I figured it out...   For those who might run into the same problem, there is hope:   I was running an older version of Wasapi and was not aware that a new one was released not too long ago.  The new one fixed all these bugs and I get not more pops or crackles.  There are two modes in which...

Over 14,000 songs, all 16/44, 24/88, 24/96 and a few 24/192 native resolution FLAC, all downloaded from HDTracks

Hi all, I'm having a bit of a problem with using Wasapi in 24 bit with the latest foobar version. I'm running windows 7 64bit on a newer machine, allocated for music only. 4 GB RAM. I checked latency with the DPC latency tool and it is constant at about 100, so it's really low. Most of my...

Quote: THANK YOU !! THANK YOU!!  I was going nuts!  

Hi, I get this error when I try to use WASAPI: Unrecoverable playback error: Unsupported buffer size (0x88890016)     Here is some info: -foobar 1.1.8 -just downloaded WASAPI -brand new computer, Pentium 3 ghz, 4 gigs ram, windows 7 64bit home premium edition. -I get the error...

Quote: There is no hassle whatsoever.  In fact, a very well thought out design, plug it in and forget about it. I have it next to my gear and I turn it off and on with my amp and preamp.

USG,   l don't know how you came to the conclusion that I'm using a macbook, my gear has always been listed in my sig...  Windows XP with Foobar2000...    I do have the upsampling turned off on my dac, but it's not the hifaces's fault.  So I don't know why it is being criticized as...

About that screenshot from John's site:  he's never denied he had it up there, or that he said it.  Just a caution based on what some of his clients have reported.  He took it down because it got misinterpreted a lot.  Just thought I'd say this since he cannot be here to defend himself.  And I...

No, I wasn't saying that, sorry.  Room/sound measuring software requires calibration of the PC's soundcard to be used in a test.  The impulse test tone is generated at the current soundcard settings, in this case 48khz.  The claim was (correct me if I'm wrong) that the hiface exhibits an upward...

Thanks for taking the time to do these measurements.  It sure helps with some of the confusion.   Quote:

The longest I've run the batteries is about 14 hours.  I listened to music for about 1 hour and forgot to turn it off.   I used jkeny's service, he built a nice enclosure for it.   Quote:

    Ooooh yeah!  You've found a good one there didn't ya?  Took you what, 3 weeks to dig it out?  Brilliant review, stellar!!   Here is one for you by your good friend!  More legit too, and guess what, this one's not using  words like "s..t" and "suck".  Perhaps you should give it a...

Correct, I did do the small vs big comparison.  But I did not open the borrowed unit, because it would be kinda disrespectful of me to open up a man's modded hiface before he even saw it.  I do believe that it had 2 big clocks in it because jkeny had to guarantee his customer that I wouldn't...

  Quote: How about those of us who just want to make sure we get bit-perfect source out of our computers?  I'm not talking hiface in particular, but any of these new usb transports which bypass the internal sound card.  This is what led me to this forum and to getting the hiface.  ...

I went all lossless.  This way if I ever need to revert back to a cd, I can do it with no worries.  I also need not worry about quality because to me, as good as a lossy encoder is it still has to get rid of data to shrink the file size by a large percentage.  On most lossy songs I can tell a...

Quote:   And pray tell, how do you know that the big clock holds steady to PSR and the smaller one does not?   "Your're listening to the hiface through speakers and not headphones, therefore what you hear does not count."  Never mind what I majored in mister, this is a hell of a...

Quote: Well, normally I'd be laughing with you on this one because it is kind of funny, but the man's reputation is at stake here, so it's a bit sensitive.    But you didn't say, how do you like the sound as it pertains to your system?  Does it sound good enough to you to the point...

  Quote: I was not posting out of the blues, I was answering to Sebehyfarku, but: No, I am not going in "circle" and the differences we "heared" are not as clear to many of us as they are to you.   A heavily souped-up Mustang may be equal in performance to a stock Ferrari. But a...

Quote: Pacha, which one do you want to get? I might have a couple of extra ones, I bought 2 10db and 2 6db.  I think I will keep a 10 and a 6.  PM me if interested...

USG, here is what I posted a while back.  One of John's customers was kind enough to let me borrow his all-big clock unit modded unit in order to compare it to mine.  Below are all the details,  I believe such an important test should be done in a blind manner.   Quote:

Quote:   My guess is that you have one of the early production models which is the all big clock.   Well, why don't you tell us?  How does it sound to you?  Have you tried the sox resampler to run some tests?   I have the one small one big clock unit and in blind tests against...

Quote: What I meant was I never paid any attention to a change in volume when playing through the hiface.  Like I was saying above, I would like to test it against both my sound card and a dvd/cd player in terms of a difference in volume.  I do not have another usb transport, so the sound...

  Quote:   Hi USG,   1. Without using big audiophile words, it sounded a bit restricted, congested with a narrow soundstage.    2. The loudness issue came about after I did all those blind tests.  I am really interested in it and will perform another blind test against spdif...

Quote:     aimlink,   For what it's worth, I did a blind test.  My dac has a button to enable upsampling if desired.  In my setup, I did hear a difference: 100 percent of the time I preferred the original, non-upsampled signal.  The upsampled signal sounded muddy, and restricted it...

Quote: Actually, not really.   From sox's FAQ:    The deemph effect did once have a bug that affected stereo imaging—but this was fixed in SoX version 12.18.2 released in 2006. The current deemph effect works fine and is accurate to 0.06dB (up to 20kHz)—much more accurate than...