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Brief Odac impressions
Sep 6, 2012 at 7:41 PM Post #916 of 2,018
I think the dacport is much more airy, detailed with much better instrument separation but the odac is smoother, fuller with better bass.
 
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:17 PM Post #918 of 2,018
So by looking at pictures of people that got the odac and C421, I'm guessing the C421 is the same size? That's kind of cool though because when I go to show people the sound they will LOL at first and think not much power will come from such a small package. I have to wait until October when I get my Terminator V4 to be able to test my set up.
 
Sep 7, 2012 at 8:15 AM Post #920 of 2,018
Naked odac!! 
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Sep 7, 2012 at 11:15 AM Post #921 of 2,018
Subscribed,
as i am convinced to buy the Odac,along the O2 ,great option for not so deep pockets!
I have been following the thread since the beginning ,useful.
 
Salute
 
Sep 7, 2012 at 4:59 PM Post #922 of 2,018
 I searched in this thread but I'm still not really sure what to set foobar and windows to. The highest quality stuff I will listen to is my flac files which are all 16/44.1. Should I set windows and foobar to 16/44.1 or set them to 24/44.1? Also, I should be using event and not push mode for wasapi right?
 
Sep 7, 2012 at 6:27 PM Post #923 of 2,018
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slickman said:
 I searched in this thread but I'm still not really sure what to set foobar and windows to. The highest quality stuff I will listen to is my flac files which are all 16/44.1. Should I set windows and foobar to 16/44.1 or set them to 24/44.1? Also, I should be using event and not push mode for wasapi right?
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24/96  in windows
 
Don't bother with Wasapi, it doesn't make a difference.
 
I mean, use it if you want.
 
Sep 7, 2012 at 6:30 PM Post #924 of 2,018
so uhh.. something kinda interesting happens when I turn my cheapo walmart fan from medium to low.
 
it kills my odac playback
 
I had a similar problem with my vintage pencil sharpener
 
I'm sure the problem is the fan/pencil sharpener/wiring in this house, but.. it's alarming/eye-opening to say the least. I never realized something plugged into one outlet could affect a dac, plugged into my computer, plugged into a power strip, plugged into a completely different outlet.

Anyone else experience similar problems?
 
Sep 8, 2012 at 5:05 AM Post #926 of 2,018
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slickman said:
 Here's the thing, I want the program to play my 16 bit files as 16 bit. So if I set windows to 24/96 and Foobar to 24 bits will it play 16 bits natively or will it upsample it?
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If you set foobar to WASAPI mode, then it doesnt matter what you have set in windows because wasapi bypass any windows settings. 
16bit files played in 24bit wasapi mode will be just padded with zeros (to be in 24bit resolution) but this process doesnt change any audio information, therefor no upsampling. Basically you cant hear difference between 16bit file played in 16bit mode vs. 16bit file played in 24bit mode (as long as you have digital volume set to 100%). But 24bit has its advantages so you probably should use it even if you are playing 16bit files.. 
 
Sep 8, 2012 at 11:30 AM Post #930 of 2,018
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