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Message started by jags79 on 01/09/10 at 14:33:27

Title: usb dac
Post by jags79 on 01/09/10 at 14:33:27

does anyone here know how to disable the windows kernel that handles the sound buss on a laptop so I can send the raw bitstream to my external dac?

Title: Re: usb dac
Post by Steve Deckert on 01/10/10 at 02:18:07

download and use foobar and download and install the kernel disable plugin.

Steve

Title: Re: usb dac
Post by jags79 on 01/10/10 at 15:01:23

I new about Foobar but not about downloading the Kernel disable plugin. Thanks, that's a big help, Steve.

Title: Re: usb dac
Post by Rivieraranch on 01/10/10 at 16:51:45

While I am generally pretty hostile to computer audio, you could look around on Head-Fi and some of the other sites for additional tips on the finer points of what you are doing.

Title: Re: usb dac
Post by jags79 on 01/10/10 at 18:28:55

Actually, I just plugged the usb cable into my laptop, without disabling windows kernal or Kmixer, and voila it worked. The dac is a valab non os plugged into my Select. But now this morning it does not. Yes I will go to head-fi and see what's wrong. It was sounding verrrry good though when it worked. Thanks

Title: Re: usb dac
Post by Alan H on 01/11/10 at 16:06:22

USB is a digital interface ie carries digital out rather than analogue music. You should not need to disable sound processing functions in your Laptop to feed a DAC.

Title: Re: usb dac
Post by jags79 on 01/11/10 at 22:16:57

The problem with this usb dac is it needs a driver. Good luck finding that driver. I understand the Benchmark usb dac is the most user friendly in this regard. One can download AISO4all but then you can't use Itunes or Windows Media Player. Still others say to unmap the device. Hmm, I'll check into that now.

Title: Re: usb dac
Post by jags79 on 01/12/10 at 03:14:39

The ASIO4all v2 driver solved all my problems and it even works with Itunes.