[kkl10]

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Hi guys, long time not to post in this thread. I ordered an ODAC board ten days ago and waiting for it to ship to my country. I remember in this thread someone posted a picture with his Samsung Galaxy S3-> ODAC-> amplifier->... so ODACs can work with Android phones. My questions are how many phones you guy have tried with ODACs? How about Nokia Lumia series. We need a mini USB cables to connect to smartphones, right?
 
Thanks for reading my post.

 
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/595071/android-phones-and-usb-dacs
You need OTG cables to connect your mobile device to your DAC, which connector will depend on the specific device.
 
Nokia Lumia phones run Windows Phone 7 or 8, don't know if this OS supports USB audio.

 

[blackdragon87]

help..windows 8 doesn't seem to recognize my odac

 

[adydula]

bd87 where are u looking in Win8?
 
Alex

 

[blackdragon87]

under control panel

 

[ghettocoolie]

I'm running Win8 with ODAC (built by Audio Poutine) with no problems.
 
If you right-click the Volume icon and select Playback devices, you should see Speakers\ODAC if Windows recognizes the ODAC. My ODAC was picked up automatically once I plugged in the USB. You might want to try a different USB port on your PC if you have another one.
 

 

[ClieOS]

I am using Window 8 Pro now. It has no problem detecting and starting ODAC. However, after a while of being idle, the driver will reset itself and all the sound will get distorted. A little bit of research seems to indicate that M$ has been using sub-par USB audio class 1 driver that will cause this kind of problem. I switch to using iFi iDAC now (which has its own 24/192 driver) and no problem whatsoever.

 

[FlySweep]

Originally Posted by ClieOS /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I am using Window 8 Pro now. It has no problem detecting and starting ODAC. However, after a while of being idle, the driver will reset itself and all the sound will get distorted. A little bit of research seems to indicate that M$ has been using sub-par USB audio class 1 driver that will cause this kind of problem. I switch to using iFi iDAC now (which has its own 24/192 driver) and no problem whatsoever.

 
I have good quality USB ports on my HP 2540p laptop and I experienced this problem, as well.  I don't have the iFi USB but, instead, used a powered USB hub with the ODAC and the issues was resolved.

 

[ClieOS]

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I have good quality USB ports on my HP 2540p laptop and I experienced this problem, as well.  I don't have the iFi USB but, instead, used a powered USB hub with the ODAC and the issues was resolved.

 
Perhaps the USB hub somehow prevents the USB driver from resetting itself? I might try that later on. This is kind of suck because Vista has no such problem on the same PC with the same USB port. For what I have read M$ has known about the issue with their USB Audio Class driver since early on but they decided it isn't important enough to fix....

 

[ghettocoolie]

I'm using my mobo's USB 3.0 port and I haven't noticed the distortion yet on Windows 8. Not sure that has anything to do with it but I thought I mention that in case someone else is experiencing this situation.

 

[blackdragon87]

thanks guys, got it working now 

 

[FlySweep]

Perhaps the USB hub somehow prevents the USB driver from resetting itself? I might try that later on. This is kind of suck because Vista has no such problem on the same PC with the same USB port. For what I have read M$ has known about the issue with their USB Audio Class driver since early on but they decided it isn't important enough to fix....

 
That's interesting.  I had this issue with the ODAC in Windows 7, too.  Recently went to Windows 8.. the issue remained.. got a powered hub.. boom, fixed.
 

I'm using my mobo's USB 3.0 port and I haven't noticed the distortion yet on Windows 8. Not sure that has anything to do with it but I thought I mention that in case someone else is experiencing this situation.

 
Nice.. My USB hub is a 3.0, as well.  Never tried using a 2.0 hub (don't have one laying around).. but I would suppose it would work, too.

 

[mnarwold]

It seems like the first thing to try if you have problems with an ODAC is a USB hub

 

[tdockweiler]

I can't use the ODAC without a powered hub. Not on my desktop or laptop.
I was shocked at how bad my ODAC sounded with my desktop's USB ports. Not the ODAC's fault.
 
On day one I posted a bunch of garbage about how bad the ODAC was sounding at the time and I felt like an idiot when I found out it was crappy USB ports.
I had to go back and remove a bunch of stupid comments.
 
I'm sure I could get the ODAC to sound ok if I tried a USB internal card or several different ports, but I'm not taking any chances.
 
My HRT MSII had the same issues.
 
Most USB ports should have no problems with the ODAC I imagine.
 
My computer has an MSI motherboard and it's fairly old. Still running a Q6600 from maybe 5 years ago.

 

[Poimandres]

I am wondering if it may have less to do with the motherboard and more to do with your rigs power supply. My odac shipped today so I will let you know if I experience any issues, I have a seasonic x750 gold.

 

[mac336]

can the odac bypass the soundcard on a macbook pro ?