phewwwww thank you my friend, that was it.You must be playing using the default DirectSound output, and Windows will have set the device to 32-bit/44kHz default I suppose.
-you can try an exclusive mode output in foobar (WASAPI/ASIO output module needs to be installed). This will disable all effects, including things like equalizerAPO
-you can try setting Windows sample rate higher, but this will just cause windows to resample everything to one rate (not really recommended).
my sonkoz control panel shows:
revision 5.01
vid/pid 0x152A/0x8826
driver 4.86.0
Should i assume i am at the latest firmware and revision hardware? thank youall. phewwwww again