Foobar playback (BD-Design)

by GC, Saturday, October 22, 2005, 12:14 (6755 days ago) @ GC

Hi Eddie,

4. I did select Direct Sound but there was no option available to select a
USB device. Could this be due to the fact that the Twindac is not connected?

If the TwinDAC is not connected then the computer can't see the DAC, so its not an option to select. Only connected items can be selected.

This morning I made a test that I did not think of yesterday. I played a
CD on my new Acer directly from the disk using Windows Media Player and my
headphone. The sound was just as terrible as with Foobar! On my old Toshiba
both programs sound OK through the headphone. So I will go to the
computershop and ask them what they can do about this last discovery.

My guess is that the sound is digitally gained in volume (that gives a lot of distortion, even with the normal volume control at low level) or the little amp for the headphone is broken or...

I must admit that I still do not know how all this computer audio works in
detail. Do you know a good, technical document on this subject?

Only in my head....

Of course I will try to test the notebooks with the Twindac soon, but
tomorrow I will go to the VAD-show, a large HiFi-exhibition which is very
close to my house.

I am sure that this will be the way to make it work much better, don't forget to turn off the soundcard and to turn off the mixer options!

Here is a link with information you should read:

http://www.bd-design.nl/index.html?lang=en-uk&target=d121.html

Ciao,

Bert

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