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I got the USB DAC per everyone's sugguestion BUT..

Oh well, I got the V-Dac..., but am returning it. There's a limitation on most of these DACs out there that they will only take a max of 16bit 48khz sample rate through USB. It is definitely the case for this V-DAC. I also called Emotiva and they said the USB will limit the bit depth no matter what brand I use because most high-end DACs don't have a 3rd party driver. I tried to stream a Vinyl rip at 24bit 192hkz with the V-DAC and it wouldn't play no matter what. I also tried without the USB Cable, using "pass through" from on board sound to the DAC through a coaxial cable. but was unable to get any sound. Any of you ever gotten a DAC to operate at 24/192 under Windows 7?

Thanks.

Angelgz2 (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

06-24-11

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06-24-11 My musiland md10 handles it all just fine. i stream from wi ... Elevick

06-24-11 The ayre usb dac and some others will handle 24/192, but at ... Drubin

06-24-11 I think the wired 4 sound dac 2 is probably the least expens ... Meiwan

06-24-11 I'm using hrt usb dac...i was going to get v-dac, but i just ... Gmahler2u

06-25-11 the apogee duet 2 can handle 24/96 at less than half the pr ... Restock

06-25-11 At axpona/nyc i just heard a nice sounding mytek hi-res dac ... Dgarretson

06-25-11 The m2tech hiface will do 24/192. it is a usb to s/pdif inte ... Dtc

06-25-11 I use a musiland monitor 01 usd usb-to-s/pdif converter to g ... Riffer

06-28-11 Nuforce icon hdp http://www.nuforce.com/hp/products/iconh ... Bergnerm

06-30-11: Angelgz2
I see. Thanks for all your suggestion. All the brand names mentioned here, did you guys actually tried it and confirmed that it will work at 24/96 in Windows 7?

Anyways, after weeks of trying, I finally got the V-DAC to work at 24/192. These are my findings:

USB -- limited to 16/48, doesn't matter if you have USB 1.1 or USB 2.0
Optical S/PDIF -- limited to 24/96, it won't pick up any signal beyond that as the green light goes dark....
Coaxial S/PDIF -- to my very surprise, this actually does the magic. Plugged in a good quality Coaxial Cable and ah-ha~ there goes the magical 24/192.

While the M2Tech HiFace is probably a very good solution, it's too expensive for a USB to S/PDIF converter. I just gave up on using this for my laptop and wire it to my desktop that has a good sound card configured as "digital pass through".

I got to say though, damn... this V-DAC REALLY good. It's an unbelievable deal for the price. Too bad it uses a cheap USB chip.
Angelgz2 (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

12-01-11 This is odd - i have a burson ha-160d and it plays 24/192, 2 ... Jmdesignz2

12-01-11 Old thread, probably well known by now, but vdac ii has an i ... Timlub

12-02-11 The hrt streamer ii and ii+ usb dacs do 24/96 at attractive ... Dtc

12-03-11 I'm quite satisfied with the hrt streamer ii. Orpheus10

12-16-11 The schitt bifrost uses asynchronous usb 2.0 for 24/196howev ... Ts0711

12-22-11 Hi all, spent all night last night trying to find a specific ... Gundam91

12-22-11 Gundam91, yes, at least my laptop with win7-64 with foobar, ... Timlub

12-23-11 Thanks for confirming, timlub! i can't wait to get my system ... Gundam91

12-23-11 "so the question is whether the usb cable will transmit ... Audioengr

12-26-11 Thanks audioengr, for the confirmation and recommendation. i ... Gundam91

02-20-12 Dtc....is that true about the mf m1 dac usb input accepting ... Jadegrenade410

02-21-12 Usb is not limited. there are a lot of dacs available with ... Audioengr

03-16-12 Wyred 4 sound dac2 excellent dac 24/192 over usb Mhelming