[EliasGwinn]

As for ASIO and/or kernel streaming, we haven't tested to prove or disprove specific performance of these technologies. We tested USB audio devices which used the ASIO protocol, and we were not satisfied with their performance. This could likely be the programmers, not the protocol (API). Nonetheless, as we discovered the potential that was inherent with native usbaudio.sys and kmixer, plus the added convenience of not having to deal with 3rd party drivers which may "argue" with other drivers on your computer, etc, we decided that "native" was the way to go.