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Hi all, using a Dell Inspiron one 2330, lately I've been fiddling with different audio settings in an effort to try out different dac's well I'm dac-less at the moment and have gone back to a rca to mini cable from stereo amp to the audio jack on the pc here's my problem...... in the past, I could turn off my amp and the built in pc speakers would automatically engage, I loved that set up now....I have to disconnect the audio jack otherwise the the pc speakers do not engage i really want to go back to my old settings, I've been trying to tinker again with the audio settings with no luck, any suggestions?

GLOW DAC -usb powered digital to analog c000000 I want to switch from my Dragonfly, thinking this or Aune

any idea how to set the interface like that? using vintage Luxman r113 i bought used for next to nothing and kefq500s the headphone amp on this thing doesn't sound anywhere near as good as the Lux nor the amp in my cheap logitech z2300's either off my Sony MDR XB700's

Hello All, (new here, posted this in headfi but did not get alot of response) I just hooked up a DragonFly to my Windows 8 pc setup (passive speakers and amp) and totally cannot hear any improvements at all. I believe the manual suggests pc volume at 25% to max, media player (I'm using foobar) to 100% and then I guess use my amp's volume manually??? That's what I did thus far. Currently I'm doing 100% and 100% on pc/media player I selected sample rate in the Windows Setup of 44.1kHz What the heck am I doing wrong? Or do my ears just suck? I'll probably test this out also on a secondary Windows Vista pc Also, not sure if this is worth mentioning, but I tried it in all 4 rear usb ports and both side ports, one of the side ports produces no sound, the other side port and 3 out of the 4 rear ports produce sound at reduced volume.....the other rear main port appears to produce full volume One last thing please, can anyone maybe suggest a good way to test to see if I can detect audible differences other than crude manner of plugging it in/out? Only difference I've noticed thus far in this manner is the DAC makes it louder