This is so absurd, I feel it deserves its own thread

WASAPI Event is for asynchronous DACs, WASAPI Push is for non-asynchronous ones synched to the system clock. WASAPI Event is much less likely to f**k up. To use either of them properly for direct samples sent over USB to the DAC, bypassing Windows, the USB controller in the DAC needs to have support for "exclusive mode" enabled in its firmware. Almost all asynchronous DACs will.

WASAPI Event is Microsoft's clone of ASIO, which is not open source and has to be licensed from Steinberg. WASAPI Event is direct to the DAC (same sound) but is higher latency and not the professional standard. ALSA is much harder to configure than WASAPI Event which is slightly harder (you have to check another box or two in Windows) than ASIO where you just install the driver, choose the output protocol and it just works.

I have no idea what the fuckAudioquest is talking about by more CPU power = better sound since all you need is enough power to send continuous sample packets over USB without f'ing up which isn't a lot. You can check high priority process in most media players or just bump the process up yourself if you're scared of stuttering or skipping. The point of having more RAM is to load the audio file into RAM to lower chances of stuttering from having to read the file from the hard drive or SSD. Since all modern computers have enough ram to hold an entire CD in memory, I don't know what the f**k they are talking about since you can just increase the media player's media cache. I drank some German brandy so I hope this post is understandable enough.

EDIT: If they're talking about playing a CD in a drive on your PC, I don't know why you just wouldn't rip the CD first and play it from the hard drive/SSD as then you won't have to deal with drive issues and shit. If you want to listen to that CD right away then just go ahead from the disc and rip it securely when you're playing the next album you want to listen to. Modern computers have multiple cores and the ripping speed is drive limited.

 

All music is external? Why? The bus? Computers have ram you f'ing idiot Audioquest guy. Why do you need even 16 gb of ram to track? People were tracking digitally in the late 80s onto Betamax tape with the Sony PCM adapters for VCRs and many of those records sound perfectly fine if they didn't clip the drum kit.

This idiot doesn't know how cheap musicians actually are. I know guitarists who just run hackintoshes for pro tools. "Get mah songs from mah comptuer in my living room in Hong Kong." more like "I go to Google/What/Waffles and find the flacs and download them as f**k it I don't want to remote it or I just listen on youtube as I am in a coffee shop and using Portapros"

Ripping with iTunes to ALAC. I had to turn it off. Too much bullshit. I need a drink.

 

How long before we get audiophile RAM?

 

That's hysterical.

 

I've seen this! I can't find the ebay or whatever link, but it was a power conditioner that fit into your ram slot. The seller had a couple other similar things; i think there was a pci one?

I remember it wasn't expensive though... cheap enough to go "eh, why not give it a try?" (I wanna say $15-30?? don't remember)

 

Yep, here we go:



http://www.changstar.com/index.php/topic,2130.0.html

 

Being a "CC" (Certified Curmudgeon) I've been slow to adopt Computer Audio as my mainstay dedicated means of playing my music. There are things about Computer Audio that bug me for the fact that as far as getting High level Audio Playback results things still aren't as straightforward as they should be.

As far as I'm concerned, things are a bit backwards. It should be dedicated Audio Computers we're talking about, not the opposite. When Ithink about the state of "CA" I'm reminded of the Jack Nicklson scene in "A few Good Men" where he says "You want the truth ! , You can't handle the truth" only instead saying the "truth" the words "High level Audio Playback" are substituted !

As far as I'll go for now is using an Auraliti PK100 Digital File Player. It wasn't until 20yrs ago that I even started playing the small shinny discs! ( & there is way more "digital nastiness" to be "killed" in Computer Audio before music even starts sounding "listenable" for myself)

I'm reminded of another line from a Movie, that I've rearranged a bit . As Dirty Harry would say "A Computer's gotta know it's place !" I'm certain my laptop has occasionally thought "Feeling lucky....punk" when I've booted it up !

 

Duration 1hr 12 mins. Tells me that this cannot possibly be about de-mystifying computer audio.

 

It's actually about re-mystifying computer audio. I think there must have been a few typos when the schedule for RMAF was being drafted, the original summary read as follows:

"Forget everything you know about computer audio! This seminar will show you how to unlock the mystical powers of iTunes, break the laws of physics using RAM & HDDs, and loosen your grip on reality in general. Special guest speaker: anonymous engineer from Intel.

Don't forget to use #SteveJobsWasAnAudiophile on twitter to enter a raffle for one of our $3000 Ethernet cables!"

 

Computer audio is so very easy. Figuring out what to put between your computer and the transducers of your choice - now that's complicated!

 

He,he,he.... I'm normally not that concerned about whether things I do in my 'Audio' hobby are a bit difficult , it's my hobby ... I'm way more concerned about whether I'm raising the "Enjoyment Factor" by doing certain things

I could care less about "How simple" it is to "incorporate" Computer Audio into things . The real question is whether the Computer part of things is making a perfect handshake with the requirements of great Audio playback. I can't agree that you can raise the performance level of something that much by simply putting higher integrity parts in line with them.

That's why "Newbies" stay "Newbies".