Speaker for MacBook using a Caldigit dock

[Jimbeam3678]

After some advice I currently have 2 Sonos ones which I use over Airplay when playing YouTube music videos whilst working. I am having no end of problems, when switching between outputs such as my headphones or pause the video for 5 mins. The main symptom is either the browser crashes (tried several), no audio is played or when I switch back to Sonos speakers I just get a spinning wheel and then it says cannot correct. Eventually it will work again by flicking between sources multiple times. This happens severals times a day which is doing head in

Got to the point that its so irritating I am after another solution, the caldigit dock is the one with USB c and regular USB ports, guessing I can use a USB c to 3.5 headphone jack and then connect some speakers? Is my understanding correct? If so what speakers should I be looking for?

Thanks

 

[ChrisD.]

I use some Eidifer speakers and have no issues, they are connected to a CalDigit TS3+.

 

[Jimbeam3678]

I use some Eidifer speakers and have no issues, they are connected to a CalDigit TS3+.

Guessing you are using the phono socket? Any reason why a USB-C to phono adaptor wouldn’t work?

 

[ChrisD.]

Guessing you are using the phono socket? Any reason why a USB-C to phono adaptor wouldn’t work?

I'm using the audio out jack on the front, the dock is connected to the Mac via TB3. No idea if an adaptor would work.

 

[Jimbeam3678]

Thanks, I will give it a go and see how I get on. Trying to avoid buying a new £350 dock when I already have a decent albeit it without an audio out jack.

Thanks again

 

[Jimbeam3678]

Incase anyone else stumbles on this thread, USB-C to 3.5m Audio jack with the Caldigit dock works fine. @Chris D speakers work perfect as well. Thanks for the suggestion.