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on: December 14, 2017, 11:26:16 am
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Juan, nah I don't think so. Yesterday I again fired up an album which seemed to large to fit in memory and I had the Postcard(1).jpg problem. Before that (the album played and) a track ran into a loop for its SFS size, which normally does not happen. Then at bringing up XXHighEnd I got the Portcard message and at again a restart of XXHighEnd I received out of memory messages (which certainly will have been justified).
I could not get it right any more and had to reboot the PC (running from RAM).
I must say that by now this won't be coincidence that you had it a couple of times, and me too. So something must have changed but hard to tell what it is.
Thanks,
Peter
Hi Peter, testing some high resolution music I have had the same problem with this one Best regards, Juan |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 2.09 sound quality
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on: December 13, 2017, 03:48:26 pm
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Juan,
I have been experimenting with settings as well, and have essentially settled for the moment on the same settings as you except with Q5=0. I remember when the Stealth PC first came out, the suggestion was to use Q3/4/5 = 0/1/0; which had worked well for me prior to the G3/Lush upgrade. Q3/4/5 = 0/1/0 seems to produce more body/realism without any loss of detail or dynamics.
Ramesh
Hi Ramesh, I think we are all close between SFS 8.0 and 10.5, the other settings are similar and it is difficult to know which one sounds better. It is true what Peter says about the state of mind. Sometimes we find a satisfactory sound and that makes us be in a good mood. The opposite also happens. Personally I appreciate that this hobby is able to have that influence on my mood. This allows me the possibility of recovering if I feel bad. Best regards, Juan |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 2.09 sound quality
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on: December 11, 2017, 10:18:59 am
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It seems that it's very quiet here. Well, surely Peter is preparing some surprise. Meanwhile I'm still experimenting with the settings to find the best SQ. So far the best I have found is:
Q1=30 Q3=0, Q4=1, Q5=1, xQ1=40
SFS: 10.20 (max. 120)
ClockRes: 15ms
Driver v1.0.4. 4ms
Custom Filter: 705600 Low
Best regards,
Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 2.09 sound quality
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on: December 07, 2017, 11:02:54 am
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With the new settings it seems necessary to increase the volume one step and sometimes two to get the best SQ. The difference between the optimal volume level and the next lower level is surprising. Previously the optimum level in my case was -19.5db and now it is -18db and sometimes up to -16.5db
Regards,
Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 2.09 sound quality
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on: December 06, 2017, 09:37:02 pm
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Hi,
Try Q3 and Q5 on 0.
For me that always at some extra roundness.
Regards, Arjan
Thanks Arjan, I've been testing those Q settings and it has been an useful suggestion. With Q3:0, Q5:0 the bass is too big in my system. I made some changes, now I have Q1:30, xQ1:40, Q3:0, Q4:1, Q5:1. SFS:10.16. Filter:705600 Low. Still big bass but much better. I'll keep listening.  Best regards, Juan |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 2.09 sound quality
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on: December 05, 2017, 07:53:42 pm
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I've been trying for the last two days to see the positive of SFS 10.00 (Peter's psychological influence is always inevitable). Peter expresses it better than me but what I thought was more or less that the sound seemed very clear but lacking in body. Elegant but too thin. Yes, it seems that SFS 10.20 has that body that is missing at 10.00 but nevertheless lacks still something. Maybe we should look for somewhere, not only in the SFS.
Best regards,
Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: 2.09 stops suddenly
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on: December 04, 2017, 09:52:35 pm
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Peter, I deleted the file but I still have it in the Recicle bin, just in case. I think that the process was the same as yours, I mean, I loaded two albums, one of them was hdcd. Then I received the message of not enough space in the disc and the other two messages.
Previously but approximately at the same time another strange thing happened for the first time ever, suddenly the sound came in loop repeating continuously maybe two or three seconds of the track I was listening. I'm not sure if this is related to the other issue but I let you know in case it makes any sense to you.
Also from some time I have heard several tics in a row like a crackling. That did not happen either.
So far after removing the files y and rebooting, there is no problem and everything is fine.
Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: 2.09 stops suddenly
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on: December 04, 2017, 07:56:12 pm
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Peter, I had already looked at it but I don't t know how it could have been there because I don't use Internet since a long time ago. Maybe some file received some time ago. It was the cover of a CD. I have passed the Windows Defender and has not found anything. For now all good. I cross my fingers
Regards
Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / 2.09 stops suddenly
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on: December 04, 2017, 02:41:18 pm
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Peter, lately 2.09 stops suddenly sometimes before playing anything, sometimes after playing the first track. It looks also that the memory is out of storage, could be because now I'm using SFS: 10?
These are the messages:
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 2.09 sound quality
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on: December 02, 2017, 03:37:20 pm
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Thanks Peter, I can not think of anything to put the odd numbers. Well, if at any time you find out, please tell me This is/was so on purpose. It is related to memory allocation. But, I wonder whether this is still a problem (over here all keeps working). So the next version allows the odd numbers. That's ok Peter, I wait for the next version. SFS = 8.8 and 705.6 / Low Filter sounded superb here.
An if anything, more bass again.
Good that you also found great sound with the Low Filter. However I find that 8.80 gives the impression that the sounds float in an inconcrete way, it was difficult to locate exactly where they come from in the soundtage. Something similar to when the sound is out of phase. That problem does not exist here with 8.00 / LF. Possibly it depends on that we have different systems. Anyway, it's a big step forward with the latest settings in v2.09, the use of SFS around 8.00 and the Low Filter. Best regards, Juan |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 2.09 sound quality
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on: December 01, 2017, 10:36:24 am
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Low filter makes it most acceptable for me Now that.  Does anyone know how many freakin' combinations this program has ?  I remember my times with valves and the madness of trying one or another looking for the best sound. The amount of money spent! Once that I accepted that the fun of this hobby is in the search, since the perfect sound does not exist, the XXHE finding was a fundamental discovery. The "change of valves" now is for free. By the way, I'm still happy with 8.00 / Low Filter  although 8,80/LF is also a good combination depending on the piece of music. Regards, Juan |
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