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I responded to the previous post asking about posting Mimir impressions.
Schiit Mimir - Impressions Thread
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Yeah, still no give.
Just to confirm,
What do you see on the available sample rates like the one below
You're a rare breed in a streaming dominated era now that's why hehe
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fleo815
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By no means do I have a very sophisticated ear but the Yggy has been my main DAC for over 4 years and I've been ABing it with Mimir for the last hour and I'm having a hard time hearing much difference..I'm sure there are many others that would pick something up in listening but it ain't easy.
I’ve only had a few days with my Mimir but so far I’m enjoying it. I haven’t heard the modius, so take my impressions with a grain of salt, but it’s definitely a step up in detail, separation, and imaging from the fiio k11 r2r that I’ve been using lately. The separation is what instantly stood out to me. It’s a much better fit for my current system and headphones / IEMs, all of which are on the less bright side. It’s a fabulous match with the Pietus Maximus and the Atrium. All listening done with a Gustard u18 ddc as source through the AES in.
If I have some time in the next few days I’ll set up the sys and do some a/b testing with my Yggy OG.
If I have some time in the next few days I’ll set up the sys and do some a/b testing with my Yggy OG.
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ozziegurkan
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My impressions are the same. It is fantastically detailed and spacious. I don't hear any fuzziness on the upper or very lower end regions. It pairs super well with my Midgard and new 620S. I just can't get the dang thing to go to 384k. I am not sure it will make a difference but I would like to have it work since I am using HQPlayer for a reason. I don't know if it is the ASIO4ALL driver or not. I don't have this issue with the Holo Spring 3 Day and their driver--I can push it to 1024.
Almost certainly a driver or player software issue. Mimir was tested extensively with all major operating systems and all sample rates work fine.
Mimir advertises itself and its capabilities to the host system via UAC2. As long as your driver or player sticks to that standard, Mimir should work without any issues.
You can try this yourself by setting your Windows’ audio output’s sample rate to whatever you want and have the OS resample. Yes, that’s not what you want to do, but doing so temporarily will allow you to verify that it actually works.
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ozziegurkan
100+ Head-Fier
Ok, so ASIO4ALL doesn't support more than 192k. Got it. But, I can't seem to get HQPlayer to see Mimir as a WASAPI device, either. In my Control Panel, the DAC doesn't show up as a "Speaker", only an "Audio" device. Could this be the issue?
This is a Minisforum Intel mini computer.
We don’t officially support ASIO, if it works at all it does so purely by accident.Ok, so ASIO4ALL doesn't support more than 192k. Got it. But, I can't seem to get HQPlayer to see Mimir as a WASAPI device, either. In my Control Panel, the DAC doesn't show up as a "Speaker", only an "Audio" device. Could this be the issue?
This is a Minisforum Intel mini computer.
As for any WASAPI issues, my guess would be that there’s some driver or software interfering with device discovery. Depending on what you have installed on your system beyond Windows’ standard drivers, something might be trying to inject itself into that process and accidentally or on purpose hinder proper discovery.
Ok, so ASIO4ALL doesn't support more than 192k. Got it. But, I can't seem to get HQPlayer to see Mimir as a WASAPI device, either. In my Control Panel, the DAC doesn't show up as a "Speaker", only an "Audio" device. Could this be the issue?
This is a Minisforum Intel mini computer.
Do you see 384 KHz on the drop down list for sample rates with Windows?
BTW, Does Mimir even show up on the sound dialog box?
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ozziegurkan
100+ Head-Fier
No, it doesn't at all. I have this thing called "Remote Audio" and nothing else is there. It shows up only under "Audio" and in the "Control Panel" devices manager. Honestly, I didn't know it would be this much difficulty getting the DAC to show up. So weird. I wonder if it does have something to do with the BIOS or the Win11 setup on this Minisforum machine. Am I the only one with this problem on Win11?
That's why! I cannot confirm if your Mimir is actually installed correctly since it's not being recognized as a UAC-2 Audio device. ASIO4ALL should not even have any issues with 384 KHz because it relies on WDM-KS which takes available sample rates from UAC-2 driver info about Mimir's sample rate compatibility
Just checked on my PC at the office; Mimir shows up fine in HQPlayer:
That's a fresh install of HQPlayer on a Win11 machine with all current updates and patches, and no additional drivers or other software installed that might have a chance to interfere with audio endpoint device management or discovery. No BIOS changes, either.
Here's what the machine's Device Manager is showing for me:
That's a fresh install of HQPlayer on a Win11 machine with all current updates and patches, and no additional drivers or other software installed that might have a chance to interfere with audio endpoint device management or discovery. No BIOS changes, either.
Here's what the machine's Device Manager is showing for me:
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