I'm loving this little stack!
What is that hp amp? I may be blind, but I couldn't find that on the SMSL website...?
I'm loving this little stack!
SMSL SH-8What is that hp amp? I may be blind, but I couldn't find that on the SMSL website...?
It's not yet on SMSL official website, for unknown reasons.What is that hp amp? I may be blind, but I couldn't find that on the SMSL website...?
Amirm, what is the case for OSX? WASAPI is just for Windows devices. How can you have something similar on the OSX side for bit-perfect audio? Any settings and/or application recommendations?No, they give you everything. It is just that this is no longer needed post Windows 10 Creators edition. If the device is USB Audio Class 2 (UAC2) compliant, as SU-8 is, no driver is needed. By using the Windows driver you are relying on tested and common driver.
Of course. This is an option in your player usually. Here it is in my Roon player:
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Exclusive mode bypasses the operating system audio processing giving the bits exactly to the DAC as they came from your player.
It's not yet on SMSL official website, for unknown reasons.
But you can find it on shenzhenaudio website.
So far this stack has 4 units:
SU-8 (DAC)
SH-8 (Headphone Amp)
DA-8 (Power Amp)
B2 (External Clock/Bluetooth Receiver)
Amirm, what is the case for OSX? WASAPI is just for Windows devices. How can you have something similar on the OSX side for bit-perfect audio? Any settings and/or application recommendations?
Apple has CoreAudio which is also capable of bit perfect performance.
Here is a Roon FAQ talking about bit perfect on Macs.
https://kb.roonlabs.com/Audio_On_OSX
Excellent, thanks for sharing. It matches the search I've done on this after my post. So, all you have to do is just select the DAC in the Sound menu in OSX and you are set. Any recommendation for a good FLAC player in OSX besides the iTunes plugin "Bitperfect" and Audirvana?
HD598 modded how?