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Many thanks for the guide. It really improved the quality
I actually had the OS in mind when I was about to buy this card. I had heard Vista had this new audio architecture and was wondering if XP wouldn't be optimal for this sound card. But I assumed the drivers and the like of the card would just blast through anything and everything and explode in your headphones with unstoppable, incredible sound.
Sort of off-topic, but I've been downloading some Flac albums lately to try to get the best out of this card, and although they are in Flac format, many have terrible sound still, including mainly this constant, continuous low hissing sound throughout. Though it kind of seems to want to appear when there isn't any real instrument playing but when there are pauses or just silent moments in the song. Could be the recording, but this is even on Michael Jackson's re-releases, in Flac quality. The one that's the best are the ones I ripped in Flac with Winamp, though I'm going to rip them again with this EAC tool I heard about, even though I can't hear a difference between the 320kpbs MP3s I already had ripped, and the Flac.
One song that was really good was Nirvana's Come As You Are, but for some reason the guitar intro goes down in volume right before the other instruments kick in. Must have been one coked-up Californian dude on the mixing table on that one?
By the way. Am I the only one not hearing a difference with Foobar2000 from Winamp? They sound pretty much the same to me. I even downloaded that Asio thing I heard mentioned a couple of times.
| Originally Posted by chinesekiwi /img/forum/go_quote.gif If you have Windows XP, you will have to configure Kernel Streaming to bypass the crappy way XP processes audio (KMixer). A guide to set it up is below. If you are on Vista, there is no need to do this. |
Many thanks for the guide. It really improved the quality
I actually had the OS in mind when I was about to buy this card. I had heard Vista had this new audio architecture and was wondering if XP wouldn't be optimal for this sound card. But I assumed the drivers and the like of the card would just blast through anything and everything and explode in your headphones with unstoppable, incredible sound.
Sort of off-topic, but I've been downloading some Flac albums lately to try to get the best out of this card, and although they are in Flac format, many have terrible sound still, including mainly this constant, continuous low hissing sound throughout. Though it kind of seems to want to appear when there isn't any real instrument playing but when there are pauses or just silent moments in the song. Could be the recording, but this is even on Michael Jackson's re-releases, in Flac quality. The one that's the best are the ones I ripped in Flac with Winamp, though I'm going to rip them again with this EAC tool I heard about, even though I can't hear a difference between the 320kpbs MP3s I already had ripped, and the Flac.
One song that was really good was Nirvana's Come As You Are, but for some reason the guitar intro goes down in volume right before the other instruments kick in. Must have been one coked-up Californian dude on the mixing table on that one?
By the way. Am I the only one not hearing a difference with Foobar2000 from Winamp? They sound pretty much the same to me. I even downloaded that Asio thing I heard mentioned a couple of times.
