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Spitfire DAC > Foobar\Win7

post #1 of 3
2/1/11 at 5:08am
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Hey, fellow headphiles.

 

I'm busy setting up a Spitfire 24bit / 96Hz DAC and Cute Beyond HP amp for use on work PC.  I'm fairly new to using computer as source and thus have a few questions. 

 

I got it set up via optical out on PC to DAC.  In Win7 sound, I have the option to set default sample rate and bit depth (default - 2 channel, 16 bit, 44100 Hz).  It also asks me to set supported sample rates under "supported formats".  Do I tick all supported sample rates from 32-96Hz and set to 2 channel, 24 bit under default format to be used in shared mode?

 

In Foobar under "playback" > "output" I use WASAPI: - Digital audio (S\PDIF).  There's an option to set "output data format", I assume I should set it to 24 bit?

 

Majority of my audio files are CD rips in FLAC.

 

Any advise would be much appreciated, thanks.

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post #2 of 3
2/1/11 at 9:21am

Since Spitfire does 24bits/96KHz, set bit depth and sampling rate accordingly. Also tick both boxes regarding exclusive mode. And do set foobar2000's output to 24-bit, the content played at lower bit depths aren't being affected and that way you can fully listen to any 24-bit content you have.

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post #3 of 3
3/16/11 at 11:53am
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Thanks for your reply, I actually came across thread below soon after posting this query.

 

http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/402765/eac-foobar-asio4all-wasapi-settings-pictorial

 

I’ve finally tried some 24bit\96KHz content, but only get static out of foobar, until I set to 24bit\48Hz or use foobar resampler (PPHS) to resample to 48000Hz

 

Am I doing something wrong. I noticed that the DAC uses the Burr Brown PCM1793: 24-Bit - 92 KHz Sampling?

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