Post by tomtommorrow on Jan 13, 2005 1:38:33 GMT
AMD Atholon 1.2
512 MB Ram
200 GB external fire wire drive
W2k
Monkey's Audio Lossless compression
MediaMonkey using ASIO output driver for winamp w/ buffer of 3, no EQ, no upsampling, no PC processing of any kind (hopefully)
ASIO4all USB driver set to 0 latency and 0 buffer
USB out
Pioneer Elite 55txi running Hi-Bit upsampling to 24bit/96khz
B&W 602 s3 fronts w/ 650 sub
Substandard wiring and interconnects
I have been tinkering for over a year while building my system. Huge difference in sound quality moving to the asio4all driver.
Originally I was running SPDIF out to my receiver, but I kept noticing faint background hiss, lack of full dynamic range, and latency levels that I could not get lower than 15ms.
My receiver has a USB input so I tested that and the hissing stopped, the music seemed to be more full in range, and I was able to get the latency levels down to 0 using no buffer.
It should be noted that the asio output driver for winamp has a buffer setting as well. I did have to set this to 3 to avoid pops and skips. As of yet, I have not ascertained what physical effect that buffer has on latency, signal clarity, etc.
Audiophile quality sound may never be achieved using the PC, but I can attest to the monumental upgrade in sound my system achieved by using the ASIO4all USB driver and bypassing my sound card.
Comments, good or bad are appreciated.
512 MB Ram
200 GB external fire wire drive
W2k
Monkey's Audio Lossless compression
MediaMonkey using ASIO output driver for winamp w/ buffer of 3, no EQ, no upsampling, no PC processing of any kind (hopefully)
ASIO4all USB driver set to 0 latency and 0 buffer
USB out
Pioneer Elite 55txi running Hi-Bit upsampling to 24bit/96khz
B&W 602 s3 fronts w/ 650 sub
Substandard wiring and interconnects
I have been tinkering for over a year while building my system. Huge difference in sound quality moving to the asio4all driver.
Originally I was running SPDIF out to my receiver, but I kept noticing faint background hiss, lack of full dynamic range, and latency levels that I could not get lower than 15ms.
My receiver has a USB input so I tested that and the hissing stopped, the music seemed to be more full in range, and I was able to get the latency levels down to 0 using no buffer.
It should be noted that the asio output driver for winamp has a buffer setting as well. I did have to set this to 3 to avoid pops and skips. As of yet, I have not ascertained what physical effect that buffer has on latency, signal clarity, etc.
Audiophile quality sound may never be achieved using the PC, but I can attest to the monumental upgrade in sound my system achieved by using the ASIO4all USB driver and bypassing my sound card.
Comments, good or bad are appreciated.