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J river Media Center 16 settings.....HELP

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Presently, I am running J River Media Center 16 on a Windows 7 64 bit platform. I have the usb connected to a Musical Fidelity V Link which upsamples to 24/96 and running the spdif output to my Emotiva dac which can accept up to 196K I am using the WASPI output setting in the Media Center, and for high rez files I have downloaded from HD Tracks, the music is perfect, couldn't ask for more. In this instance, I am NOT using the built in dsp in the Media Center software.

The problem is when I play my regular non-high rez files, the software in the Media Center automatically engages the dsp module and sets the output for 24 bits. I am unable not to use the dsp when playing regular 16 bit files!!! I assume this is because of the V link upsampling everything to 24/96.

Now the million dollar question.....is this how it is supposed to be and am I losing fidelity by having the dsp module engaged in Media Center?? I hope some experienced users with the J River Media Center can chime in.
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sandstone
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To configure JRiver 16 for outputting to the V-Link in your source file's native resolution:

- Set up for running in WASAPI-Event mode, and then set DSP Studio/Output Format/Bitdepth to "Source Bitdepth".

How that might effect SQ is an open question. As a counterexample, when running in ASIO mode , JRiver automatically sets output to the native bitdepth of the target hardware. ASIO is a preferred configuration for some systems.

Hope this helps, good luck.
sandstone
358 posts
 
Pulsetsar, May be true in general, but definitely Not the case with Ayre QB-9. The dedicated, proprietary driver provided by Ayre and designed by Wavelength Audio(Ayre uses an implementation similar to Streamlength) and the Ayre onboard upsampling is far superior. Check out Ayre Acoustics and wavelength Audio website for info.
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