In your article in the May 2009 Stereophile reviewing the Bel Canto USB Link 24/96, you mentioned the E-MU 0404 as a viable alternative. My desire is to get as high a quality of sound as possible out of a PC dedicated as a music server and connect it to my Anthem D2 via an S/PDIF connection, using the DAC in the Anthem which can handle up to 96/24. I have been looking for good alternatives for this that are not price prohibitive and the E-MU 0404 seemed like a good option. I consider myself experienced with PCs (but am a total MIDI neophyte), so your warning about installing an extra driver program was not worrisome.
My PC is Windows XP, 32 bit, service pack 3. I started with a sound card (Dynex DX-SC51) that was working fine, but I could not hear a difference between hi-rez music and regular ripped CDs.
I purchased an E-MU 0404 USB 2 and have installed it, using USB 2.0 to the E-MU and an optical connection to my Anthem D2. I went into Control Panel --> Sound and set all audio outputs to E-MU supplied alternatives. I am unable to get any sound out of either ITunes or MediaMonkey. I did go into MediaMonkey and supply it with an ASIO DLL add-on from otachan and placed this file in the MediaMonkey output plug-ins. In configuring the plug-in, I used the defaults. I was unsuccessful in getting any sound output.
I found a posting on the E-MU web site saying that I would have to plug patch cables from the analog outputs to the analog inputs in order to get audio out of the S/PDIF, but this defeats the entire purpose (http://203.211.142.198/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=69,E=0000000000186…).
You said you were successful in using the E-MU 0404. Can you suggest anything I have missed in setting this up?
In the end I am looking for the best way to get hi-rez sound out of a regular PC (not laptop) and into the DAC in my Anthem D2. I am willing to use either iTunes or MediaMonkey. Alternative suggestions are welcome here as most articles concentrate on using external DACS.
In your article in the May 2009 Stereophile reviewing the Bel Canto USB Link 24/96, you mentioned the E-MU 0404 as a viable alternative. My desire is to get as high a quality of sound as possible out of a PC dedicated as a music server and connect it to my Anthem D2 via an S/PDIF connection, using the DAC in the Anthem which can handle up to 96/24. I have been looking for good alternatives for this that are not price prohibitive and the E-MU 0404 seemed like a good option. I consider myself experienced with PCs (but am a total MIDI neophyte), so your warning about installing an extra driver program was not worrisome.
My PC is Windows XP, 32 bit, service pack 3. I started with a sound card (Dynex DX-SC51) that was working fine, but I could not hear a difference between hi-rez music and regular ripped CDs.
I purchased an E-MU 0404 USB 2 and have installed it, using USB 2.0 to the E-MU and an optical connection to my Anthem D2. I went into Control Panel --> Sound and set all audio outputs to E-MU supplied alternatives. I am unable to get any sound out of either ITunes or MediaMonkey. I did go into MediaMonkey and supply it with an ASIO DLL add-on from otachan and placed this file in the MediaMonkey output plug-ins. In configuring the plug-in, I used the defaults. I was unsuccessful in getting any sound output.
I found a posting on the E-MU web site saying that I would have to plug patch cables from the analog outputs to the analog inputs in order to get audio out of the S/PDIF, but this defeats the entire purpose (http://203.211.142.198/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=69,E=0000000000186…).
You said you were successful in using the E-MU 0404. Can you suggest anything I have missed in setting this up?
In the end I am looking for the best way to get hi-rez sound out of a regular PC (not laptop) and into the DAC in my Anthem D2. I am willing to use either iTunes or MediaMonkey. Alternative suggestions are welcome here as most articles concentrate on using external DACS.