fully converted from iTunes to FooBar2k two days ago but still cant dump iTunes cuz the song organizing in iTunes is juz perfect.

here's a few of my noob question :

1) i'm using Audigy2 ZS soundcard. and i have no idea why ASIO 24/96 cannot works. so between
a) ASIO 48 / 16bit or
b) kernel streaming 96/24bit

works better? i've read somewhere else that Kernel streaming works the same as ASIO.

2) Most of my MP3 is encoded from CD (16bit). so does playing them in 24bit makes difference since the original source is just 16bit? honestly in kernel streaming 16bit and 24bit i hardly notice any difference.

3) what is dithering (noise sharpening) ? i've google it and found some answer in wiki but the answer is too technical which i cant understand. anyone mind to explain in simple english?

4) i've notice that music played though foobar is obviously a lot more cleaner than iTunes but it lack of bass unlike what i tunes have. is tuning the EQ recommended?

thanks a lot sifu.
i CAN enable ASIO. but it cant work in 24bit resolution on A2ZS
i've read that again and again a few times before i post here.
they mentioned nothing about ASIO since ASIO is 3rd party plugin.

That said, both can be rather tricky to get functioning at times and you may need to adjust certain other options (such as Output data format) to get them to work, e.g. using an Audigy 2 ZS, Kernel Streaming functioned fine with 48000, 96000Hz resampling and 24bit fixed-point padded to 32-bit output. Conversely, ASIO output only functioned with 48000 resampling and 16bit fixed-point output. Otherwise the console displayed the following error message: