RSA780 & Apple MacBook

Function CD play & Ripping
#1

Hi,
I’m thinking of getting the 780 to use with my MacBook Air (with Bowers & Wilkins MM1 laptop speakers) instead of the Apple Superdrive to play (not rip) CD’s.
If anyone uses the 780 with a Mac I’d be interested in the following:

  1. When you insert a CD, will it show up in Apple Music to play and eject?
  2. Does the Isolation mode only work when it’s connected to a Rose device?
  3. How quiet is it when playing a CD? I can’t stand hearing a disc spinning.
  4. Does it require much power to run? Does it drain the battery of the Mac noticeably?

Thank you to anyone who can answer these questions.
James.

#2

We are here to answer your questions.

  1. Yes. The picture below is the Apple Music CD playback screen, and the button on the right is the Eject button.

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  2. RSA780 mode change regardless of device. The isolation mode is Read only, and the Normal mode is Read/Write.

  3. There is a disc spinning sound when reading a CD, but when a song is playing, it is not so annoying.

  4. Power of RSA780 is 5V, 1.5A

Thank you

#3

Thank you for the reply, very helpful.

Obviously it’s a lot more expensive than the Apple Superdrive but I think I’ll get it as it looks cooler, it’s heavy and quieter and my CD collection deserves a premium player like this!

#4

I was wondering if anyone would be prepared to do a very short video showing a CD going into the 780, playing some music at a normal listening level and then muting the music so I can hear how quiet the 780 is when playing a CD, and then ejecting the CD.

I appreciate most people will be using the 780 to rip CD’s whereas I want to add it to my laptop/speakers setup to play CD’s and I’m sensitive to electrical noises.

Thanks.