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...

Hum, did you misread me? What does this have to do with what I said? I said WASAPI exclusive isn't good enough for me and I need ASIO. And you're wrong, not all players support WASAPI out of the box, even foobar needs a plugin (unless this has changed in recent versions but I doubt it). JRiver...

  Ok then the only thing you need to do is drop the dtsdecoder.dll in the lav directory (like this http://i.imgur.com/31raZI4.png ) and then you will get the lossless track decoded (when you open lav properties it will say "dts-hd ma" on the left part)

  LAV is not part of K Lite Mega Codec Pack (which I don't recommend using as it's a mess) - http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=156191  this is LAV and I'm really not sure if WMP can make use of it or not. But by "WMP classic" maybe you mean Media Player Classic? In that case yes, LAV...

And it's IMO excellent, my favourite virtual surround by far. Maybe because it doesn't change the sound too much, kind of like the stereo version - it's subtle but effective without hurting clarity/details. It's probably a bit further from the sound of real speakers than something like OOYH though. 

I'm no DTS expert but I can clarify a few things :   DTS-HD 3961 kbps > that's lossless audio (and variable bit rate), like FLAC, True HD etc. An exact copy of the original master, it's common to have this on blu-rays. Requires a DTS-HD decoder (on a PC, it's a bit tricky if you stick to free...

The biggest selling point for me in JRiver was the video playback with ASIO output - WASAPI isn't good enough because it doesn't bypass my soundcard drivers. That and the ability to use VSTs with video playback (last I checked this was a royal pain in MPC-HC).   I've grown to love it for other...

I wholeheartedely agree with this part. I have actually managed to get Isone to work like OOYH with a virtual soundcard setup and a DSP host (100% free solution), but it took a lot of work before I managed to get it working nicely (stutter/pop free with low enough latency so that I can use it...

Try with the free Isone Surround too! use some VST wrapper on foobar (or I'll do it if you want, as soon as I get back home)     Also, Out of your Head would be interesting to try out. 

For BF3 (same with BF4) the game has a built in headphones option that works very well, try it before rushing out to buy something (with good cans like yours it should work just fine).   I wouldn't bother with virtual surround on Skyrim because the game has really bad audio quality to start...

Headphones and surround, not hi-fi and surround.