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I think my thought was to get all sounds to play bitperfect through ASIO with a low latency on my machine. (also, HiFi cable does not sound better than other VB cables, right? ) No difference in sound whatsoever.īut maybe i did something wrong, so please let me know if there's a way to test the difference beyond a purely subjective listening test.

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Audio recording is a completely different subject.ġ00% it was working, windows volume slider was disabled and ASIO was displayed an ON in the DAC software (dacmagic 100). And even if it did, there should not be a sound quality improvement, foobar with ASIO included. I am also pretty sure it does not bypass windows mixer completely like ASIO or wasapi in foobar.

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But in a modern PC with win 10 (which also has USB Audio gen 2 drivers since the creators update, if you need it) without some issues, i don't think this will make any difference. I imagine something like this would have been useful a few years ago or if you have problems with your computer/drivers/software. Now, about improving sound quality.really? I noticed no difference. I used HiFi cable and ASIO Bridge some time ago, without ASIO4ALL since the DAC has it's own ASIO driver. Let me know if you have any questions or additions. NOTE 2: You can experiment with the latency, but I found the default 8192 smp to work fine. NOTE: If it says (stopped) it is not working and you may need to toggle the ASIO button or restart your machine. Open VB-Audio ASIO Bridge, select ASIO Device: ASIO for (Your DAC or soundcard), make sure you click the button so it says ASIO ON. Set the Hi-Fi Cable Output Properties - Listen Tab to Listen to this device checked, Playback through this device: (Your DAC or soundcard selected)ĥ. Set your DAC/Soundcard Properties - Advanced Tab to 16bit, 44100 Hz (or whatever your source file format is)Ĥ. Set the Hi-Fi Cable Output Properties - Advanced Tab to 16bit, 44100 Hz (or whatever your source file format is)ģ. Set the Hi-Fi Cable Input Properties - Advanced Tab to 16bit, 44100 Hz (or whatever your source file format is)Ģ. I believe there are some additional things you may or may not want to do to route all Windows sound through the ASIO Bridge software.ġ. I second this software/audio interface as an amazing tool to improve all sound quality from your Windows machine. Please leave feedback if you experience any gains or losses in sound quality from this method. Make sure your soundcard is enabled in the list (click the button to make it blue) Icon should look like a Play or Pause-button. If you don't get any sound find ASIO4ALL in the bottom right of the task bar. Open Spotify and play any track like you would normallyĥ. You should now have a new device named Hi-Fi Cable Input visible. Open Sound settings in Windows Control Panel.

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Download and install HIFI-CABLE & ASIO-Bridge.

#Alternatives to festify windows 7#

Procedure for Windows 7 (because that's what I use)Ģ. * For soundcards without native ASIO support (most soundcards) you also need ASIO4ALL

* With ASIO-Bridge Application, HI-FI CABLE's Input can be routed to any ASIO Device Output

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* HIFI-CABLE driver is a virtual audio device appearing in the audio device list Presenting VB-Audio Hi-Fi Cable & ASIO-Bridge: Credits to this post (Swedish) from back in 2016.

Today I finally found a solution and I wanted to share. I've spotted a few threads on Reddit where people have been discribing a problem similar to mine. For the past few months I have been on the lookout for alternatives to Fidelify without much success. However, official support for libspotify has been depreciated since 2015 and sometime during this fall (2018) Fidelify finally stopped working. For the longest time there has been numeral request on the official Spotify forums for implementation of either ASIO or WASAPI as a way to bypass the Windows software mixer but status has been ' Not right now' since forever (2012).įor many years the unofficial 3rd party client Fidelify sorted this issue by allowing either WASAPI or ASIO using libspotify. In my experience the Windows software mixer adds a distinct and very audible coloration of sound that to my knowledge can only be bypassed by using either ASIO or WASAPI.