In Reply to: RE: ASIO Driver for OSX posted by Mercman on September 4, 2014 at 13:32:25:
Steve,
- You mentioned that you used Decibel with the Core Audio driver and the ASIO driver. Doesn't this mean that the Core Audio subsystem in OS X is being used when you choose the Core Audio driver?
I sat back and listened to a large number of DSD64 files under both ASIO and Core Audio with Decibel. The ASIO driver sounded much better than the Core Audio driver that used DoP; and not by a small amount. The DoP playback with the Core Audio driver sounded somewhat compressed with less bloom and high end air. The soundstage was far more open sounding listening with the ASIO driver. And it wasn’t just DSD that benefited from the ASIO driver playback, but also PCM files. The PCM files simply sounded better with the ASIO exaSound driver.
- And you compared vs Audirvana Plus bypassing Core Audio, vs exaSound & ASIO. The exaSound & ASIO sounded better. Is this correct?
Was this also across the board for PCM & DSD, as you did with Decibel?
Thanks!
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Follow Ups
- RE: ASIO Driver for OSX - AbeCollins 14:25:36 09/04/14 (1)
- RE: ASIO Driver for OSX - Mercman 15:16:13 09/04/14 (0)