|
Post by puffin on Nov 12, 2023 20:17:33 GMT
I know nothing about the computer. It was my son's when he worked at Microsoft and I doubt that he will know. I thought that perhaps there was something upsampling the signal, but there is no CD drive and no sound card as far I can see without dismantling it. I just stream from a USB out on the motherboard.
|
|
|
Post by puffin on Nov 21, 2023 13:45:33 GMT
Since my last post I have done some digging and found that the stream from Spotify is being processed by ASIO, a computer sound card driver protocol for digital audio.
As I said previously the Dac is telling me that it is handling DSD. Whatever is happening it sounds pretty decent.
|
|
|
Post by Slinger on Nov 21, 2023 15:14:34 GMT
I know nothing about the computer. It was my son's when he worked at Microsoft and I doubt that he will know. I thought that perhaps there was something upsampling the signal, but there is no CD drive and no sound card as far I can see without dismantling it. I just stream from a USB out on the motherboard. If there is no sound card, sound would be handled by a chipset on the computer's motherboard itself.
|
|
|
Post by orange55 on Nov 22, 2023 20:43:38 GMT
Since my last post I have done some digging and found that the stream from Spotify is being processed by ASIO, a computer sound card driver protocol for digital audio. As I said previously the Dac is telling me that it is handling DSD. Whatever is happening it sounds pretty decent. ASIO is a good thing as it bypasses the windows default sound setting that converts everything to 48hz.
|
|
|
Post by puffin on Nov 26, 2023 18:44:49 GMT
Since my last post I have done some digging and found that the stream from Spotify is being processed by ASIO, a computer sound card driver protocol for digital audio. As I said previously the Dac is telling me that it is handling DSD. Whatever is happening it sounds pretty decent. ASIO is a good thing as it bypasses the windows default sound setting that converts everything to 48hz. I am still getting to grips with how all this streaming lark works and what is doing what. However I am thoroughly enjoying how it all sounds through my ifi Zen Dac v2 and a Topping D30 which a mate gifted me recently. Both handle DSD.
|
|