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In Reply to: RE: ExaSound and JRiver posted by Bob_C on September 22, 2015 at 11:50:32
Bob,
We stand behind what we said about JPlay. We had to say it because of ethical reasons.
exaSound
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To be honest, this doesn't look good for you. I'm not sure why you think that supporting "bits is bits" mythology, and its purveyors in JRiver and Foobar, is good for business - it's a huge turn-off, for me personally, and I'm sure for many others.
The reason your ASIO driver is not working with JPlay is obviously insufficient testing protocol, which seemigly only includes 2 players - not surprisinly, JRiver and Foobar. Asking a software vendor to borrow your DAC to ensure compatibility seems a bit hypocritical - how about you downloading a version of JPlay, and making sure your software is comparible?
If anything, this snippet from your web site below is definition of UN-ethical, in my opinion:
In our view JPlay is an unnecessary layer of processing. We like, use and endorse Windows players like J River Media Center and Foobar. We like them because they give the user control over the sound processing. With these players we can turn on as little or as many features as we need. More importantly, we understand what is going on within the player. JPlay works in magic ways, and therefore we prefer to stay away from it.
which is as intrusive on your computer as JRiver. It writes loads of cache files, monitors your usage and uninstall unless you stop it, and leaves scores of registry keys on your PC.
Uninstall JRiver with something like Revo Uninstaller and scan for leftovers and anyone can see what is left behind.
Thank you for bringing the quote, it says it all.
Regarding the ASIO compatibility, our ASIO drivers are strictly compatible with the Steinberg specification. Besides Foobar, JRiver and all the studio recording software, I should mention HQPlayer as perfectly compatible choice. The compatibility issue with JPlay happened after changes on their side.
It has been discussed here and on many boards over and over again… But I would like to ask you the question. Do you think there is any such thing as the perfect DAC that will not be affected by the transport in front of it?
Is your DAC immune to software and hardware changes that are feeding it?
Bob, no DAC is perfect....
The basic logic behind what we say is that there are technologies that don't make sense to be used together. We've made some choices, we use ASIO, not KS. We've expressed our preferences for simplicity and rational design. We understand that these choices are not attractive to everybody.
exaSound DACs work more like streamers. They have internal memory, so music is plaid from the memory storage inside the DAC, not from the computer sound system, not from the USB. Therefore the impact from optimizations of the computer sound system and the USB connection won't bring much return on investment.
With the architecture that we use, the special optimizations of the playback engine must be deployed inside our DACs, somewhere between the memory buffer and the DAC chip.
In the exaSound usage scenario tweaking of the player can alter the sound in a pleasant and desired way, but this amounts to changing the flavour of the sound, not getting closer to the original recording.
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