rangen
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I am running an M-Audio Audiophile 192 card in a modern PC running Vista Ultimate (SP2, I think). When I run with the ASIO S/PDIF output on this card, after hours or days of the usual assortment of playing stuff on iTunes, Windows Media, and random Youtube stuff, it just goes dead, and only rebooting will make my sound come back.
If I run the USB output to my DAC, then it's utterly reliable.
So, what's going on here? I've read something to the effect that ASIO is inherently flaky like that, unable to recover from certain error conditions or something. Or is it my sound card drivers? M-Audio is respected, but I've inferred that it's not exactly the pinnacle for driver quality. Would I be better off with a different sound card?
If anyone has run into this issue, or has any insights, I'd sure be grateful for the help.
If I run the USB output to my DAC, then it's utterly reliable.
So, what's going on here? I've read something to the effect that ASIO is inherently flaky like that, unable to recover from certain error conditions or something. Or is it my sound card drivers? M-Audio is respected, but I've inferred that it's not exactly the pinnacle for driver quality. Would I be better off with a different sound card?
If anyone has run into this issue, or has any insights, I'd sure be grateful for the help.