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Sound Blaster X-Fi HD randomly cutting out.

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It's in advanced device properties, try it and see if it helps.
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I'm using a Sound Blaster X-Fi HD as a external USB DAC to power just my two normal desktop speakers and provide a working audio jack for my headphones. My issue is that sometimes the audio will just simply cut out.

To fix this I go into playback devices and disable/re-enable the device there and everything works.

 

I'm at my wits end trying to figure out why this is happening and if need be I will return this one and consider getting a different DAC.

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If it's cutting out when you open or close specific programs (like DAWs) it's a sample rate issue. Windows doesn't play nice with changing sample rates so I'd highly suggest you set everything to 24bit 44.1khz. You physically can't measure or hear a difference above that.

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36 minutes ago, The Flying Sloth said:

If it's cutting out when you open or close specific programs (like DAWs) it's a sample rate issue. Windows doesn't play nice with changing sample rates so I'd highly suggest you set everything to 24bit 44.1khz. You physically can't measure or hear a difference above that.

I notice it most when listening to youtube videos but I'm switching from a lot of different programs and tabs in firefox so its hard to pin down a specific program related issue.

The next most common time that I notice is when I'm changing the volume via the volume wheel on my Corsair K70 keyboard.

 

All that said I would be willing to try and adjust the bit rate but I haven't seen an option for anything like that in the control panels (Both Windows 7 Pro and the DAC itself).

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It's in advanced device properties, try it and see if it helps.
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@Derkoli- High end specialist and allround knowledgeable bloke

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16 minutes ago, The Flying Sloth said:

It's in advanced device properties, try it and see if it helps.
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Found it. Oddly enough it was sitting at 16 bit 48000 Hz but I changed it to 24 bit 48000 Hz. I also disabled the Allow exclusive control to see if may my issues stem from the various programs that I use fighting for control. I'll just have to wait and see if the problem creeps back up here in the next day or two. Thanks for your help so far!

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On 6/5/2020 at 2:20 AM, The Flying Sloth said:

It's in advanced device properties, try it and see if it helps.
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Looks like this might have solved my problem no issues in the last few days of use. Thanks for helping!

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