[Inter]

Hi all,

I've recently bought an Audio-gd Compass, but due to some circumstances I haven't been able to test it until now.

I am running Windows 7. I connected the Compass to a USB port on the back of my computer and it found it just fine and installed it just fine. I have my home theater amplifier connected to the spdif port on the back of the PC as well.

If I choose the USB DAC option in foobar I get no sound at all. If I switch back to the spdif I get sound no problem. I simply cannot get the Compass to give any sound.

Anyone got any ideas of how I can solve this? Have I gotten a defective Compass?

 

[nkk]

Wait...SPDIF out to compass works?

-Nkk

 

[Inter]

The SPDIF out is to my home theater amplifier so no I'm afraid.

 

[Currawong]

Does SPDIF from the PC to the Compass work?

 

[Inter]

Oh yeah, it got a digital in. I didn't see that one. I can try.

 

[Sparky14]

What are you using to playback music files? In FOOBAR, there is an output setting that has to be switched from soundcard to USB DAC, and then you have to restart FOOBAR for it to take effect.

 

[Mad Max]

Restarting foobar2k isn't necessary. If a song is playing, just stop it and start over or the next one will be output through the usb dac option after you have selected that output under "Output" in the "Playback" submenu in the preferences (Ctrl + P).

I don't have too much experience with using the usb input since I use the optical instead. I tried it once for a few minutes and haven't used it again since. It worked fine for me under Windows Vista, so I assume W7 should be no different but I could be wrong then.

Don't forget to set the input selector switch to USB if that is what you are using, lol.

 

[Currawong]

Make sure also you haven't accidentally switched on the pre-amp option when using headphones.