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Thank you very much Clive, the magic word is ASIO
I digged in the net and find instructions to make foobar working with asio
I've installed ASIO4ALL, disabled the resample option and now the gap between USB and CD is closed!!!! :)
my notebook is running on win 7, so do you recommend WASAPI anyway?
Only issue, now it won't play 24/96 flac...
Hi Roberto, it'll just be a setting somewhere stopping you playing 24/96. I really don't know what but let me know when you find it! As for WASAPI, I'm an XP user so I don't know but check http://www.computeraudiophile.com/co...ASIO-vs-WASAPI and similar postings.
...there is in winamp (allow 24 bit), so there must be an equivalent in foobar :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by Clive
Look under File/Preferences/Output.Quote:
Originally Posted by WAD62
I have never noticed any difference between FLAC & CD playback, that is probably because I'm using FLAC at standard 16/44.1, on networked SqueezeBoxes, and on my PC I use an M-Audio 2496 soundcard...so no USB connections...
There is a good discussion on Rock Grotto about FLAC and jitter, which is worth reading.
Interesting quote from the site..Quote:
Originally Posted by StanleyB
"Convert it to FLAC using the highest quality setting"
...one assumes the author means 'highest compression', not 'highest quality' as FLAC is always lossless. ;)
This could as easily be seen as a test of ripping software, cd drives, etc, as there are conflicting results...too many variables!
There is most definitely a difference between a CD and a bad FLAC rip version of it, additionally the use of the highest compression levels is inadvisable as it can place too much load on playback for some devices. :)
OK, my turn for Foobar and ASIO4ALL help. I've been running 16/44.1 on XP with this s/w for ages. I'm now trying to play 24/96 but I'm having trouble with the config. I have 2 codecs available:
USB Audio CODEC - seems to max out at 16/48
RealTek HD Audio - has 8 channels, I configured the 1st 2 to L & R, the sound came out of the computer speaker, not DAC, and it was missing data (probably those other 6 channels).
Any advice on what to do next.....this must be a common thing to set up.
Clive,
As you've discovered the USB input on Stan's TC-7520 is limited to 16bit. So you'll have to use optical out from your PC to the DAC. Either it's inbuilt on the m/board or it means forking out for a 24/96Khz capable soundcard with digital out.
Chris, thanks.......I'd forgotten the spec.....it's all clear now. It was only one track anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Krisbee