Yes, great find Coen! This worked for me too. I couldn't play Straight Continuous or MC because of the privileges problem, and ran this:
I used a little trick to enforce the lock pages privilege for the administrator role. I stumbled upon a tool that is part of the win2003 toolkit: ntrights.exe. With this tool placed in the windows\system32\ directory I ran it form the command prompt:> Ntrights +r SeLockMemoryPrivilege  -u Administrators (this command is case sensitive).

Works great. All set.

Thanks!
/Lee

Peter,

I'll try this Ntrights.exe app, but Coen was using Win 7 32bit. I have 64bit running. Will this matter?

/Lee

There is no Local Security Policy in Windows 7 Home Premium, according to Microsoft help. Only in Ultimate. That perhaps is why I don't see it listed.

Maybe if I run secpol.msc, perhaps I can access something like Local Security Policy? Not sure.

I have Mixed mode working. But still cannot get straight continuous mem organization to allow me to play. Still getting permissions issues. SFS at 430, but I did play with it at 2. Still no go. UAC slider is all the way down.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks.
/Lee

This is what I disabled:


➢BitLocker Drive Encryption
➢Certificate Propogation
➢Diagnostic Policy/Service/System
➢Distributed Link Tracking Client Elements
➢Encrypting File System from page 5
➢Function Discovery Provider/Resource
➢Health Key and Certificate Management
➢Internet Connection Sharing
➢IP Helper
➢Offline Files
➢PnP-X IP Bus Enumerator
➢Quality Windows Audio Video Experience
➢Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol
➢Themes
➢Windows Media Center Receiver/ Schedule
➢Windows Media Player Network Sharing
➢Security Center
➢Windows Defender
➢Windows Firewall
➢Windows Updates

Ah yes, I think I disabled a few security settings, so do not see Local security Policy options in Administrative Tools.

Will have to play more.

/Lee

Peter,

So regarding the above, I finally rolled back the Lynx driver to previous version (18c) and was able to get Engine #4 with KS options for the Lynx.

The problem now is with Memory Organization. I can only get tracks to play when using Mixed mode. When using Straight Continuous or even Mixed Continuous mode, I get that nasty window popup telling me "Necessary privileges have been set. Reboot to make them effective!

I cannot get this thing to go away under straight continuous. Have played with the SFS size and still nothing.

My machine has a Lynx AES16 and 16 GB of RAM, Mem buff set to 4096. Q1 to 30, 0,0,0,0.

I could also use another activation code, as I had to rebuild my Win 7 build yet again. The one you gave me the other day no longer works.

Thanks.

/Lee

Hi Peter,

I just installed Windows 7 and my old activation code doesn't seem to work either. Why would this be and how can I resolve? I decided to upgrade (finally) from XP.

Also, I am using the P5Q-EM motherboard with 16 GB RAM and a Lynx AES16 card (for now). Is KS mode the only option for me with this card?

Please, help?

/Lee

Ok, this is solid stuff. Let me process this, experiment a bit and report back. Thank you for the lengthy response.

By the way, is there anyone here in the SF Bay Area that owns one of your Phasure dacs? Any dealers that have them? I'd really like to hear one and maybe hold an event with my group (BAAS). I heard that you sent one to Chris Conniker. True? I know Chris well and definitely trust his judgement.

/Lee

Peter,

Scoffing is fine. This is, after all, a hobby about having fun.

For me, I just can't take these opinions seriously, given your obvious interest in selling the Phasure. Espec given the Alpha dac's immense success amongst audiophiles, writers and bloggers, dealers who know anything about digital.

The reference to PM II is that this dac, as you know, was also designed by the team at Berkeley Audio Design many years ago. So there are many years of trial and error that go into the Alpha. And yes the PM dac is my reference, for I have heard no better and in many scenarios and from many people over the years, certainly not from just one person. I heard the very expensive ($30k?) MBL dac for example, compared A/B a year ago at CES and the PM just killed it (no big surprise): PM's imagery was locked into place, transparency and liquidity were just amazing. This should be your reference point too, I would think. Or perhaps Matan's enviable sound using the PMII and his Linux clamshell player.

Even more interesting, I've heard Paul Stubblebine's excellent tape project material compared in a formal A/B scenario with the Zalman/Lynx setup through alpha dac and I felt the digital sound compared nicely to the tape project tracks. It is good to see that digital playback has come such a long way. Berkeley has contributed quite a bit to this IMO, thru both the PM2 and the Alpha.

