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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: We all fell in the W7 pitfall
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on: October 05, 2010, 01:53:23 am
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Hi Roy, I'll wait with my modifications until you came back with some results It will be easier this way and we could split some work. I've experience with nLite (predecessor of vLite, but for XP), so no problems. But I'd like you to check these tweaks: In Regedit, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM CurrentControlSet\Control\PriorityControl, add a new DWORD, "IRQ8Priority" , and set the value to 1. In that same key, look for "Win32PrioritySeparation" dword and set the value to 28 (hex). Restart a PC. Also, make sure to set the "sound card's" PCI latency timer to 128, of course that's if your interface is PCI-based, haha These are my favourite tweaks
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: Does Improving PC PSU and Reducing PC EMI/RFI Improve SQ?
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on: October 05, 2010, 12:31:51 am
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Nick, are you still using Startech PCI USB controller for hiface or like your sig says, motherboard's controller? Did you compare those two? (disabling onboard controller when using PCI card)
I'd really appreciate if you made a comparison for me. Do you have similar experiences with FireWire controllers? Are those worth attention? I'm asking, because I'm about to build ultimate music server for my friend - based on OrigenAE case and the best components only. If the FireWire in his dCS Elgar Plus won't be good enough, then we'll go with RME HSDP AES-32 or HSDPe AES-32 (if it's better).
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: We all fell in the W7 pitfall
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on: October 03, 2010, 09:07:44 pm
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You should have wrote it in that topic, it's easier for everyone to find sth when they look for it Now back to sound again. I've done many A/B sessions between KS and Wasapi and I'm sure that Wasapi is better, but not with low Q1 values, which produce to much separation and too clean sound IMHO. With Q1 set to 14, there is great control, details and rich midrange. I have no complaints, really - I could live with that sound. KS in adaptive mode sounds blurred and grainy in comparison. It's not bad, I get a lot of fun listening to KS in adaptive mode, it makes me to believe that I'm not listening to a digital source. But Wasapi is more engaging. I'll stay with it for a while (Engine3, 1024 samples, Q1=14, Scheme-3, SFS=36 MB). I'm looking forward to your opinions. Enjoy! Marcin
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: We all fell in the W7 pitfall
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on: October 02, 2010, 02:12:18 pm
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And regarding sound in Vista, it's very smooth and detailed, but I get the feeling that bass is shy?
Hello Marcin, try engine3 with Q1=5, the others Q's at zero best Joachim I tried, but I need more time with the new sound. As I get used to it it will be much easier for me to tell a difference between KS and Wasapi - like it was with going from W7 to Vista after few months. Regarding bass, I reverse my previous assumptions. I listened to 'wrong' CD and should have waited a while before posting my impressions.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: We all fell in the W7 pitfall
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on: October 02, 2010, 11:49:26 am
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I think I make a OEM version x64 (or x86) Ultimate, prepped for download.
Wouldn't it be easier to share vLite settings? About 2 SSDs, I think the better sound of XXHE being on other than OS SSD, comes from I would call 'exclusive mode'. Notice that SSD with OS uses it all the time and it maybe collide with XXHE processes. That's my theory. And regarding sound in Vista, it's very smooth and detailed, but I get the feeling that bass is shy? Or it's supposed to be this way. I can listen very very loud and I see membranes' dance, but I don't feel the punch from W7. Perhaps I got used to 'wrong' reproduction of low frequencies from W7 and I need some time to get it right. Invert improves things a bit. Oh, and SFS value doesn't matter or has a tiny influence Marcin
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