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wner’s
Manual
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Setting up
USB
The dac8 Stereo is compliant with USB Audio Class 2 (UAC2), a widely used digital audio
interface standard that enables asynchronous operation. This feature allows the DAC to
control data flow according to its own high-precision oscillator, bypassing any requirements
for the precision of the clock in the source device or cables.
Drivers
The UAC2 standard also enables operation with Mac OS and Linux without the need for
installing additional drivers. The dac8 Stereo will be recognized as a 2-channel playback
device and a 2-channel recording device. The only action required by the user is to select
the dac8 Stereo in your operating system's audio control panel.
This also applies to Windows 10 and newer; however, we strongly recommend installing the
Okto Research ASIO driver to bypass the Windows sound mixer and enable exclusive access
to the device for bit-perfect, low-latency operation. The driver can be downloaded from the
following link:
https://oktoresearch.com/assets/OktoResearchUsbDriver.zip
To install it, extract the executable file from the archive, run it and go through the steps.