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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: Dexa Clocks & Q5=1 Double Whammy
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on: January 13, 2014, 12:22:16 am
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Hi Nick,
I read many people adding "with my equipment, my ears" when they express their impressions with settings or after applying a tweak...
Since you have modified many things (clocks for instance), I suppose that this explains the differences that you experience with XXHE settings ?
Regards,
Alain Edit: Sorry if my question sounds "obvious"...
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Minimise OS with 1.186
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on: January 07, 2014, 01:16:47 pm
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Hi Leo, I experienced a similar problem (for the first time). Got the "Contact Phasure". I did not want to talk to Peter So I asked for a new activation code and it worked that time. Hope this helps Alain Edit: I could be wrong, but I don't think that copying the .dat file works, even if it seems to allow some functions to work (that normally don't while not activated)...
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: How I can lower the CPU to around 0.45 Ghz?
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on: January 06, 2014, 11:43:20 am
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Sorry to have "demonized" you Peter I have tried, tried and tried with the Sabertooth. The lowest I could come with was around 960mhz, but the computer would refuse to start... At least there is an automatic recovery that allows me to go again in Bios after I press the power button at least once, but I must say that after a couple of hours, I was less and less motivated... Finally I managed for the good old 1.2ghz, with the memory at 1333mhz... I am beginning to think there is something special about the Asrock that allows these very low values, or I would need to find the right combination... Or should I say, the right place on the net for underclocking. There are lots of overclocking tips, but the reverse situation ? Not that much... OK, so I put you back in the St-Peter status Alain
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: SQ of 1.186, best ever! (Again)
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on: January 02, 2014, 05:30:54 pm
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It took me some time before I could really do some tests. I played with Q3 mostly, leaving most of the rest like Peter has them. I sense more speed, more "tone" to the cymbals and a sense of presence, "Analog" like I never heard before. Each time a new version is available, it is a surprise, so I will say that I am not surprised to be surprised I will familiarize myself with the new settings, but what I hear now is more than I would have imagined. I have lots of adjectives to describe Peter's work, but he knows we know Thanks for a great "tour de force" again Peter. I have never listened so much to the same albums and felt inclined to discover what I thought I knew well ! Regards, Alain
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Red Letters
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on: January 01, 2014, 09:45:35 pm
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Paul,
I think that bert means to click the "Don't do anything with Cover Art" to let the Cover Art display. If XXHE is activated, then the frame of the Cover Art will be red when you play a song. After that, you can deactivate the Cover Art again and you will be able to see the red display as expected.
Now I remember that is how I got the expected info in red...
Alain
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Red Letters
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on: January 01, 2014, 07:12:12 pm
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Thank you Alain. But do you indeed mean that previously your settings were preserved ?
Well, the last version (9z-9b) was replaced with 9z-9d and this was a long time ago. I am used to verify/set my parameters in a very short time... Alain Edit: I am not really helpful...
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Red Letters
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on: January 01, 2014, 06:48:24 pm
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A maybe related question :
Did you (or Alain) perhaps notice that Settings had all to be re-entered (hence were not preserved) which never has been necessary (were preserved) previously ? I mean, in the final minutes before uploading yesterday I saw such a thing myself and it seemed od to me.
So, did something went different from previous times ?
Thanks, Peter
I had to enter all my settings again yes, but I interpreted this as a change in the way parameters would eventually be taken in account for the next versions... But I thought of this like a programmer... Alain
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Red Letters
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on: January 01, 2014, 05:59:55 pm
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Peter,
I experienced something similar yesterday, but I was so impatient that I concluded I was doing something wrong... The identification of the location (path) in the upper left was staying blue, but I could go in Minimized OS.
Then I asked for Activation after trying the 4-5 activation keys that I keep (...), but it was staying blue... With the latest activation, it turned red AFTER going in Minimize OS. Back in Normal OS, it stayed red also.
But I still suppose I was too "speedy" to do it correctly...
Alain
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: USB Clock Upgrade My Experiences (so far)
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on: December 31, 2013, 05:54:09 pm
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Hi Paul, Well I discover how clocks are everywhere and they interact with each other... I never really read this anywhere else than here, at least for the first time. It is important indeed... Couldn't we have our "Big Ben" super clock for all USB ports Let's wish for the best ! Yesterday, someone came to change the analog electrical counter for a new, wireless one. I am less convinced about the outcomes of the wireless things, but (it could be expectation bias) I sense there is something in SQ that is better... ???? "Everything Matters"... Alain
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: Happy New Year!
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on: December 31, 2013, 05:35:04 pm
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Hi Juan, A Happy New Year to your too my friend Health, piles of it, family, friendship And to All, Thanks for this great year ! The best for the new one ! Alain PS: -20C here and supposed to go down to -35C with the winshield factor I stay home !!!
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