Thank you for taking the time to respond. I will do some searching here and in Google about what you mean by using ASIO exactly, but in the meantime if you know a good thread that might explain the process to a self-professed rookie when it comes to this computer audio stuff lemme know.   (I...

I have an older laptop running XP and recently obtained a Musical Fidelity V-DAC. I have plugged the DAC into the laptop and plan on using this as a music server for my home stereo system. I have a couple of rookie questions, however:   1) I was expecting to only use the volume control on my...