Why would a USB cable matter? I haven't seen any science to back up any claims. As long as the cable
is not messing up impedence or is incompetently shielded, it shouldn't matter. A loose connector is
more along the lines of something I believe would matter.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Pultz" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Geek question - is there any way to get Foobar2000 to automatically change
to a file's native sample/bitrate in Win7?


> Try 'em all! Sometimes I think I hear a difference between them, and then I
> don't. Doesn't hurt to install them. While you're at it, there is a HDCD
> decoder and a RAM-disk utility. Good clean fun.
>
> From what I've read of the views of coders, there isn't anything wrong with
> ASIO or WASAPI. I haven't gone 'ultimate' yet myself, but what I have played
> with suggests those guys are not delusional regarding hardware optimization.
> My latest DAW is built on a Gigabyte gaming motherboard, which has what they
> call a specially-filtered USB buss, inspired by the idea that noise on the
> data and power lines changes the sound. Know what? It is very obviously
> better. Perhaps similar to having a built-in Audioquest Jitter Bug.
>
> A modestly tricked-out USB cable improved the sound, too. As for $100
> Ethernet cables - - prove it to me!
>
> I do hear a consistent difference between playback apps. I've used Jriver
> Media Center for some years, for its excellent ripping and tagging
> functions, and networking capabilities. It sounds different than Foobar -
> smoother. Sometimes that seems less accurate, sometimes more. I guess I've
> come down to feeling, after hearing my own work played through both of those
> programs and from Samplitude, that MC is more accurate. But it's subtle and
> maybe more within the realm of taste than objectivity.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Fine
> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 11:46 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Geek question - is there any way to get Foobar2000
> to automatically change to a file's native sample/bitrate in Win7?
>
> That's it, components. So which is best to install? I thought I read
> somewhere that ASIO is not favored in the "ultimate file player" crowd, the
> guys who optimize laptops for playing digital music files. Never understood
> why, above my geek pay grade.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Pultz" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 11:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Geek question - is there any way to get Foobar2000
> to automatically change to a file's native sample/bitrate in Win7?
>
>
>> Maybe a "component' could be termed a plugin. In
>> File>Preferences>Components, you can install support for ASIO, Kernel
>> Streaming, and WASAPI. That may be what you're missing. The HiLo
>> probably supports them all, but certainly ASIO. Try installing that
>> and WASAPI support, then under Output, select the Device menu entry
>> that shows the HiLo in one or both interface types. NOT DS! That's the
> Windows interface, IIRC.
>> It should show at least one of those named for the HiLo, or as a
>> generic USB device.
>>
>> One way to check this is to play an 88.2 file. Win7 doesn't support
>> it; it will resample or just not work. If you get 88.2 on your
>> converter, it is bypassing the Windows mixer.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Fine
>> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 10:33 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Geek question - is there any way to get
>> Foobar2000 to automatically change to a file's native sample/bitrate in
> Win7?
>>
>> Also, is there some parameter deep in the Sound control panel that
>> turns control of this over to the playback software? Sony Soundforge
>> doesn't have this problem with the Lynx HiLo -- it seems designed to
>> take control of all this stuff in the background. Also, Carl are you
>> sure you don't have a Foobar plugin that is controlling this? If so, which
> plugin?
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Carl Pultz" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 10:23 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Geek question - is there any way to get
>> Foobar2000 to automatically change to a file's native sample/bitrate in
> Win7?
>>
>>
>>> Gee, Tom, that's never been a problem for me. Via USB to Benchmark
>>> DACs, using ASIO, KS, or WASAPI, Foobar will automatically output
>>> native rates and change on the fly (unlike Mac OS). This is with no
>>> other processing plugins in the virtual signal path, which I almost
>>> never use. I confirmed this when I got the DAC2, which indicates
>>> sr/bit-depth. It requires no intervention and has worked that way on
>>> Win7, 8.1, and 10. It doesn't care what the Windows default setting
>>> is, as the Benchmark drivers bypass that internal system. Hardware
>>> interfaces that use Windows native drivers may behave differently.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Fine
>>> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 9:58 AM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Geek question - is there any way to get
>>> Foobar2000 to automatically change to a file's native sample/bitrate in
> Win7?
>>>
>>> I have tried figuring this out on Google and nothing I'm searching
>>> gets me there.
>>>
>>> I use Foobar2000 as my primary audio player on my Win7 computers in
>>> the studio. Foobar seems to default to the Windows Sound setting for
>>> the actual output sample/bitrate, no matter what is native to the
>>> file. So, if I'm listening to multiple files from the studio,
>>> HDTracks and CDs, I have to keep opening up the Sound control panel
>>> and changing the settings to match the file.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to make Foobar do this, take control of these
>>> settings and then change them based on the file parameters?
>>>
>>> -- Tom Fine
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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