原帖由 WHO 於 2008-8-29 23:36 發表 
Mine is P5B-E + E6600, what I thought is foobar2000 will output digital signal to the optical port directly and exclusively. But if you can hear the "Bee" sound thru optical out. I start to doubt. ...
Yes, the pc is composed of different channels which enables different applications (including the system - system sound remember?) to produce and send sound to the soundcard. When you click the master volume control, there're many 'channels' - mic (pink), wave, SW synth, Front Green in (you can do recording there), and so on. The master volume represents the total volume got from signals produced in different channels. Different applications can use different channels. So the sound produced by the pc is composed of different channels used by different applications! We now even have 7.1 channels ....
So pc is not designed for producing traditional 2.0 stereo system ga Theoretically, we want t o switch off all the other channels when we use pc to produce music since it will stop other applications (the most annoying maybe system sound) using other channels to 'pollute' the music. Ideally, we don't even need those channels if one ONLY use the pc to produce music only (that's what the document I sent you is about - reducing or erasing influences from other channels).
I haven't tried iriver mp3 but I am sure it's one of the best brands in making portable audio players (by reading their documents). I think however eeepc plus USB DAC will outperform iriver (while using the same music files) since iriver is limited by its size - it's music playing plus DAC and everything all-in-one. Nevertheless, if you only listen to popular music and have low-quality mp3, the difference may not be that great. But for high-quality mp3 (over 320kb) and more demanding music (classical or even sophisticated pop), the difference will be noticeable. The above are all theories but I think it is reasonable prediction. I would love to hear your report! then I'll know if my theories are correct ... |