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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 9-Z3
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on: October 26, 2010, 06:27:08 pm
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My initial impressions are that higher values sounds better, fuller. Scheme-1 works better too, as Peter mentioned. Scheme-3 is too smooth at the moment, while Scheme-1 is more resolving and lifelike. I won't update my sig yet, want to experiment more with the settings.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your questions about the PC -> DAC route / How I enabled auto sample-rate switching and 88.2, 176.4kHz support in Cantatis!
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on: October 26, 2010, 04:15:26 pm
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Guys from Cantatis finally gave me some valueable tip I don't use their control panel, because it doesn't work in W2008 at all. I installed the drivers only. This is very simple tweak and for me - a life saver!!! What you need to do is: Search for the following registry keys in regedit: VA_CPLAutoSR (set to 0 = no auto sample rate, 1 = auto sample rate) VA_CPLSelectSR (set as follows, in hexadecimal, I set to 0x0e that is 192kHz): 0x00: 48 KHz (default) 0x01: 24 KHz 0x02: 12 KHz 0x03: 9.6 KHz 0x04: 32 KHz 0x05: 16 KHz 0x06: 8 KHz 0x07: 96 KHz 0x0E: 192 KHz 0x0f: 64 KHz 0x08: 44.1 KHz 0x09: 22.05 KHz 0x0A: 11.025 KHz 0x0B: 88.2 KHz 0x0C: 176.4 KHz Now I don't have to change the damn thing every time I want to listen to some different sample rates stuff. Enjoy! Marcin
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: 0.9 z3
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on: October 26, 2010, 10:29:01 am
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Thanks I have to ask one more time, is it possible for XXHE to automatically delete tracks that already were played from RAMdisk - XXHE directory? Even if not for unattended, this would be nice in attended mode. PS I sent you a PM Cheers, Marcin
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: 0.9 z3
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on: October 26, 2010, 02:53:01 am
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OK, I can't resist sharing my feelings about SQ... The new version sounds 100% better than z2 :O New SFS method works like a charm, we all liked Vista+Ramdisk combination, but this is truly amazing. I keep asking myself, how much better can the XXHE be in, let's say, 2 years? Peter, how someone with a touchscreen and no keyboard could benefit from "do not start playback + copy to xx drive" combo? Maybe lame question, but is it possible to assign AutoHotkey to a remote control somehow?
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: 0.9 z3
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on: October 26, 2010, 02:36:06 am
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Eric, Autohotkey must be enabled and you need to press Alt+P combination in order to start playback. I thought it would be automatically, but it's much easier than fully manual process anyway.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / 0.9 z3
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on: October 26, 2010, 01:56:25 am
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HI, It's time to start a new thread. I won't say anything about SQ yet. I can only say it's good BUt now back to the software: 1. Did I understood right, that 'do no start playback' and 'copy to xx drive' work only with a hotkey enabled and I need to press Alt+p in order to start playback? EDIT - yep, it seems that Autohotkey is needed. 2. AI for 96 and 192kHz only doesn't work. (with 16/44kHz tracks, which used to work before) Great work Peter... Cheers, Marcin
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your questions about the PC -> DAC route / Re: What's the closest 'safe' distance from PC to DAC/AMP?
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on: October 24, 2010, 08:41:05 pm
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I know that shorter ICs are better, but you know, I'm using PCI sound card as a DAC and I don't think that my amplifier benefits from such a close PC presence. The cables sounded terrible at first, but after 2 days of continuos playback, things are getting better, but I think (hope) that it's a long way of improvements I dont think Peter will put the new version soon, because they put too many new ideas in his head!
Yep, maybe it's a good thing, I'll get a chance to experiment with W2008, before z3 is released
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your questions about the PC -> DAC route / What's the closest 'safe' distance from PC to DAC/AMP?
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on: October 24, 2010, 08:08:11 pm
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Hi Guys, I got new cables - Vovox Initio (2x power cords, IC and speaker cables). The thing is that the IC is very short (0,5m), I haven't thought this through before purchasing, but 0,5m is probably limiting SQ or the cables need more time to burn in as I heard from my friend. What are your experiences in this area? Cheers, Marcin PS Is it just me or you too refresh the site a lot during this weekend after Peter announced that z-3 is coming in the weekend?
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