So has XXHighend. Your player sounds great and is, to my ears (thus far), the best sounding pc based player out there. Amazing what you've done with Windows bloatware! But to claim that your own Phasure is better than the PM2? My we're feeling ambitious...

What started this string was a question about digital vs natural sound and how to get the latter from XXHighend (and the above listed hardware). You spoke about Q1 for a bit, then launched into your marketing pitch for the Phasure—oh, sorry, "story". But I'd still like to know the answer. I'm getting solid results now from XXHighend on XP, but want to Install Win 7 64 bit (minimized) with a lot of RAM and the same (above listed) hardware (Lynx) etc. It would be awesome to get your suggestions.

And lastly, I think there is potential in the market for more "analog" sound from digital. Honestly most of my audiophile friends far prefer the sound of vinyl, turn their noses up to digital. And when I hear their rigs, I often hear why. Digital can always benefit (IMO) from a tube buffer stage to round off the edges a bit.  So why can't digital playback software achieve/emulate some of the same character that vinyl excels at? bloom and openness, dynamics and that pleasing harmonic distortion that so defines vinyl and helps make a track sound more "live"?

Peter,

Thanks for the suggestions in the first paragraph.

As per the other jibberish, honestly, do you conclude all this from that one "NOS Customer", or is this just marketing speak from [your] company that is targeting Berkeley Audio head on with it's new Phasure Dac? I mean, what am I supposed to make of this marketing speak??

Although I've never heard the Phasure, I have demo'd under very ideal conditions many other excellent dacs at trade shows and in the home. IMO, nothing else touches the Pacific Microsonics units, still selling for $$ after all these years. (Must be a reason for that). And while I wouldn't say the Alpha is quite the Pacific Microsonics, it is reasonably close and certainly more resolving and musical than any other Dac I have heard.

Lastly, I asked about the analog sound not because this is the way the Berkeley sounds, but instead because I think there are a some things that analog does better than digital. Note the large resurgence in vinyl sales in the last two years. It would be cool to see an option in the interface that allowed one to achieve some of these analog qualities via a filter or something.

Best.

Hey Guys,

I too am an XP dont-no-saur. Just bought a copy of Win 7 Home Premium and am reading all that I can about how to install it and configure my system. Looks like everyone is suggesting Win 7 64bit Sp1? What is RC?

I ordered 16GB of DDR2 800 RAM and have a 120GB OCZ SSD HD. All of this is installed in a Zalman TNN 300 box with Intel P5Q EM motherboard (8500) and a Lynx AES16 soundcard. My plan is to buy the Berkeley usb converter when it comes out as I own the Berkeley Alpha Dac and like it a lot.

Does anyone have any suggestions for configuration, given the above specs? I'd really appreciate any OS tweaks/tips, XXhighend configuration suggestions or any kind of related advice.

Also, my one thing with digital is that it can sound metallic and edgy, esp when compared to vinyl, and I'd appreciate any suggestions on avoiding this in playback, if possible. In fact, I think it would be great to have a preset button in XXHighend that enabled a "vinyl-like" or analog-like quality to playback. Sure, this may just be coloration of the sound and nothing more. But vinyl and tubes just deliver something amazing to the sound to soften edges and open up the "space".

Can this be achieved in digital playback with any config or XXHighend settings?

Thank you in advance, gents, for any suggestions.

/Lee Mincy
SF Bay Area, CA

Hey Gents,

Just reading this post and I have a question about reducing a bass node in the 50-60 Hz region. On my Mac G5 I use Amarra's paramteric EQ and can reduce this problem, although it looks from the posts above that you guys are recommending against this?

How would you reduce a bass bump such as the one using passive measures? When a song hits that deep region, the entire room is suddenly excited.

I am using a Zalman machine running XP and the latest release of XXHighend. Is there a decent para EQ plugin that will do a good job of just affecting this one region? Any suggestions?

Thanks!

/Lee Mincy

You mean the program randomly shuts off (crashes) between 6 and 60 minutes?

I don't remember reading anywhere about this...

Hi Peter,

Virtual memory was already on, 2045MB

SFS.ini already set to 11

split level size was at 60, now at 80.

I am finding that the program will just crash on its own, while playing or not. Usually happens after 3 or 4 songs have played, but will also crash when idling (no song playing).

I am using an OCZ Vertex SS drive, 120Gig.

/Lee

I suppose I should stick with XP if that is the case. I was planning on reading about W7 this weekend on the forum.

Yes, I have the Dac set to 24/192. Anything else I might consider changing/tweaking?

Darned! It just crashed again.

/Lee