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Bitperfect windows 103/28/2024 You probably would like to know what I read a couple of days ago: Me, i'm happy if i can come to the same conclusions that you did with your computer transport. I havent installed the xo3 and xo supply yet in mine, but I will comment readily on the difference in SQ when I'll do.įor 24/96 master files wav/flac, I think the only comparable transport is an Esoteric UX-01/03 using DVD-Audio (NOT SACD). I'm pretty sure your transport is working fine. IMHO, there is a potentially lucrative market here for the likes of Meitner, Weiss and Zanden (and Esoteric, of course!). I'm currently looking for an audiophile DAC with USB and/or IEEE1394 input that will out-perform my current MOTU/Esoteric combo, but haven't come across anything. If more and more companies start offering these downloads, I think the audiophile community is simply going to have to start taking more of an interest in PC music. Well, I reckon you get all of this (and maybe more?) by extracting and playing wav/flac files well.Īs for 24/96 FLAC files, I'd venture that no transport on the planet, modded or not, comes anywhere close to the sound quality you can get from them. You reckon that the modded version sounds "even more relaxed, richer and bigger". No, I'm pretty sure it's doing a sterling job, given the constaints of the ancient 'red book' standard.īut as you yourself admit, the standard P70 is not perfect. It literally blows my Pioneer DVD, acting as a transport, out of the water. It's dead silent when playing CDs and handles (my wife's!) badly scratched CDs easily. I don't think there's anything wrong with my transport though. I've not heard any modded versions, so can't comment on their performance. I agree, the standard P70 is a stunning transport. On a final note, I could not discern any difference between XXHighend (engine #3) and Foobar (ASIO) - both are superb and better my Esoteric P70 transport playing the same CD. I'd love to hear others' views/experiences. Everything I've read about Vista suggests that the removal of KMixer has removed the necessity of using an ASIO driver with Foobar. Here's what happens with the three audio applications I've tried:ġ) XXHighend - bit-perfect output only with Engine #3Ģ) Windows Media Player - not bit-perfect (irrespective of which settings I use)ģ) Foobar - only bit-perfect if ASIO driver is used I determine whether I'm getting a bit-perfect output by playing an HDCD-encoded WAV file (extracted using EAC) and seeing if I can invoke the HDCD processing in my D70 (a little blue light comes on when this happens). The digital audio signal is fed to the D70 via an AES/EBU cable. The 896HD is slaved to the D70's wordclock output. Hypex UCD700 HG amplifiers (x8 - four per channel) Pass Labs XVR1 analogue crossovers (x2 - one per channel) For bitperfect Windows10 based machines UEFI should be enabled in the BIOS settings.I thought I'd share my experience in getting a bit-perfect output using Vista, for anyone who may be interested. The setup of the BIOS of your Audio PC is described here. The DAC itself could be configured in "File / Preferences / Output": The connected DAC is selected in "Settings / Devices" and set up as follows:įoobar2000 is installed as described in topic B of the configuration for Windows 7, but instead of the kernel streaming driver ("foo_out_ks"), the "WASAPI output support" component is loaded from the foobar2000 Components page and enables this driver in foobar2000 to "File / Preferences / Components": The following description therefore only contains the most necessary steps and settings and does not interfere with the system. But you should consider that Windows 10 is provided "as a service" and is constantly updated and comes with new features. Windows 10 and foobar2000 are able to play bitperfect audio, no question. Bitperfect Windows10 Foobar2000 - HiFi Music Server
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