Feb 5, 2019 · Hi, Some people say that ASIO gives the best sound, some WASAPI, some say Direct Sound is as good as it can get. What's the truth? I'm on Windows 10 and can't hear any difference, if …

Jul 10, 2018 · I am still confused about the bit-perfect using usbdac in windows. I did some research and it looks like we need to either use asio or wasapi to bypass the windows system volume control. …

Jun 23, 2021 · Does ASIO or WASAPI really optimize sound quality? I'm not an audio expert but I've noticed that these ''bit-perfect'' drivers improve sound in one way and worse in another, definition and …

Feb 7, 2021 · Been doing a lot of testing on some things and heard a couple of mentions that the Wasapi driver in Foobar2000 has had reported issues. It doesn't look like it's been updated in a …

Jun 16, 2019 · Hello, The question: Does anybody know how to run audio out of a web browser in exclusive mode, or know of some other work around for getting sample rates to change automatically …

Feb 5, 2019 · Kernel Streaming is lowest 'audio' layer in Windows: Why go through more layers (=WASAPI) if direct access is possible? In audio, less is usually more. (unlike WASAPI, ASIO _can_ …

Mar 1, 2016 · All that said, I've tried both ASIO and WASPI, but to my ears AISO sounds a tad smoother and less "digital" to me. Probably because I play through USB. There is no discernable difference …

Mar 13, 2019 · MP3 decodes (ideally) to floating point audio, which can go way over 0 dBFS. Check out the example from this post (a.mp3). If I use shared mode in foobar2000, I can play that file with no …

Jul 20, 2018 · DACs: Schiit Yggdrasil+ More Is Better, Schiit Bifrost 2 OG, Chord Mojo, FiiO BTR5, Apple Lightning Dongle, AK SP2000, iPod Touch 7th gen DAC Chips: Texas Instruments …

Mar 1, 2016 · I believe you are missing a key point here You too By design the Win mixer converts everything to float, mixes, apply dither and convert back to integer. If you have a 24 bit audio path …