ASIO, WASAPI, Direct Sound... is there any difference in sound quality?

[NanditaRoy]

Hi,

Some people say that ASIO gives the best sound, some WASAPI, some say Direct Sound is as good as it can get.
What's the truth? I'm on Windows 10 and can't hear any difference, i recently installed Audirvana there are settings , Any suggestions is appreciated . The screenshot for Audirvana is attached below .

 

[Chaos]

Use anything other than direct sound. All the rest should be good enough as they bypass the windows volume control.

 

[NanditaRoy]

Use anything other than direct sound. All the rest should be good enough as they bypass the windows volume control.

Do i need to install separate drivers for ASIO and WASAPI or is it built in , i am using Win 10 64bit .

 

[SunnyBoi]

Do i need to install separate drivers for ASIO and WASAPI or is it built in , i am using Win 10 64bit .

I thought ASIO was deprecated long ago, so is Kernel Streaming. WASAPI is what I use and works well.