aweitzner;306390 Wrote: > The K-mixer story sounded familiar. I found it here on Benchmark's > website: > > http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/computer_audio/advanced_usb_audio.html > > They claim this issue arises when the DAC-1 is connected to a PC via > USB > > Andy
I wonder if his dealer is a Benchmark dealer? The issue is that when using the USB port the file seems to already be converted to audio. In the audio state using the USB port, MicroSuck makes all audio go through the K-mixer. Again, as if MicroSuck knows best. >From Benchmark: "Windows® 2000 and XP operating systems have a digital mixer known as 'Kmixer'. All audio streams must go through the Windows® Kmixer to reach native USB audio devices. The performance of Kmixer is critical to any native USB audio solution, so we tested it extensively. We found that Kmixer can perform with full or near full bit-transparency under the right conditions. But, under the wrong conditions, Kmixer can do a great deal of damage. Kmixer's sample-rate-conversion is of very poor quality (under XP and 2000) and must be avoided. Benchmark's Advance USB Audio solution allows Kmixer to default to a transparent mode of operation that avoids sample rate conversion." Back to the real world of Network Audio Players (Slim Devices) that transcode digtal files and do not use a USB cable as their input source (which a Benchmark USB does). The K-mixer is not an issue for ANY Slim Devices product, because their devices transcode digital files and output either analog audio or standard digital signal. They do not use USB Digial Audio out as their source. -- iPhone iPhone Last.FM http://www.lastfm.com/user/mePhone Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono Blocks, Vandersteen Quatro, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Bedroom: SB3, NAD C370, Thiel 2.3 Home Office: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, VSM-1 Sigs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48214
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