[ninjikiran]

I have a X-Fi Prelude and am completely unsure how to get pure bit-perfect playback. I want to try using it purely as a transport to the new DAC I purchased. (Considering USB is locked out at 16/44 where I can reach the devices 24/96 with my prelude)

I am under the assumption bit-matched playback = bit-perfect for the x-fi but I could be wrong.


I want to minimize the amount of process's between my audio player and the external dac basically.

 

[stang]

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f46/ea...torial-402765/

Dunno about the bit perfect on the Prelude though. I have an X-FI Elite Pro and use it for gaming, on-board Coax for music so I am unsure of the Prelude's capabilities. Anyway try that.

 

[UncleFestive]

Don't know your OS or Player but Kernel Streaming works easily for me with XP and MediaMonkey.

 

[ninjikiran]

Yea I got everything figured out yesterday but thanks for the update.

I just disabled DDLive and use the spdif directly w/ Bit-Matched. Then in foobar WASAPI to skip Vista sound settings. It outputs bit-perfect without any processing or sampling of any sort.

 

[ROBSCIX]

Yes, DDL is a surround encoder so you want that off. You can get bitmatched in the audio creation mode.