Folks, I now have 2 rigs (amp+usb dac) and I have been trying connecting these 2 rigs into my netbook as transport. My problem is that the netbook only recognize 1 usb port so I can't play the songs to two different rigs by hooking it to 2 different usb port.

Can someone enlighten me on how to make both of the rigs playable from one netbook ? Thanks in advance.......

I have never been able to have to USB DAC's working at the same time from the computer's usb ports. Sure hope someone can show how to do so.

Folks, I now have 2 rigs (amp+usb dac) and I have been trying connecting these 2 rigs into my netbook as transport. My problem is that the netbook only recognize 1 usb port so I can't play the songs to two different rigs by hooking it to 2 different usb port.

Can someone enlighten me on how to make both of the rigs playable from one netbook ? Thanks in advance.......

You can use a USB hub (I recommend one that can be powered from a DC adapter) to connect both and setup ASIO to output the channels to both DACs as your sound card simultaneously. Monoprice is a good place to pick up a cheap hub and some digital cables.

You can use a USB hub (I recommend one that can be powered from a DC adapter) to connect both and setup ASIO to output the channels to both DACs as your sound card simultaneously. Monoprice is a good place to pick up a cheap hub and some digital cables.

Yep...that's the only way I've been able to do it. Instead of using a USB hub, I simply switch devices via ASIO4ALL. They both show as USB DAC so sometimes I pick the right one and sometimes I don't. I only use one USB DAC now, so it's no longer an issue.

Yep...that's the only way I've been able to do it. Instead of using a USB hub, I simply switch devices via ASIO4ALL. They both show as USB DAC so sometimes I pick the right one and sometimes I don't. I only use one USB DAC now, so it's no longer an issue.

Oh yah, I also do this via ASIO4ALL. Fun experiment for me, one DAC to headphones, the other to speakers.

thanks guys.....i will find out how as I currently dont even have asio4all installed (my friend says its not necessary).......will report back

installed asio4all, still couldnt route the sound to the desired DAC. It shows 2 DAC on the off-line setting but by even enabling/disabling the DAC, still routed to the same setup. Perhaps someone kind enough to explain in steps on how to do it ? Thanks

Have you also set up your playback software to actually use ASIO as the output device?

In foobar, for example, you have to set up individual devices. Then you can select between those devices at your leisure. Nothing needs to be set up in ASIO4ALL.

What play back software are you using? In Foobar for instance (and most others too) you need to choose in Preferences the output device you've decided to use. AFAIK it doesn't allow to use two output devices at the same time. Other players can do that, but I'm not familiar with them.

I did, came up error : Device has 10 output channels expected 2

@torpedo : yeah, i use foobar

You need to go through the channel setup.

Seriously, there are guides all over Google for this sort of thing.

gave up guys.....fiddling for almost 2 nights on the row still coudlnt figure it out....never mind......just copied all my songs to my desktop notebook and install foobar the run one rig from there and another from the netbook.....the no brainer way......

EDIT : Browsing Stello DA100 (I'm using this and pico for the other rig) thread at HF and now I remember that this DAC dont support ASIO.......so anyway the only solution is my current solution i guess

gave up guys.....fiddling for almost 2 nights on the row still coudlnt figure it out....never mind......just copied all my songs to my desktop notebook and install foobar the run one rig from there and another from the netbook.....the no brainer way......

EDIT : Browsing Stello DA100 (I'm using this and pico for the other rig) thread at HF and now I remember that this DAC dont support ASIO.......so anyway the only solution is my current solution i guess

You could always use two programs and set the output device, but they won't be synced or even likely to sound exactly the same if they were. Yep. Different programs sound differently to my ears for sure.