sound quality with drivers Options

[chronek]

Hello,

I am using window7 + creative sb x-fi hd usb + some sennheiser headphones and lately found that after install driver 1.2.21 over original 1.2.20 my sound got worsen (I usually playing flac files with foobar + sox resampler plugin + asio). After reinstall driver sound got back better quality.
I just wondering, i always do resample sound to highest profile what my card can play (24bit/96kHz) for bypass windows/driver resampling, and using even asio for bypass that but looks like that driver have own resampler and filters and even if i try best - driver can corrupt sound.
Know anyone a way to bypass driver and play original sound as much as possible?

Mike

This post has been edited by chronek: Apr 1 2012, 14:27

[phofman]

I am correct that X-Fi, unlike most other cards, employs extensive DSP in hardware? At least the older Audigy cards did so. In such case I can imagine an updated firmware, a part of the driver upgrade, causing different sound.

[db1989]

I am correct that X-Fi, unlike most other cards, employs extensive DSP in hardware? At least the older Audigy cards did so.

It should do so only if the user has X-Fi processing enabled.

In such case I can imagine an updated firmware, a part of the driver upgrade, causing different sound.

Yes, perhaps. So, chronek should check this.

Which brings us back to:

Know anyone a way to bypass driver and play original sound as much as possible?

If this is your goal, you’ll want to have X-Fi off; that’s for sure.

This post has been edited by db1989: Apr 2 2012, 11:11