In article , froggy
wrote:
Le 11/01/2010 10:55, Jim Lesurf a écrit :


Why not simply change to an outboard DAC like the DACMagic? That works
very well in my experience.


I tried plugging my Acer Aspire One 751H nettop into a dacmagic via the
usb connection using foobar & asio4all. The sound was absolutely vile!
It sounded like a gurgling 78rpm played on a distant AM radio. Am I
doing something wrong I ask myself?

Maybe you were listening to a net radio station of someone playing a 78.
:-) Can't tell as you don't say what source material you were using.

However you may need to check that the data is being sent reliably via USB.

With my ancient laptop I had to tweak some of the ALSA and Pulse settings
to avoid occasional breaks. But not had to do that with my new laptop.
However if you are using Windows I can't comment on any software tweaks.

FWIW It works well here from a Shuttle using Ubuntu. Details on the
audiomisc website.

I don't use the DACmagic via usb with my fairly new Acer 5738Z as that
works nicely via its optical spdif output using Xubuntu.

BTW For both the above I have a 60GB SSD fitted as the HD.

Slainte,

Jim

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