Scrith
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I'm doing quite a bit with my 1212M:
1) optical digital out to Benchmark DAC1
2) optical digital in from on-board sound chip (used for Windows/Game sound)
3) ASIO in from Foobar2000 for music.
4) Soon, I will probably be using the analog L/R input on the 1212M for sound from a TV card.
The problem is, to use the digital in for sound from the on-board audio chip, I have to re-sample my music (in Foobar using SSRC) to 48K, because the frequency of ASIO must match that of the digital input (apparently 48K is the only option there). But is that a problem? I've tried listening carefully to the difference between my music at 44K and resampled to 48K and haven't really heard any problems, but switching is a hassle and I haven't really listened to a wide variety of music in the two formats yet.
Using the digital version of my on-board sound card's output (which is then converted to analog by the DAC1 after being mixed with ASIO by the 1212M) definitely sounds better than using the analog out from the on-board sound, converting it to digital on the 1212M, mixing it with the ASIO input on the 1212M, and then sending it out to the DAC1 to be converted back to analog. This is definitely the way to listen to music from games and other regular windows applications!
But my main goal is to have my music sound as good as possible, so I'm willing to switch back to using the analog input of the 1212M for the on-board chip's sound, if it means that leaving my ASIO output from Foobar at 44K will make the music sound best.
Does anyone have input on what I'm doing?
1) optical digital out to Benchmark DAC1
2) optical digital in from on-board sound chip (used for Windows/Game sound)
3) ASIO in from Foobar2000 for music.
4) Soon, I will probably be using the analog L/R input on the 1212M for sound from a TV card.
The problem is, to use the digital in for sound from the on-board audio chip, I have to re-sample my music (in Foobar using SSRC) to 48K, because the frequency of ASIO must match that of the digital input (apparently 48K is the only option there). But is that a problem? I've tried listening carefully to the difference between my music at 44K and resampled to 48K and haven't really heard any problems, but switching is a hassle and I haven't really listened to a wide variety of music in the two formats yet.
Using the digital version of my on-board sound card's output (which is then converted to analog by the DAC1 after being mixed with ASIO by the 1212M) definitely sounds better than using the analog out from the on-board sound, converting it to digital on the 1212M, mixing it with the ASIO input on the 1212M, and then sending it out to the DAC1 to be converted back to analog. This is definitely the way to listen to music from games and other regular windows applications!
But my main goal is to have my music sound as good as possible, so I'm willing to switch back to using the analog input of the 1212M for the on-board chip's sound, if it means that leaving my ASIO output from Foobar at 44K will make the music sound best.
Does anyone have input on what I'm doing?