click on the zip file to open it. It contains a single dmg file. Extract it from the zip
and dou le-click on it to open it. It only contains a pkg file. Dou le click on it to start driver
installation. The window shown in figure 7 will appear.
Figure 7
Click on the Continue utton. The installation process will go on and the window in figure 8
will appear.
Figure 8

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Select “Install for all users”, then click on Continue utton. Another window will appear as
in figure 9 and you’ll e asked to type in the administrator password. After doing that, the
installation process will continue and you’ll e asked for a confirmation to continue the
process up to the computer restart. Click on Continue Installation utton.
The installation will continue until the final window will appear, announcing the successful
installation of the driver.
Figure 9
Click on Restart utton to complete the installation process as indicated in figure 10.
Figure 10

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5.4. Unistalling the driver
Sometimes it is necessary to uninstall the driver to roll ack to a previous version. Uninstall
is a quite simple procedure which depends on the operating system and the way the driver
was installed.
5.4.1. Uninstalling the driver on a Windows-based PC after installation with
setup32.exe or setup64.exe
Go to the control panel and launch the “Application Installation” utility.
Look for the Young driver item in the list.
Dou le-click on it to launch uninstalling.
5.4.2. Manually uninstalling the driver on a Windows-based PC
Connect the Young to the PC.
Go to the control panel and launch the “System” utility, then select Hardware ta . Open the
Peripehral Management window (see figure 11).
You’ll find Young listed under Audio, Video and Game controllers.
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Right-click to access the availa le actions.
Select “Uninstall”.
5.4.3. Uninstalling the driver on a Mac
Open a console, then type the following commands:
sudo mv /System/Library/Extensions/Young.kext /tmp
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions
sudo pkgutil --forget com.m2tech.driver
Then, restart the Mac.

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6. Configuring the computer to use the Young
6.1. Configuring a PC with Windows XP
A PC with Windows XP can use the Young in two different ways: Direct Sound (DS) and
Kernel Streaming (KS). The former is suita le for players which can’t operate in Kernel
Streaming mode (such as Windows Media Player and iTunes) or for Internet streaming,
while the latter can e chosen (for etter performance) with players which can operate in
Kernel Streaming mode (such as FooBar, Winamp, Monkey Media, JRiver).
6.1.1. Configuring for Direct Sound with Windows XP
Connect the Young to your PC. Then, go to the Control Panel and launch the Sound and
Audio Peripherals utility.
Select the Audio ta . In the Predefined Peripheral drop-down menu of the Play ack area,
select “KS M2Tech 384/32 DAC” (see figure 12).
Figure 12
Then, select the “Voice” Ta . Again, select “Young Kernel Streaming” in the drop-down
menu of the Play ack area. Click on OK utton. Please e adviced that even if the

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peripheral is listed as “kernel streaming”, it will operate in Direct Sound mode when listed
here.
From now on, unless the Young is disconnected or settings are changed again, Young is
the audio peripheral all audio programs will use when operating in direct sound mode.
6.1.2. Configuring for Kernel Streaming with Windows XP
Kernel Streaming has no standard setting in Windows XP. KS must e selected in the
specific player you choose to use.
For example, when using FooBar, with Young connected to the PC, go to the
File/Preferences/Play ack /Output ta and select “KS: M2Tech 384/32 DAC” as output
device. Other players will require different settings (see section 7).
6.1.3. Using Young in both Kernel Streaming and Direct Sound mode.
When Young is selected as predefined audio peripheral, it’s possi le to use it in Kernel
Streaming mode, too, with a caveat. When using it in KS mode, it is necessary that no
other application accesses the Young in DS mode. If this happens, Windows XP’s Kernel
Mixer takes control of Young’s driver and from then on, no KS application can access the
Young unless the PC is restarted or the Young connection to the PC is cycled.

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5.2. Configuring a PC with Windows Vista or Windows 7
A PC with Windows Vista or Windows 7 can use the Young in three different ways: Direct
Sound (DS), Kernel Streaming (KS) and WASAPI. DS is suita le for players which can’t
operate in Kernel Streaming mode nor with WASAPI or for Internet streaming; KS can e
chosen (for etter performance) with players which can operate in Kernel Streaming mode
(such as FooBar, Winamp, Monkey Media, JRiver). WASAPI (Windows Audio Standard
API) is a standard interface for audio players which allows to get the same performance of
KS with applications which can’t operate in KS mode, at the cost of higher CPU load.
6.2.1. Configuring for Direct Sound with Windows Vista or Windows 7
Open control Panel and select Hardware and Sounds. Under Audio, click on Manage
Audio Devices. The following windows will appear, in which Young is listed. Set Young as
predefined device. Then, click on OK.
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6.2.2. Configuring for Kernel Streaming with Windows Vista or Windows 7
As for Windows XP, Kernel Streaming has no standard setting in Windows Vista and
Windows 7. KS must e selected in the specific player you choose to use.
For example, when using FooBar, with the Young connected to the PC, go to the
File/Preferences/Play ack /Output ta and select “KS: M2Tech 384/32 DAC” as output
device. Other players will require different settings (see section 7).
6.2.3. Configuring for W S PI with Windows Vista or Windows 7
As happens with Kernel Streaming, WASAPI cannot e directly accessed. WASAPI must
e selected in the specific player you choose to use.
For example, when using FooBar, with the Young connected to the PC, go to the
File/Preferences/Play ack /Output ta and select “WASAPI: M2Tech 384/32 DAC” as
output device. Other players will require different settings (see section 7).
6.3. Configuring a Mac
Go to System Preferences and select Sounds. The following windows will appear. Select
M2Tech 384/32 DAC for output as indicated in Figure 14.
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7. Configuring the player for Kernel Streaming: some examples
7.1. FooBar
To use FooBar in KS mode it is necessary to download the DLL for Kernel Streaming from
the FooBar2000 we site and install it in the Components su -folder inside FooBar2000
main folder in your hard disk. The DLL can e found at
http://www.foo ar2000.org/components/view/foo_out_ks (click on Download). It is a zip
folder which contains the DLL. Extract it from the zip and copy to the Components folder.
Then, restart FooBar, go to the File/Preferences/Play ack/Output window and set
parameters as in figure 15.
Figure 15
7.2. Winamp and MediaMonkey
These two players are actually the same player with different skins, so they can share the
same plug-ins. A freeware plug-in for Kernel Streaming y Steve Monks is availa le on the
Internet (http://www.stevemonks.com/ksplugin/) that can e used to ena le Kernel
Streaming operation with these players.
Download the zip file, extract the dll file and copy it into the Plugins folder inside Winamp
main folder.
With the Young connected, right-click on Winamp and select Display/Select Plug-ins. The
Preferences window of Winamp will open (see figure 16).