Feb 5, 2019 · Hi, Some people say that ASIO gives the best sound, some WASAPI, some say Direct Sound is as good as it can get. What's the truth? I'm on Windows 10 and can't hear any difference, if I use my Topping D10 with Direct Sound or with its ASIO driver. Are there any measurements out there? Cheers.

Jul 10, 2018 · I am still confused about the bit-perfect using usbdac in windows. I did some research and it looks like we need to either use asio or wasapi to bypass the windows system volume control. Take foorbar 2000 for example, when I use wasapi output, should I set foorbar volume to 100% and use the usb...

Jun 23, 2021 · Does ASIO or WASAPI really optimize sound quality? I'm not an audio expert but I've noticed that these ''bit-perfect'' drivers improve sound in one way and worse in another, definition and accuracy improve (low latency) but sound vibe (so to speak) is a bit tiresome and ''forced''', Direct Sound...

Feb 5, 2019 · Kernel Streaming is lowest 'audio' layer in Windows: Why go through more layers (=WASAPI) if direct access is possible?

Jun 26, 2022 · NOWHERE in my post you quoted did I once mention WASPI, or even opine ASIO was better or worse. I didn't even mention soundcards. I didn't even mention soundcards. Sorry but you utterly and completely missed the point of my post (stated from the beginning) ...

Mar 13, 2019 · Also realtime DSD to PCM playback (so that additional DSP can be applied). It is well-known that some DSD titles are mastered at non-standard levels (e.g. Michael Jackson Thriller). 1-bit DSD data will be converted to 32/64-bit float with digital low pass to remove ultrasonic noise, this process can generate 0dBFS+ data.

Feb 7, 2021 · With default foobar2000 settings you get WASAPI Shared/DirectSound & WASAPI Exclusive, event or push I don't know though. if you have a Topping DAC without it's drivers and try to force 44.1khz 16bit via WASAPI Exclusive it'll refuse, because the stock windows drivers only allow 44.1khz 24bit and above.

Mar 1, 2016 · True. Even Foobar2000's WASAPI sets all the samples bit to whatever you selected. So if you set the bits to 16 bits without dithering, the 24 bit files under WASAPI gets decimated to 16 bits anyways so WASAPI doesn't even mean bit perfect in that case (just sample rate matches the file).

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Jun 2, 2020 · If you can keep digital levels just a hair below 0 dBFS and adjust sound device sample rate manually as needed, there should not be any loss in quality when using shared mode (BTW - there is a WASAPI shared mode addon for Foobar2000 as …