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ASIO sound quality compared to DirectSound

I have the latest stable release of Foobar to play FLAC files via my EMU 0404 USB box. The connection between the laptop and EMU is USB.

I configured F2K with the ASIO Addon and it is able to talk to the native EMU ASIO drivers ... but the sound quality is much more analytical (bright?) and less airy than the direct sound option. Even my wife preferred the DS option since it sounded more analog.

Also, even when using DirectSound ... the computer volume control has no effect ... perhaps thats because its connecting via USB (and not S/PDIF etc.)

Please see my system details.

Suggestions ?


Edits: 11/29/07
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Topic - ASIO sound quality compared to DirectSound - vulcanman 17:31:09 11/29/07 (23)
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