16" MacBook Pro M1 Max with 3 Studio Display

[olivierLA75]

Hi, I own the top of the line 16" MacBook Pro M1 Max and I am thinking of purchasing 3 Studio Display to connect them to it. I would like to be able to use a dock connector and ideally have only one Thunderbolt cable from the dock to the MacBook to be able to plug and unplug it easily. it seems that you can't daisy chain the Studio Display's. Any idea of which dock to use if I want to be able to use the 3 displays at 5k resolution? it seems that my computer is able to support 4 displays with 3 up to 6k resolution but I'm really hoping that I will not have to connect a cable to the computer for each of the display...
Last, does anybody knows how would the display speakers and webcam work on a 3 displays config? will the sound only come out of the display in the center or the three of them?
thanks
Olivier

 

[Amethyst1]

it seems that you can't daisy chain the Studio Display's.

Correct.

Any idea of which dock to use if I want to be able to use the 3 displays at 5k resolution?

None. A Thunderbolt 3/4 dock or hub can only provide two DisplayPort signals — for connecting two displays to the dock or hub. The third display needs to be connected directly to the Mac.

will the sound only come out of the display in the center or the three of them?

You select which display’s speakers to use.

 

[spazer]

None. A Thunderbolt 3/4 dock or hub can only provide two DisplayPort signals — for connecting two displays to the dock or hub. The third display needs to be connected directly to the Mac.

Can a Thunderbolt 4 Dock support 2 Studio Displays at 5K?

So, 2 Studio Displays connected to the Thunderbolt 4 dock, and one cable from the dock to the M1 Max MacBook Pro.

Or, 1 Studio Display at 5K (connected via TB cable to dock), and 1 4K monitor (connected via DisplayPort cable to dock) and just 1 cable connecting the Thunderbolt 4 dock to the M1 Max MacBook Pro.

 

[Raunien]

I don't think there's any thunderbolt 4 docks that can support more than 1 5k 60 hz monitor. Happy to be proven wrong though

 

[Fastball32]

I don't think there's any thunderbolt 4 docks that can support more than 1 5k 60 hz monitor. Happy to be proven wrong though

Looks like the Caldigit Thunderbolt 4 TS4 dock can handle Two 6K monitors at 60Hz. You would need to connect the 3rd directly to a TB4 port directly to the Macbook Pro 16

 

[BeatCrazy]

I don't think there's any thunderbolt 4 docks that can support more than 1 5k 60 hz monitor. Happy to be proven wrong though

Looks like the Caldigit Thunderbolt 4 TS4 dock can handle Two 6K monitors at 60Hz. You would need to connect the 3rd directly to a TB4 port directly to the Macbook Pro 16

CalDigit Element Hub will also support 2 Apple Studio Displays at 5K60 via one TB4 connection.

 

[Amethyst1]

CalDigit Element Hub will also support 2 Apple Studio Displays at 5K60 via one TB4 connection.

Any Thunderbolt 3/4 dock/hub can provide two HBR2 connections. The Studio Display needs one HBR2+DSC connection for 5K60, so two Studio Displays should be no problem at all.