'The guy that designed ASIO' was probably part of a team at Steinberg. And their instructions and mission was to create something to handle multitrack audio for studio recording- and processing- purposes with the least amount of latency. Wasapi is designed for, and perfectly capable of playing...

Enjoy your beer ;-)

Nonsense. ASIO was designed for multitrack studio recording purposes. Not for stereo playback. For that it serves no purpose and has no advantages over Wasapi exclusive mode. On the contrary, bad ASIO drivers often cause issues that can be avoided by using Wasapi.

I don't agree, their main web page is dedicated to selling single modules to end-consumers for €79,-. That is something no true oem does at all.

I fully agree. But I was testing some DSD files, and on my system ASIO seems to be required to get DoP working. (direct DSD streaming doesn't seem to work at all) About driver updates, I also agree with the adagio 'if it ain't broke…' But once in a while I experience some minor 'pop' with my...

Another observation that makes me doubt if both Audio-GD and Amanero care much about informing their clients with adequate information on software and drivers: When installing the Amanero drivers as offered by Audio-GD, you get 1.062 The Amanero website offers 1.067 When you install that, it...

Good points, good questions. Audio-GD posted the update tutorial on their Amanero page, not on some DI20 page. It would be good if they could explain things better.

Thank you /Jan So do you mean that there will be new firmware/drivers released soon? Will that be properly advertised on Audio-GD's website when it is ready? edit Sorry for possible double posts guys, the forum seems to be behaving very strange at this moment.

Thank you /Jan So you are saying that there is new firmware and/or driver coming up? Will that be advertised on Audio-GD 's website when it's ready?

In case anybody from Audio-GD is listening: While your hardware is fantastic, the information and updates regarding the software doesn't seem that great. 1. The Amanero website offers a more recent driver for the Amanero Combo384 than the download that the Audio-GD website has available...

I agree, the NFB11.28 is a fantastic device. For some two weeks I had the highly praised RME ADI-2 DAC to my disposal. That's a great dac that has features that I am drooling over a bit. But musically, for me the Audio-GD won hands down. (for a third of the price....) (some friends with...

Re-reading my report, I saw that I had switched the names for my impression on fast roll-off vs. slow roll-off. (It read that I preferred 'slow', but that should have said 'fast') I have now edited that post, so just to be sure: I have 'warm sound', 'minimal phase', 'fast roll-off'.

To paint some picture about me and my motive for trying out the different filters, and the circumstances under which I am doing it: I am using this DAC purely for enjoying music. Not for studio/recording purposes. When I am getting 'serious' about listening, I put on my (reasonably priced) AKG...

Hm, it seems I wasted some time testing, by inventing my own non-existing filters. (I had mixed up the jumper order) For my own, and possibly other's reference, I created this cheat-sheet. (NFB 11.28)

After owning this NFB-11.28 for a few months, I am now prepared to do some testing with the different digital filters. Do any of you know if you can set/remove the filter jumpers on the fly? (without turning off the power, and perhaps even while playing music?) The manual says you should...

Don't use sharp objects, that will definitely make scratches on the black aluminum. Use something like duct tape. Stick it partly on the top plate, and then with a short pull you can take the lid off.

Good to know. MusicBee is my favorite player. (by far) I'll see if it's developer is willing and able to make a change so that buffer can be set there too.

Thanks rvcjew! I have now solved it for foobar2000. (but not yet for MusicBee) But the (main) buffer setting didn't solve it. Then I found another buffer setting under 'advanced' > wasapi, called: 'hardware buffer in MS - event mode'. When I set that to (at least) 80, the songs play from the...

I am experiencing a small, but annoying issue with my NFB-11.28 Using foobar2000 as a player, when I start a track, the very beginning of the track is cut-off. It's a very tiny part, perhaps 1/20 of a second or so, but it is very obvious with some tracks where you will miss the first attack of...

I am still loving the sound quality of this 11.28. The only minor reservation remaining at the moment is that for some recordings it sounds slightly bright (but certainly not in a harsh or aggressive way) on my AKG's. KingWa advised me to first let the unit play for a couple of weeks before...

One important feature that was introduced with the 9028/9038 is the programmable THD compensation. That enables the manufacturer to make adjustments to the algorithm to compensate for distortion in the analogue circuitry. I am guessing that Kingwa has used and tweaked that feature very well...

I haven't done much serious listening tests to compare optical vs. usb, but .... Apart from buying this fantastic NFB-11.28, I also updated the usb receiver in my older NFB-3 to the same Amanero Combo 384 that is in the NFB-11.28. (the NFB-3 is playing over my (rather high-end) speakers) So now...

But be aware that in respect to digital timing and jitter, optical is technical inferior to a good (a-synchronous) usb connection.

Perhaps then it affects some specific brands of usb motherboard controllers. (or even chipsets) Maybe changing to another usb port (e.g. usb2 vs 3) could help. And some motherboards have two different brands of usb controllers.

There are many reports on broken (usb?) audio caused by Windows 10 'Creators' Update. (that naming seems suitable as used in 'creating issues') I have no solution for you, but there might be some good suggestions to be found when doing some searching on the web. I have refrained from updating to...