the main thing the decrapifiers do is clean up/stabilize the USB power (AKA make sure a steady 5V is supplied which some motherboards aren't so good at) which is really only a benefit to DACs that are powered by USB

it simply sets a delay for each channel so the sounds reach the listening position at the same time... mostly useful for surround sound setups since stereo configurations more often than not have the 2 speakers equal distance from the listener while surround setups are not as easy to keep all...

now as you can see mine is the uber... and i don't use it as my default audio device... foobar is set to use it, windows is set to use my onboard sound... part of why i got the uber is for the added inputs as i can run my speakers from the onboard and also run stereo downmix through spdif to the...

as in 90F while the desk surface next to it is 72F and the surface of my amp is measuring 76F keep in mind... DAC not amp... DAC shouldn't be generating enough heat to warm the casing like this

ok i'm mildly concerned... my modi 2 uber is quite warm to the touch i've heard the magni gets warm but no mention of the modi i can't think of any reason for a dac to heat up and it's just sitting on my desk next to my amp (which is not a magni) in a room with a rather cool ambient temp

the "allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" checkbox is checked... and no other audio will play while foobar is playing music it's as if windows 10 exclusive mode isn't quite as exclusive as 8.1... like it will still give handjobs behind the mcdonalds in another area code...

one thing i noticed when i went from 8.1 to 10 in regards to foobar and wasapi in windows 8.1 while playing music in foobar using wasapi i could adjust the windows volume slider and toggle the various effects in my sound card's settings with no effect on the audio coming from foobar... which i...

my sansa fuze is looking a bit beat up and i'm always misplacing the cable when i need to charge it... i'm looking for something else i was liking the Fiio X1 until i found it doesn't support replaygain... this is a deal breaker unless there was a firmware update that added it but my google-fu...

with windows 8.1 while playing music in foobar using wasapi the system mixer and the sound card control panel effects were completely bypassed... i could switch the effects on and off with no change while playing audio in foobar... which i liked because i could leave them on for gaming (virtual...

i randomly click on this forum and it's just schiit everywhere one of these days i will stop holding it in and put some schiit on my desk i'm thinking magni/modi

as i understand it foobar's wasapi plugin only uses exclusive mode... yet turning the sbx features on/off or adjusting the volume slider will affect the sound

weird foobar using wasapi does not bypass the DSP at all here...

i rarely buy games at full price... especially any games that i intend to buy and play on PC that are released on steam last $60 game i bought was GTA5, last $60 PC game i bought was Diablo 3... i slightly regret buying D3 on launch now compare to my usual game spending habits and look at the...

just bought some... gonna try skimming the thread soon but has anyone come up with any comfort based mods for these... i wear glasses and these clamp my ears onto the bit that goes behind them

if they came in black with fake woodgrain and a silver atari logo i'd be all over them now for the ultimate test... how do atari games sound on them?