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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: XXHighendModel 0.9z-6
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on: September 12, 2011, 12:32:58 pm
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But this is more great news than I ever could hope for myself. I had some ideas about it, but still ...
But keep on watching this; it is my experience (well, that was with Vista) if things are really "overdone", your PC (laptop) may run into throuble when it needs more memory. Similar happens when I go over an SFS of 450 (which is not really "MB" as such) on my W7 with 8GB; it will work - it will keep on working - but at some stage other anomalies will occur in the memory realm. Like "Could not read from memory" or something, and that when you are doing something not audi related. So, when this happens it is time to decice that your SFS is too high afterall.
Otoh, when you aren't doing anything else much, it should keep on going forever.
And then a side note : at this moment this is not 100% true. Each time you start Playback, a small amount of general memory is taken away. So, do that a 100 times and things may go wrong because of that. When this happens, Off (button) the Sound Engine and start Playback as soon as possible will solve that. Otherwise a reboot will help.
This will be solved later.
Regards,
Peter
All clear , thanks . I am probably seeing this already , *while* I am doing something else with the OS ( minimized ) . Does not really report errors ( I have seen an altered screen resolution coming up by "itself" a couple of times to the extreme SFS SC allowed for the 32 bit OS and of course the "lower SFS message ) , but rather it doesn't start playing in Mixed C. Settings of the SFS to the values allowed *before* it cures perfectly . Values for this system are : SFS=70 in Mixed C. Stefano PS : I am seeing also an occasional rip-related ( WMP , imo ) thing about hdcd , but will addres that later and to another topic. . |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: XXHighendModel 0.9z-6
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on: September 12, 2011, 09:17:33 am
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Hello Peter and all ,
I am just reporting that in my 32 bit laptop system all is working fine , very fine .
When the minimize button is on , everything work aswell , and what is interesting is that now I can set Straight Contiguos Memory Organization up to 100 MB ( and more , not touching anything , in a 2 gigaB Ram enviroment and Vanilla W7 ) .
Also Services and OSD works perfectly . Stop desktop services OK , stop remaining OK , stop Wasapi OK ,monitor off OK .
Though, I didn't check for persistence yet . As annunced , can hear the clicks at -changing of the track- in unattended mode ( no surprise ) .
The sound quality is gorgeous , and I think I am listening to a wonderful turntable ... yess .
So many thanks , for now ,Peter !
:-)
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 0.9Z-5-2
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on: September 03, 2011, 05:13:23 pm
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I would be VERY careful about judging the highs going away
Well yes , I am aware of that , judging that one version will "do" there and the other version will not "do" there isn't really the intention , becouse is enough clear to me that they "do" .Balance : as a matter of fact , living with O.9-5-2 for the past months in the SP1 RC eviroment was pretty good ,listening to tons of different music , and I can imagine a bit the effects of having the nos dac , by memory ,at this quality level ( nos that I dont have these days ). Personally didn't find the need to go back to previous versions for a determinate reason , will take a look at the core scheme , that really likely I may have changed in the past weeks of testing stuff .OK . . Thanks for the good explanation . Stefano |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 0.9Z-5-2
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on: September 03, 2011, 03:33:36 pm
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You guys are using Unattended and shut off all services stuff, right ?
yes indeed . The feeling is most of the high freq rithm contents are much too low in amplitude , with a strange <left channel> cancellation effect . Also the magic of some female sinngers is going away this way , loosing theyr position . What we would call sometimes analouge effect , reminds me of the RIAA equalization , which is not exactly painless or anyway depends a lot on phase relations and circuit choices . All through this changes , sp1 RC ( not really much to complain ) and RTM , deciding for myself I would reinstall SP1 . But 0.9Z-4-1 is doing right now a good job with the vanilla W7 . So will wait for the 0.9-Z6 and as usual listen and decide . |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 0.9Z-5-2
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on: September 03, 2011, 01:29:36 pm
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Hi Peter,
I played until today with version 0.9Z-4.1, stripped my W7 off SP1 and the SQ was amazing .
Changed two hours ago to 0.9Z-5-2 with the same settings,
and the heights are gone. The SQ is muffled in the heights,bass is tighter than before, which is a positive effect. "The music is playing behind a curtain."
The magic of the cymbals is not the same as with 0.9Z-4.1.
Please check with "Vertu", track 7 and start at 2:00 minutes.
I'm now back to 0.9Z-4.1.
best
Joachim
P.S. I will update my signature soonest
Hello all , must admit to have found something very similar after the removal of the sp1 , with 0.9Z-5-2 , and after the first impression-positive effect I must second with Joachim . Probably 2 courtains . Going to try 0.9Z-4.1. soon , and listen . |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: The W7 black hole
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on: September 01, 2011, 02:57:42 pm
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I can not imagine that nothing will be perceived from this when using 0.9z-5-2. I say : go for it. Uninstall SP1 and judge. But careful, because it doesn't show in all music, and at this time I don't know where to look for, unless it is about these specific albums. Or some of the Goa stuff I tried by now, because it really makes a synth roar (and like I'm used to it from ever back btw). Watch for the fundament of things. Could be about the sound of a violin, while now suddenly the cabinet speaks (more).
Peter
If in need of more references , an album called Body and Soul by Joe Jackson , can guide you through all of this as well . And in there there is the magnificent music , well if you "know" it , that allows you to understand which way is the good way of listening it and the other way , the bad , which exactly point you toward the Peter's excellent above explanations of the facts . A particular note to the bass , that suddenly ( after removing SP's ) became back to its natural "highness" ( instead of being pressed down to the floor ) , the horns with lots of precision and space around them , a non-obsessive stage . Harsh in the high regions gone away completely, delicacy and power of the rithms .Difficult to talk about those things in music , but ... |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: The W7 black hole
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on: September 01, 2011, 01:13:57 pm
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well Peter , many thanks for this ! I was just going to believe myself that SP1 RTM was completely s**t , compared to wat I was listening before , had the impression from the first listening last week though I had to estimate its relevance in the bad way. Quick enough , Sp1 RTM is uninstalled from my system and back to vanilla W7 . Listening some music now .  |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Windows W7 SP1 RC runs to its end ...
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on: August 24, 2011, 06:05:17 pm
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Yes. I saw that message few days ago. I panic and uninstalled SP1 RC. Was no problem. Then installed SP1 RTM + all those updates. Runs OK, but not sure about the sound, have no listened yet. Just wanted my PC up before it locks down, cause use it also for web and other minor stuff.
Hello , I did the same uninstalled SP1 RC , then reinstalled all the RTM stuff ,and confirm the need to hotfixes (1) and other security updates . While XX high end works exactly like before , same settings , it looks like there are running some more tasks , and the system seems overall just slightly slowed . The sq very good still , but not sure if the same as before . |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: Phasure NOS1 USB DAC for MAC
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on: August 15, 2011, 12:56:08 am
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Great to hear that Peter ;
I will be grateful if you could explore some software for linux also , if possible . I think there are some possibilities there .
Thanks ,
Stefano
After a quick tour on Ubuntu , I am not really sure there will be options for a good player there anymore ... :-) (pardon the offtopic) |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: xxhiend and hqplayer
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on: June 21, 2011, 01:11:09 pm
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Hi all ,
it's difficult to me to explain , I use also linux engines for sound and many times I step between linux and windows . But in my little system ( and wonderful amplifiers such Firstwatt F5 ) XX high end plays music far better than hq . It just work out somehow to me , and that's a very good thing . Thanks Peter for your precious work .
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