A U D I O P H I L L E O 1 & 2 U S E R M A N U A L
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Media Player and
PC Setup
here are a variety of operating systems and media players available. Their
detailed description is beyond the scope of this manual; however it
summarizes high level concepts.
Windows XP/Vista/7/8
The Audiophilleo1&2 are compatible with the USB audio device driver included with
windows XP/Vista/7/8. However, to achieve 176.4 and 192 KHz sample rates with
Vista/7/8, you will need to install our custom driver. Windows XP does not require
any driver for 192 Khz support. For our 32/64 bit Windows Vista/7/8 driver please
check
http://audiophilleo.com/support.aspx
.
There are a variety of media players available under windows: Windows Media Player,
JRMC, Foobar2000, JPLAY, XMPlay and many others. It is important to use the
proper sound output method. Most audiophile users will use WASAPI Push,
WASAPI Event, ASIO4ALL, or Kernel Streaming (KS) for output. DirectSound (DS)
is generally considered of lower quality, partially because it passes through the Windows
mixer. Regardless of which output method you decide to use, you should generally
always set things to “24 bit”, even if you are playing red book CD audio. WASAPI and
KS are preferred methods, with WASAPI being best supported under windows
Vista/7/8. Under XP, KS or ASIO4ALL is recommended. When using ASIO4ALL
set the 2 ASIO buffers to max as follows:
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