I've just added the asio plug-in to foobar and it makes a huge difference, I now play my audio files and cds in 24/96 with my E-Mu 1212M, and the sound is fantastic. At first I thought it must be some sort of digital trickery, but no-no, I can really hear and feel the difference. If you have a sound card which also supports asio, it's highly recommendable.
After this huge improvement for my music in foobar, I immediately went on a search for a similar plug-in for VLC, and so I ended up here, a little bit disappointed to find that there's no such a plug-in at all.
Foobar is my favourite audio player, it's simply the best. And VLC is my favourite video player, also because it's simply the best, but it would be even more fantastic if they would both have the same fantastic sound quality, that would be even more awesome.
So guys, please make me happy, I already have the hardware, now you do the software and make a asio plug-in for VLC.