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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Cannot restart WASAPI Services
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on: October 01, 2012, 06:38:47 pm
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Hi Peter, just tried your suggestion and unfortunately it doesn't work.
I still can't see the NOS1 as a WASAPI device either in W7's 'Manage Audio Devices' or in HQPlayer. But it's listed in W7's Device Manager as a WDM audio device.
Strange uh? Any more ideas?
Mani.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Cannot restart WASAPI Services
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on: September 19, 2012, 11:21:33 am
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CORRECTION:
I'm not sure if it's the WASAPI services themselves cannot be restarted or if it's just the NOS1 that cannot be used in WASAPI mode.
I currently don't have any other audio devices active in my 'new' 3770K PC. I'll activate the onboard audio device and see if I can use it in WASAPI mode.
Mani.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Cannot restart WASAPI Services
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on: September 19, 2012, 10:54:12 am
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Here's my understanding. If 'Stop WASAPI Services' is engaged in the Settings Area, then there will be no WASAPI services available during 'Minimize OS' mode... However, these WASAPI services should restart when XX takes the OS back to normal.
But WASAPI services do not come back in normal OS mode.
Why am I even bothered about this when KS is clearly superior. Well, I'd like to try feeding the NOS1 from HQPlayer. In order to do this, I need WASAPI services.
Am I doing something wrong or is there a bug in XX?
Mani.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: Phase Alignment sound wise
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on: September 13, 2012, 01:12:31 pm
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In my case, PA(-) sounds flatter and duller than without PA - just as you describe. But PA(+) gives me a better sound than I've ever had before.
Try both - and + before making a judgement on PA. If after that you still prefer the sound without PA, then cool.
Interestingly, my single-ended 300B amp shows an identical behaviour pattern - reversing the polarity of the speaker terminals makes it sound way, way more life-like. I've always thought that maybe its inherent harmonic distortion is cancelling that of the speakers' in some way.... but I have no real evidence for this, other than the improvement in sound.
Mani.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: RE-CHECK YOUR DC !!!
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on: September 10, 2012, 06:25:27 pm
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You mean that it did not work at all or only for those who, could not get it engaged with previous versions? If what I've been listening to for the last few weeks is not PA, then I will 'eat my hat', get some mp3 downloads and give up on audio altogether... (But somehow I think I'm safe.) Mani.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: Experience with DACs other than the Async Phasure NOS using 0.9z-7 ?
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on: September 04, 2012, 10:03:15 pm
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Well I'm giving up for today...
I can't use the Mytek in 'Minimize OS' mode. In normal OS mode it shows up as a KS device no problem and everything seems to work OK. But as soon as I go into 'Minimize OS' mode, it disappears. I can still see the Mytek through its USB control panel, but XX just doesn't see it. It doesn't matter if 'Keep WASAPI services' has been activated or not before minimizing the OS.
I just don't think it's worth pursuing unless I can use both DACs in Minimize OS mode.
For another day...
Mani.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: Experience with DACs other than the Async Phasure NOS using 0.9z-7 ?
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on: September 04, 2012, 09:42:44 pm
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I'm currently sitting with both the NOS1 and Mytek in my office. I want to optimise XX settings before I make any comparisons. The NOS1 is no problem, but the Mytek I'm not too sure about. In the Mytek's USB control panel, the 'Streaming Buffer Size' is set in milliseconds - between 1ms and 16ms. In the XX's settings panel, it's set in samples. So a few questions:
1) How do figure out the optimum settings? 2) What Q setting should I choose? 3) Should I go Adaptive or Special?
Any really quick answers would be appreciated. Meanwhile, I'll just do a bit of experimenting...
Mani.
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