Hi, it is possible to get it by using https://archive.org/web/ (this is how I got the x64 version since I only ever had x32 version until now). But to save you the hassle I can upload them somewhere or email them to you if you want. Btw it is very easy to use Isone or Isone Surround system wide...

To my surprise Microsoft now has generic Win 10 drivers for the original (non MKII) Xonar U7. I found out because I wanted to try different drivers, but after uninstalling and rebooting I had sounds working just fine. I checked the driver source and sure enough it is Microsoft. Maybe it's the...

Yes ASIO is the fastest, your application is talking to the soundcard directly. WASAPI exclusive is okay as well, but not quite a direct connection (doesn't quite go straight to the hardware, it still goes through Windows). Directsound goes through the Windows audio engine - it adds a layer of...

To me it's still the best software of its kind.   Also latency wise I find that only ASIO is acceptable when using JRiver's WDM driver (on Windows 7 anyway, audio latency has been improved a little in WIndows 10). With WASAPI when I lower the latency too much I start getting crackling really...

It's fine, although you're doing double amping the K1 has a clean and not very loud output so don't be afraid of doing it.

Not sure why you guys even bother trying to connect a USB DAC/AMP to a smartphone when a great many of them have excellent audio performance to start with (the iPhone is one of them, also the LG G3 mentioned above) and the K1 doesn't really have a much more powerful amp than them. I use this...

Is Stereo output enough for you? Do you need a microphone input? If don't need the latter, the Fiio K1 is great value.

The windows speakers test isn't a good way of testing it, even for me it takes a bit of time to kick in with ~20ms latency. Despite this I can watch a film or play games with no noticeable lip sync issues. If you kept the default settings I think JRiver will have about 50ms "live" latency...

Isone Surround is not being updated anymore, you have to download the 2.9.1 archive and look in the "Free" folder.   Setting it up with JRiver is easy. You install JRiver and enable the WDM driver functionality, then set JRiver's virtual soundcard as your default sound device. And there you...

I use it for gaming all the time. I never managed to get it to work well with VAC though, but with JRiver's WDM driver it's perfect (works for everything btw, not just games). 20ms latency without any pops or clicks, works with either 5.1 (to use with the Isone Surround version) or 2.0 (with the...

Got the K1 now - it's perfect for me with the Surface 3 and my RE-400. I can hear some hissing but it's no worse than the Fiio e7 at 50% volume (and much better than the e7 at 100%). It's also a pretty clean and steady sound - doesn't vary with the CPU load or anything. Other than that, y IEMs...

Oooh, amazon.de does ship it to France! Wish I had noticed earlier as I'm going away for a bit now :p I'll pick it up when I get back from my holiday.

I need one of those for my Surface 3. The headphone output is sadly crap (sadly because the rest of the tablet is amazing and even the built-in speakers are excellent - although lacking in bass of course). It picks up plenty of noise from the internals and even has some noticeable distortion...

No it doesn't but there is Isone Surround for that (free). I think it works very well and like it better than Dolby Headphones and co.   I use a similar setup as this guy with Isone Surround or regular Isone depending on the game (some games can't output real surround so I stick to 2.0 for...

  Nope, WASAPI exclusive does not bypass the Asus Xonar mixer/resampler. I'm 100% about that and it's very easy to check. For example, setting WASAPI to 5.1 while Xonar is set to 2.0 > sound is downmixed to 2.0. Changing the sample rate setting in the Xonar control panel while music is playing...