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PS: I got 88k working with USB, using ASIO4All, so I think the problem is with the Realtek/MS drivers. Sorry to trouble you.

Hi all I coincidentally built a similar but cheaper PC using the Intel DH77DF board and an i3 processor, in a cheaper case, using the CPU fan and a low-noise case fan, running Windows 7. I intend to upgrade to i7 at some point (better be soon, as this generation is nearing its end of run) and passive cooling in a more expensive case. I'll end up with something very similar to the Zuma. This box does double duty as HT and audio server. I use the spdif on-board header for music, as it seems to sound a bit more solid (?) than USB on my M-DAC. The weakness is that the thing won't play 88k or 176k files at all, and my DAC fails to sync with 192k over SPDIF (stuttering). Anybody building an Intel HD board experience the same thing? I've seen some reports online about the 88k issue with the Realtek drivers, but no real resolution. The system is still usable, but leaves a nagging feeling that something is not right. Any advice or thoughts? Would using the SoTM USB card make a difference here? A more powerful processor? Or is the 192k problem in the DAC? Supposedly the M-DAC will play 192k. Thanks for any advice you can give Phil

Hi all I have some newbie questions to add to all the advanced discussions here. I'm attempting to evaluate Acourate for my system. Using on-board Intel HD audio spdif. Got a Dayton UMM-6 mic and downloaded the trial version of Acourate and the Logsweep Recorder. The mic does not appear as an input device in either Acourate product (I can choose HD audio mix 1 or 2) When I run the sweep, the input level does not register (no bar) but I produce apparently usable output files. What's going on here? The resulting response curves look very much like speaker response curves. I have the mic set as the default input option and all other inputs disabled. I have "listen to this device" unchecked, because I don't want to produce feedback. Anybody else use a similar configuration? Is there any way of being certain that I am in fact measuring the room/speaker response? Thanks for any help and excuse my ignorance in this area Phil