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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 0.9z-8-2 (Windows 7)
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on: March 05, 2013, 02:57:45 pm
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So, SFS Max was created to go back and forth between SFS lower and higher values without the necessity of a reboot and was NOT created to influence SQ. But it could.
Hi Peter, yes, the Music was just right beteween my ears again, with the advantage, there is nothing between those! Joachim P.S. The stored "memory" increases from appr. 850MB to more than 1330MB on the fly.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 0.9z-8-2 (Windows 7)
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on: March 05, 2013, 01:48:57 pm
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Joachim,
I think you are close to what my own description would be, but I don't see it negative anywhere (and up till now). But remember what I promised (in that Windows 8 topic) : The sound would go towards that of Windows 8 (mainly for the stereo imaging, but now in a normal way).
I know, this is a quite useless post and I only wanted to express that I can recognize what you say.
What I do not see (yet) is how it will be much different when this ALL Services (to shut down) is not activated. On the other hand, each small thing changes SQ a lot these days, so maybe I additionally applied something I forgot (or don't realize).
Thanks, Peter
Thanx Peter, SFS min back to 220, - memory management is as per your explanation. The outcome is: The holographic soundstage is back. Joachim P.S. I do believe the best performance with SFS=2 will be with an installation of XXH on a RAM Disc, so everything is in memory.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 0.9z-8-2 (Windows 7)
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on: March 05, 2013, 11:59:39 am
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Hi Peter & Coen, I did the following test: -z82 with stop all services active. The sound was detailed, much black background but lacking 'body' -z82 with 'stop all services' not active, reboot and again start up. A bit more punchy but more or less the same missing. Then I went back to z81e and then the 'power' was there again. Just at that moment my wife passed by and she said 'hé, is it working again?'. I asked her what kind of difference she noticed and she answered: "The sound is fuller and more powerful" Hope this helps Peter.. Hein Hi, Hein’s impression of the SQ with 8-1e is congruent to what I hear too. 8-1e is presenting a SQ with a bigger soundstage (more air around the instruments). When I’m sitting in the direct line between the speakers to tune XXH on the PC the music is around me. The bass is not very controlled (thick and tubby compared to 7-5 what I remember). During a replay with 8-2 the soundstage moves away from me to the front side of the room. I’m sitting in front of the soundstage now, not within anymore. The stereo image is more accentuated to a left/right separation with less air around the instruments. The holographic image is gone. The bass improved a lot, I hear now more distinct pitches in bass notes. Joachim
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 0.9z-8-2 (Windows 7)
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on: February 20, 2013, 12:58:57 pm
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Uh-oh, it is awfully quiet in here. Maybe that is not a good sign. Or maybe by now everybody is afraid to say something ? Don't hold back please.
Peter
Hi Peter, Don't worry be .............. . Bass is perfect now, very tight. Have some problems with the heights, which are less accented now, and I will fiddle around with the settings now. Joachim
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: The Perfect Room
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on: February 16, 2013, 12:37:34 pm
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Nice links Joachim. Everybody should dive into them. But : Less standing waves in your room with the same tune is a result of a frequency shift with the NOS1 This doesn't make much sense to me ... Peter Paul had his reference system prior to the NOS1 with standing waves. Listening with the NOS1 the SQ changed for the better without the standing waves. Something happened. We can't alter physics and the only explanation is a frequency shift for the better unintended. We know that a replacement of one component in our chain changes the SQ. (Mani with his Sauermann's and yours with the future speakers) Joachim
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