[Twinster]

Hey guys. I set my DF to 24 bit / 96 in Windows playback sound panel and when I play music from Foobar2000 of 16/ 44.1 it stays at the magenta color ( 24/96). I was expecting the DF to auto set the proper playback rate. Am I doing something wrong? My previous DAC ( DACport) did auto set the rate.

Thanks

 

[BenF]

Hey guys. I set my DF to 24 bit / 96 in Windows playback sound panel and when I play music from Foobar2000 of 16/ 44.1 it stays at the magenta color ( 24/96). I was expecting the DF to auto set the proper playback rate. Am I doing something wrong? My previous DAC ( DACport) did auto set the rate.

Thanks

I think the music is being upsampled.

 

[Twinster]

 
I think the music is being upsampled.

That is what i figured out but even the  Audioquest manual recommend to set to proper rate. This should be automatic not a manual setting. When a play music in random it's impossible to change or monitor the playback rate.

 

[BenF]

  That is what i figured out but even the  Audioquest manual recommend to set to proper rate. This should be automatic not a manual setting. When a play music in random it's impossible to change or monitor the playback rate.

Ideally you your library would be at the same sample rate, so you could set it and forget it.
Usually, that's not the case, so you should just keep it at the highest setting.

 

[bpcans]

Ideally you your library would be at the same sample rate, so you could set it and forget it.
Usually, that's not the case, so you should just keep it at the highest setting.

I too was perplexed by the amount of setup the DF required in getting the proper playback rate for my music library. But after reading the DF directions from the manual and online and getting input from head-fi member "Krutsch" I was able to figure out the EQ that I liked the best. BenF, what are you using for a source/DAP?

 

[BenF]

I too was perplexed by the amount of setup the DF required in getting the proper playback rate for my music library. But after reading the DF directions from the manual and online and getting input from head-fi member "Krutsch" I was able to figure out the EQ that I liked the best. BenF, what are you using for a source/DAP?

Foobar2000

 

[Whippler]

Hey guys. I set my DF to 24 bit / 96 in Windows playback sound panel and when I play music from Foobar2000 of 16/ 44.1 it stays at the magenta color ( 24/96). I was expecting the DF to auto set the proper playback rate. Am I doing something wrong? My previous DAC ( DACport) did auto set the rate.

Thanks

 
I'll just repost this here....
 

  With foobar you can make it automatic, by by passing the windows own audio drivers. Install this component: 
http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_out_wasapi
in foobar go file -> preferences -> output
from the device dropdown select WASAPI Event (Dragonfly...)
 
Now you can't hear any windows sounds trough dragonfly when playing music from foobar, since it has the control over the device. The volume of the dragonfly is still controlled by windows, so you should still change DF as default audiodevice in windows settings, othervice you can't control the volume.(well you can use the foobar vol control, afaik it's digital tough) Or you can have foobar playing to DF and have windows have another audio device set and it will play it's sounds from there.

 

[bpcans]

I'll just repost this here....

Whippler, even though I use a MacBook Pro with an iTunes library, thanks for reposting the DF info about the Foobar2000. Very useful!

 

[Twinster]

   
I'll just repost this here....
 

 
Thank you for posting the great information. I'm pretty sure I did tried WASAPI but I'll retry tomorrow at work. Thanks again!

 

[orb2k]

Whippler, even though I use a MacBook Pro with an iTunes library, thanks for reposting the DF info about the Foobar2000. Very useful!

I wish there was a Foobar2000 for the Apple stratosphere. Sucks that I have to load VM Windows just for audio collections.

 

[Krutsch]

Whippler, even though I use a MacBook Pro with an iTunes library, thanks for reposting the DF info about the Foobar2000. Very useful!

 
@bpcans - BTW, did you get things worked out with Bitperfect on your Mac?  I personally use Audirvana+, but that's a commitment (expensive and a lot of knobs and dials), so I mostly recommend Bitperfect to folks that getting started with outboard DACs, et al on a Mac.

 

[bpcans]

@bpcans
 - BTW, did you get things worked out with Bitperfect on your Mac?  I personally use Audirvana+, but that's a commitment (expensive and a lot of knobs and dials), so I mostly recommend Bitperfect to folks that getting started with outboard DACs, et al on a Mac.

Bitperfect turned out to be easier than I thought, almost intuitive with the Mac. What are the advantages of Audirvana+, and how much of a financial commitment are you talking about? Is there that much of a noticeable increase in the quality of the sound to justify the cost? I had to get VOX so I could play high-res files.

 

[Twinster]

I'll just repost this here....

BTW it's working fine now. I did tried with Wasapi and it worked the rate changed automatically but I was earring static noise randomly ( using the DF on a power hub) so I changed to KS and the rate change also and it sound good. Thank you!

 

[Krutsch]

Bitperfect turned out to be easier than I thought, almost intuitive with the Mac. What are the advantages of Audirvana+, and how much of a financial commitment are you talking about? Is there that much of a noticeable increase in the quality of the sound to justify the cost? I had to get VOX so I could play high-res files.

 
I've been off-line for a few days... work
 
Audrivana+ provides a couple of advantages: 1) you can use AU/VST plug-ins to provide EQ'ing or Surround Processing, among other things; 2) you have fine grained control over the sample rate conversion an filtering parameters, so you can do more than just switch between linear and minimum phase filters.  2) is sort of a tinkering thing, but 1) is huge.  I've purchased some EQ plug-ins from Voxengo and it really helps with poorly mastered music.
 
As far as improvements in SQ, I don't know.  To be honest, I'm not sure I could pass a DBT between Bitperfect and A+ using the same music at the same sample rate, with no EQ'ing, etc.  However, many of the folks over at Computeraudiophile.com rave about the improvements in sound quality.  Then again, those folks describe H-U-G-E improvements in SQ based on using an SD card to host their music files, as opposed to the SSD drive built into their Macs.
 
As always, YMMV...

 

[bpcans]

Thanks Krutsch.