koonyue
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Peter,
I done a LOT tweaking on XP and get some pretty good sound out of it, currently I only have 10 processes running when playing music, the whole registry (software, security etc ..) has been cut into under 1MB, the whole Windows installation size is around 200MB
However, now I think Puppy Linux with MPD sound even better then a highly tweaked XP (what a pity ... but I learn a lot)
Anyway, under Win7 / Foobar, VIA ASIO sound much better than ASIO4ALL, details:
ASIO4ALL: the most digital and distort sounding, not worth a try
VIA ASIO: the most analog sound, smooth, full and orangic
KS: Very balance, clean, dynamic is very good, but still has just a bit of digital sounding
WASAPI: Crispy and detail, but somehow the sound is quite boring
Between VIA ASIO and KS, it is a hard choice, but since KS is running at 32 bits and VIA ASIO on 16 bits, it is still not a fair comparison. (I choose VIA ASIO after all)
Also KS give me random IO error, and hung up Foobar during my 7/24 DAC burn in period
All latency are set to 256ms, anything lower sound harsh to my ear, although no click-and-pop sound even at 50ms
Some extra info:
- Win7 with CMP sound much fuller, sound has more weight, esp. bass
- Win7 with Fidelizer has not much difference to my ears
- Difference to my previous DAC, Ref 5.32 sound best at default CPU clock and voltage, under clock or reduce voltage will make it sound dull, I guess slightly over clock / voltage will sound even better
- I did not compare FW 3 and 4, not enough time ...
About Linux:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=662902
I use the above Puppy Linux with MPD, Puppy is the Linux distribution which has been highly chop off to include only stuff related to audio. MPD is the actual music player run under Linux
There is NO driver need to be installed, the whole Puppy/MPD can install in the USB stick and update BIOS to boot from that USB stick, after boot, the USB stick can detach as the whole OS has loaded into RAM
I highly recommend you guys give it a try
Thanks
Thanks
I done a LOT tweaking on XP and get some pretty good sound out of it, currently I only have 10 processes running when playing music, the whole registry (software, security etc ..) has been cut into under 1MB, the whole Windows installation size is around 200MB
However, now I think Puppy Linux with MPD sound even better then a highly tweaked XP (what a pity ... but I learn a lot)
Anyway, under Win7 / Foobar, VIA ASIO sound much better than ASIO4ALL, details:
ASIO4ALL: the most digital and distort sounding, not worth a try
VIA ASIO: the most analog sound, smooth, full and orangic
KS: Very balance, clean, dynamic is very good, but still has just a bit of digital sounding
WASAPI: Crispy and detail, but somehow the sound is quite boring
Between VIA ASIO and KS, it is a hard choice, but since KS is running at 32 bits and VIA ASIO on 16 bits, it is still not a fair comparison. (I choose VIA ASIO after all)
Also KS give me random IO error, and hung up Foobar during my 7/24 DAC burn in period
All latency are set to 256ms, anything lower sound harsh to my ear, although no click-and-pop sound even at 50ms
Some extra info:
- Win7 with CMP sound much fuller, sound has more weight, esp. bass
- Win7 with Fidelizer has not much difference to my ears
- Difference to my previous DAC, Ref 5.32 sound best at default CPU clock and voltage, under clock or reduce voltage will make it sound dull, I guess slightly over clock / voltage will sound even better
- I did not compare FW 3 and 4, not enough time ...
About Linux:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=662902
I use the above Puppy Linux with MPD, Puppy is the Linux distribution which has been highly chop off to include only stuff related to audio. MPD is the actual music player run under Linux
There is NO driver need to be installed, the whole Puppy/MPD can install in the USB stick and update BIOS to boot from that USB stick, after boot, the USB stick can detach as the whole OS has loaded into RAM
I highly recommend you guys give it a try
Thanks
Thanks