I just got my DacMagic a year and a half ago am wondering about the ideal computer settings for the device. I assume that I want any upsampling to be done by the DacMagic, but I don't precisely know the best way to deal with this. Below are screen captures of the interface for the device on my Mac for both optical and USB in default configurations.
Optical:
The Optical output has 44.1, 48, 96 sample rates and the following choices for the bit depth:
USB:
The USB output has 44.1 & 48KHz sample rates and is locked at 2ch-16bit.
Most audio files I have are 16-bit 44.1KHz, but I might have some 16-bit 48KHz audio files and potentially some 24-bit 96KHz audio files as well. I certainly don't want to downsample higher resolution audio, but I don't want to have the computer do any upsampling either. Does anyone know the best way to handle these settings? Thanks!