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I have some question about this DAC. I intend to use it with my computer.

1. If I connect this DAC by USB, when I use upsampling option, the CPU load will increase. While through Coax, the sound card will do the upsampling instead of CPU, so my CPU performance will not degrade. Do I understand correctly?

2.Can this DAC be used with ASIO or Kernel Streaming?

Comments are appreciated.

 

[Jigglybootch]

1. The DAC does the upsampling, not the CPU. There should be no difference in CPU load.

2. Yes.

 

[EnOYiN]

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Originally Posted by Jigglybootch /img/forum/go_quote.gif 2. Yes.

Well, not entirely. The Stello DA100 doesn't support ASIO 2.0 natively. You could buy the usb-audio driver of course. Another option is ASIO4All.

 

[Jigglybootch]

Quote:

Originally Posted by EnOYiN /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well, not entirely. The Stello DA100 doesn't support ASIO 2.0 natively. You could buy the usb-audio driver of course. Another option is ASIO4All.

You're right. I don't know what I was thinking when I gave my answer. Brain fart I guess.

The Apogee Mini-DAC, if I'm not mistaken, has flawless ASIO support through USB.

 

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Thx both of you. At first I thought the DAC will receive the upsampled signal from the sound card. Now I would no longer need the X-Fi anymore.