ASIO sound from streaming

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Hi ,

I just finished building my Hi-Fi system : B&W 683s2 with NAD c370 and Cambridge Audio DacMagic 100 , and i have something that is not on point : given that i only stream music from tidal with my hifi system , i would like to get rid of windows mix and make my tidal app sound go trough ASIO , because when i stream FLAC music with foobar 2000 and the ASIO plugin , it sounds significantly better that tidal with windous mix sound . I already tried going trough O Deus ASIO Link Pro Tool with Tidal , it works (there's sound on my speakers), and normally i should get ASIO output so, the windows volume controller shouldn't affect the sound level , but when i change volume from windows controller , the volume on my speakers actually change , which makes me think that it's still windows mix and not ASIO .

So , do you have any solutions to stream from Tidal and get ASIO as output , (and free if it's not much to ask , because to get full licence of O Deus it costs like 49$) .

Thanks a lot !

Andrei

 

[abacus]

ASIO has little relevance to Hi-Fi playback, as it was designed for music production that uses high-quality systems, so I wouldn't worry about it.

This link may also help regarding Foobar https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_out_asio

Hope this helps

Bill

 

[cheeseboy]

what operating system are you using?

Abacus is right though. ASIO was originally brought out bu Steinberg in order to bypass the windows mixer and give direct unfettered access from the software to the sound card for recording and reduce latency. Not inherintely to make it sound better, but the last thing you want if you are recording is a suddenly windows beep appearing in your track.

If you are convinced you need asio, then just get the free asio4all drivers http://www.asio4all.com/ as the ones you are using a meant for pro audio recording and not listening back.