antidive916
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Having spent some time going through the reviews and test measurement for various DACs, I finally chose the SMSL C200. My requirements are balanced TRS line outs to drive my Kali LP6 2nd Wave and at least one headphone output (Sennheiser HD 560S) . The DAC is connected to my PC.
The C200 presents two audio devices that I can use, 'USB DAC ASIO' and 'SMSL USB DAC' device. The only issue I have is that the output is much louder when using with programs like Ableton, Rekordbox. Other apps and the OS (Windows 11) which do not support ASIO, have to use the 'SMSL USB DAC' device.
I have to turn down the gain on the ASIO apps to somehow ensure I do not need to mess with the volume knob every time I'm switching between apps.
Is there some other obvious solution that I'm missing?
Would some other device have a much more consistent output level on both the ASIO and non ASIO interfaces?
The C200 presents two audio devices that I can use, 'USB DAC ASIO' and 'SMSL USB DAC' device. The only issue I have is that the output is much louder when using with programs like Ableton, Rekordbox. Other apps and the OS (Windows 11) which do not support ASIO, have to use the 'SMSL USB DAC' device.
I have to turn down the gain on the ASIO apps to somehow ensure I do not need to mess with the volume knob every time I'm switching between apps.
Is there some other obvious solution that I'm missing?
Would some other device have a much more consistent output level on both the ASIO and non ASIO interfaces?