

I don't have a USB DAC connected right now and I can't remember what exactly the standard USB driver supports.
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Some drivers will have the various effects and some won't. It depends on what the driver implements and allows. The options are going to be different for different drivers. Start at the Sound applet in the control panel. May sound better that way or may not.Ĭlick to expand.That setting is buried and requires clicking through several layers of the right tabs and options to get to. Everything played through DirectSound will get resampled up to 24/96 whether it needs it or not. If that doesn't sound as good then try 24 bit, 96000 Hz. That will keep Windows from resampling everything you play. Try setting the Default Format to 16 bit, 44100 Hz if you're playing CD quality audio. Go to the Advanced tab of the properties page Select your playback device and go to its Properties page The USB DAC will go through different audio drivers and its effects may sound better.

You can try doing a basic USB DAC if your IT dept will allow plugging in a USB device. Some drivers are more interested in just giving a lot of effect options rather than actually having them sound good (realtek I'm looking at you). The quality of the effects and such depends on the quality of the driver. Though it doesn't go much into best audio quality settings. There's some info on using Windows Media Player at The Well Tempered Computer.
