I'm running analogue out my titanium HD in WASAPI push mode. But I don't doubt that straight digital out sounds better to. I think the wasapi engine has gotten more accurate.
First of all, it’s important to note that between Windows 3 and Windows 7, versions of Windows were designated by a name rather than a number: 95, 98, NT, Me, 2000, Vista, and so on. When Microsoft announced Windows 7, there was actually a similar amount of disbelief/pushback; after a series of named versions of Windows, it seemed odd to jump back to numbers. Windows 8: Actually version 6.3 Windows 8.1: Actually version 6.3, build 9600 There’s also the odd fact that the name of each Windows release doesn’t actually match the real version number; for example, Windows 8.1 is actually version 6.3 of Windows. Windows 10 is version 6.4. The last time the release name actually matched the version number was Windows NT 4.0, which was released back in 1996. Windows 2000, which was called NT 5.0 during development, was actually version 5.0. Windows XP was version 5.1. Windows Vista was 6.0, Windows 7 was 6.1, Windows 8 was 6.2, and Windows 8.1 is version 6.3. (WinRT, which powers Metro, is a new and separate beast, but it still sits on top of the core Windows kernel.)Technically, modern versions of Windows are still based on the Vista kernel/code base — including Windows 10, which is actually Windows 6.4.
Because Sinofsky f**ked the numbering. 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8. Windows 8 was the ninth NT release from the customer viewpoint.
I have the Asus Xonar Essence One muse edition and run xlr analog to an avm-50v with 2.1 arc room correction in dsp mode. I think I would find it hard to see a difference in bit perfect output from 7 to 10, I found little if any from 7 to 8.1? Especially if you are running that through a foobar component. Possible your drivers for 8.1 and your sound card are better? Bit perfect is bit perfect and that argument has gone on forever. 44.1 flac is only as good as the original recording and that is where I find the difference, in the quality of the original recording which makes the biggest difference. Regards
many years ago, must commit that I was a HiFi enthusiast with a lot of nice equipment, was told by a local dealer, that the sound quality of a Compact Disc will increase dramatically when I take a green marker and paint the edge of my CDs with it. After that discussion i was very close to call the guys with that particular white jacket that doesn't fit so well ... his wisdom came from High-fidelity magazines who really wrote down that s**t, at least in Germany
well there may be some effects - however I guess those are minimal and the question is, if these markers actually change the digitalized signal from the CD or not.
From what I have come to understand about the Windows nomenclature is that if there is anything that we must accept as flawed it is in the naming. I can hardly differentiate Windows versions from its builds in most cases. As far as the Kernel versions go you are going to have the same numbers as Windows versions and in many cases the builds number follows. It is a little confusing for somebody who is new to Windows operating system.
I mean why stop there? Why not let people pin their live tiles as widget onto their desktop ala rainmeter.
Microsoft is not a small organization its one of the biggest organisation while devolving a new product or more appropriate tailoring the new product they focus on their customers, competitors and their employees so its really hard to change the whole product in one step thats why they bring change slowly and worst thing is even the single thing or dislikng in the product can fail whole of their product line and thus their market share will decline the same case with windows 8.
?? All I'm saying is that's another option they can let people pin their live tiles. It's not like they should force the live tiles onto the desktop. The more options the better.
Woo thanks a bunch! I just went around the edges of my hard drive with green makers and holy sh!t, thatz the ticket, sounds awesome. Regards
Such things can affect jitter - but for modern CD reading drives including CD-RW, DVD-RW, BD-RE, the factor of jitter is eliminated. But on old Hi-Fi CDDA playback decks it might've made a difference since those are much more vulnerable to jitter due to how they read the digital data and passed it through the DAC. An example where these differences are eliminated is for example using a proper CD ripping software to copy a CD to an Mp3, WAV, or FLAC file. In that case, its the same so long as the CD is unscratched and everything was copied successfully.