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RE: Glad I could help spoil your evening.

-- In Foobar, yes I use ASIO for music (the motherboard has built-in Realtek sound that is great for movies but not music.) For music, I have to hook up the 0404 and disable the Realtek stuff.

If I understand what you are saying you might not have to do that. Set your realtek as the default. IF you set Foobar up with ASIO, then it will only work with the ASIO driver you select (USB404). There will be no need to enable or disable. Any other program not using ASIO will grab the Realtek.

-- Interesting view about Foobar and the other options. I'll see about trying Wavelab. The 0404 USB is so tightly integrated with its ASIO that I doubt the programs themselves make a difference (for lossless files) Then again, experimenting is always fun.

I know what you are saying. That is what I once thought. But the software players all sound a bit different. Wavelab is made by Steinberg who created ASIO (so their drivers are probably better than others). Lossless especially will behave differently (I know lossless is lossless BUT the decoding matters as does the extra processing needed).

Placebo is always an issue in such tests, but Wavelab is the LAST player I wanted to like. It is the worst GUI and it doesnt work with mp3toys like Foobar does. But it sounded better. It was designed to work in a studio and create music so sound quality is paramount.

I know it is hard to believe, but so is 26g magwire :).......

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