[jonathanvaljean]

Hello gang!

I recently purchased Headroom's Microstack with DPS (and can't wait to receive it!). Because I do not have any optical outputs on my HP Livestrong notebook computer, I am going to have to go with a USB to Optical solution.
From what I have gathered, my options under $100 are the M-Audio Transit and the TBAAM. However, if I understand correctly, the TBAAM does not support a bit-perfect signal. Would the best solution be a M-Audio Transit, or are there other alternatives that I might have missed? Thanks in advance.

 

[Scrith]

It sounds like the M-Audio Transit is exactly what you need.

 

[jonathanvaljean]

Thanks, Scrith. I, too, have decided that is the best solution.

 

[Mr_Penut]

will an option such as this bypass the onboard sound included with most notebooks?

 

[milkpowder]

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Originally Posted by Mr_Penut will an option such as this bypass the onboard sound included with most notebooks?

yup

 

[eboomer]

Maybe you should consider a USB ASIO driver? ASIO4All is free and there is another, easier to set up driver available for $50.

 

[thomaspf]

I thought the Transit is bit perfect even with DirectSound, what would the benefit of ASIO be?

 

[eboomer]

I don't mean both the Transit and ASIO, but ASIO instead of the USB->SPDIF conversion.

 

[gevorg]

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Originally Posted by thomaspf I thought the Transit is bit perfect even with DirectSound, what would the benefit of ASIO be?

Nothing is perfect with DirectSound, its just like kmixer, only designed for games (DirectX).

The benefit of ASIO for audiophile use is bit-perfect output.

 

[Bones13]

Try the ASIO4all and the trial of USB-ASIO using the USB connector for your MicroDAC before buying a different unit to add another jitter inducing layer to your system.

You do need to use ASIO or KS with Foobar (or equivalent) for BitPerfect.

 

[mishkakrisa]

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Originally Posted by eboomer Maybe you should consider a USB ASIO driver? ASIO4All is free and there is another, easier to set up driver available for $50.

Whats the name of the driver for $50.?

 

[The8BitHero]

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Originally Posted by mishkakrisa Whats the name of the driver for $50.?

The $50 driver is USB-ASIO you can get the demo here...

http://www.usb-audio.com/download.html

the demo has a beep in the audio every 30 seconds or something of the sort.

I personally use ASIO4ALL it works perfect for me and its free.