Emotiva Little EGO User Manual

Welcome To Your Little Ego

1. USB Input (digital)

2. USB Mode Indicator

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3. Sample Rate LEDs

4. Filter Select Switch

5. Headphone Output (analog)

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Quick Start

If you have an Apple computer,
just connect the USB Input on your

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Little Ego to an available USB port
on your computer, and plug in
your headphones.

If you have a Windows computer,
your Little Ego can play les
up to 24/96 without installing
any drivers. Just hold the Filter
Select Switch button down while
connecting your Little Ego to a USB
port; the USB Mode Indicator will
light red. Plug in your headphones
and you’re all set to go.

Connecting Your Little Ego

Connecting Your Little Ego To a Computer

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Headphone

Output

Your computer thinks of your Little Ego as a sound card. You
can connect it to any computer that has a free USB port and
can support an external USB sound card. You’ll be able to
play anything through your Little Ego that you can play on
your computer. The high-quality low-impedance headphone
output will drive all standard headphones to satisfying levels
and sounds superb.

You can also connect the Headphone Output on your Little
Ego to a pair of powered monitors that don’t have their own
volume control.

Headphone
Amplier

Headphone

Output

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The Headphone Output on your Little Ego delivers a very
high quality analog signal, so you can also use it to connect
your Little Ego to the line level inputs on preamps, pre/pros,
external headphone ampliers, and powered monitors.

If your powered monitors don’t have their own volume
control, then you can just use the volume control on your
computer to set the level; the high quality volume control in
your Little Ego won’t mess up the sound quality at all. If you
connect your Little Ego to a device that has its own volume
control, just set the volume control on your computer and
your Little Ego about two thirds of the way up so it doesn’t
clip, or overload the input on your other device, then use the
volume control on your headphone amp or other device to
set your listening level.

Using Little Ego With Your Apple Computer

Apple computers already have the drivers they need to use
your Little Ego. All you need to do is to tell your computer to
use your Little Ego as its sound card. Once you do that, your
computer will usually play through your Little Ego when
it’s plugged in, and play through its internal speakers when
your Little Ego is unplugged.

To tell your Apple computer to use Little Ego:

• Connect your Little Ego to a USB port on your
Apple computer.

• Open the Finder - from the dock.

• Select Applications.

• Double click on Utilities.

• Double click on Audio MIDI Setup.

• Click on Emotiva Little Ego on the left to select it.

• Click on the little gear (on the bottom left).

• Click Use This Device For Sound Output to set the Little Ego

as your default sound device.

• Click on the red dot to Exit Utilities and Audio MIDI Setup.

Note: Your Little Ego has a special driverless mode for
Windows computers. If you hold the Filter Select Switch
while plugging in your Little Ego you’ll end up in this
mode; and the USB Mode Selector will light up red. If this
happens, it may confuse your Apple computer. If that
happens, just unplug your Little Ego and plug it back in.

Using Little Ego With Your Windows Computer

The audio drivers that are built into Microsoft Windows only
support sample rates up to 96k.

To enable your Little Ego to play high resolution audio les
up to 384k, you’ll need to install our Emotiva Little Ego
drivers for Windows. You can download the drivers for free
from the Resources tab on the Little Ego product page.
Instructions for installing the drivers on your computer are
included along with the drivers.

If you only play les below 96k, or you’re using your Little
Ego on a friend’s machine, your Little Ego has a special mode
that supports up to 96k without having to install drivers.
To use this Driverless Mode, all you need to do is press and
hold down the Filter Selector Switch while connecting Little
Ego to your computer. When your Little Ego is in Driverless
Mode, the USB Mode Indicator will be lit red.

Note: If you’re using Driverless Mode, and you turn your
computer o or let it hibernate while Little Ego is still
connected, you’ll have to unplug Little Ego and plug it back
in while holding the Filter Selector Switch button down
after you turn your computer back on.