Tidal in Windows 10


Looks like two drivers are installed for the SMSL Sanskrit MK 2 connected to Windows 10.

One is the default Microsoft driver "Audio Point" - shows up as Speaker in "Device Manager --> Audio Inputs and Outputs"

The second one is the manually installed XMOS ASIO driver - shows up as USB DAC in "Device Manager --> USB DAC Devices". I downloaded this driver from the SMSL website version 5.30

Foobar2000 uses the XMOS ASIO driver.

Tidal App on the other hand uses the "Audio Point" driver looks like this may be WASAPI and not ASIO. But when songs change I see the bit rate changing automatically in the XMOS app in the system tray.

Anyways, my question is that other USB DAC devices automatically grey out the volume in the Tidal app when the "Exclusive Mode" is selected, while the SMSL DAC doesn't grey out the volume control in "Exclusive Mode". Not sure if this is how the XMOS intended to work with Windows? Any SMSL users with Windows out there who can confirm if the setup looks right?

Thanks.

nebulae