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In the Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player
Post Subject: Bypass that sound card!Posted by jessie.dazzle on: 9/29/2008
Mani wrote :
"...An interesting thing that I have found is that the soundcard changes the data EVEN WITH EVERYTHING SET TO ZERO in its software mixer...I am convinced that the soundcard/interface is the main cause of the inferior performance of HDD vs. CD..."
Yes, so... Just bypass your computer's sound card : Use a USB DAC.
If audio files are transferred from the computer's hard drive out to an external DAC via USB, you might just as well remove your soundcard, as it is not being used.
jd*
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