It depends on how good the volume control on your preamp or integrated amp is. Basically you want to set the volume of the less accurate preamp as high as possible (90% of maximum for example) and use the better preamp to make the fine adjustment. If both are equally good, set both to around […]

All the Line Outs or Subwoofer Outputs from all the DACs and Integrated Amps are full range.nnThe subwoofer outputs from home theater products are filtered according to the device setting.

1. Check the Sound setting in the Control Panel. Verify that the NuPrime DAC is selected. If it is not showing, the device driver was not installed correctly. 2. Go to Device Manager to check the USB audio device driver is installed and without any conflict. Remove conflicting USB audio devices. There are several places to check: a) […]

Some entry level consumer devices have optical outputs with high jitter and that can affect the locking of optical signal with some model of NuPrime DAC. If this is determined to be the problem, you can use an optical to analog converter such as “Musou Digital Optical Coax to Analog RCA Audio Converter Adapter” (available […]

For a complete history and explanation of USB standard (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.1) and port types (A, B, C, micro, etc), refer to Wikipedia USB article. NuPrime communicates and decode digital music from the computer through USB Audio (this is a software standard, not physical USB standard). USB Audio is a software standard that defines how audio devices can communicate […]

WASAPI – Applications communicate with the audio driver through Sessions, and these Sessions are programmed through the Windows Audio Session API (WASAPI). In general, WASAPI operates in two modes. In exclusive mode (also called DMA mode), unmixed audio streams are rendered directly to the audio adapter and no other application’s audio will play and signal […]

Our DACs follow the standard XLR pinout. Pin 1 = Ground; Pin 2 = HOT (+); Pin 3 = COLD (-)

USB Host & USB Client USB Audio is a standard for digital audio used in PCs, smart phones and tablets to interface with audio peripherals. The source device that produces the data is called the USB Host and the receiving end is the USB Client. So, if a smartphone is connected to a computer, the […]

DAC’s Volume Control Basic A DAC typically has a mix of analog and digital inputs. Some DACs convert the analog input into digital to utilize the DAC’s internal digital volume control and inputs selection, avoiding expensive analog preamp and volume control as described above. The performance degradation of the analog input that has to go […]