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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: Q1 setting = +4
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on: May 26, 2009, 01:54:19 pm
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Interesting... did you try +4/0/0/0/0?
No, I didn't... but I will. I suppose my logic here was to take the current 'gold standard' (to take a phrase you first used) and compare it to the settings I've been happy with for the past few months, i.e. +4/30/30/0/0 vs. -4/0/0/0/0. Do try it  Incidentally, you'll see a change in my signature from tomorrow onwards which I'm VERY excited about - I am about to become the proud owner of a Pacific Microsonics Model 2 AD/DA... Hopefully, this will help further to evaluate the various Q settings.
Mani
Nice piece of gear! But let me know what will happen of the teac D70... |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: New error ;)
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on: May 25, 2009, 06:20:30 pm
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Well, it should. But I will try to mimic that. Peter  Peter, I'm getting more and more of these today. Also on some italian tracks that have no special characters. examples: G:\FLAC\ITALIAN\Matia Bazar\Profili Svelati (2005)\02 Che sara di noi.flac After this, the track name is usually STUCK in the playlist (clear removes all but that track) and i have to close xxhe and clear again. |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: Q1 setting = +4
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on: May 25, 2009, 02:42:06 pm
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After extensive listening this morning (AFI1 -> D70 -> Stax headphones), and using P70 transport for comparison, I'm back to -4/0/0/0/0!
There is a 'lightness' with this setting that I lose otherwise. At +4/30/30/0/0, things get 'heavy', as though the musicians are playing in treacle.
Interesting... did you try +4/0/0/0/0? |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: soundcards
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on: May 25, 2009, 02:40:04 pm
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Some very nice soundcards,
Have to re-consider my current set-up.
Maybe try one of these in near future ?
But there are problems with the Asus Essence as you have read (on this forum).
Maybe try the ESI - Juli@.
The Infrasonic Quartet is harder to get here.
Can you play 24/96 files with your X-fi, Telstar?
Because mine doesn't
Yeah, I've read it. But the essence will go in this computer... still undecided. Yes, i can play 24/96 (i dont have many, though). |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / New error ;)
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on: May 24, 2009, 07:21:06 pm
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XXHE does not like my new violin concert!
folder: G:\FLAC\CLASSIC\The Romantic Violin Concerto (Hyperion)\Volume 1 - Saint-Saëns
I think is due to the special characters.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: My SSD install
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on: May 24, 2009, 02:41:16 pm
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But Telstar,
I would go for OCZ vertex 60GB or intel x25 80GB (It only differs 50 euros)
W7 is free till october and useable till march.(decide then)
Give it a try, it works stable here. (if you don't mess around with drivers)
And tweak to dead that sh*t as in all/off. services,device manager, logs (lots of logs in W7) all of.
Like to know what you (and others) think of it.
Never liked Vista anyway, hope that MS (finally) gives us a decent HTPC platform.
Only 3 months ago I went out for Vista Ultimate x64 (what i think was a rip off)
New SP2 should come out in december 2008 then april and still isn't there.
(and what is a SP anyway, a bundeld set of updates, what about new features or making things really better)
Making lots of poeha about W7, PEOPLE make a Vista SP2 first, lots of folks spend 200 to 300 euro for Vista already (MF'rs!)
And still not stable.
What we need is a stable platform to work on (if it was'nt for the audio I would still be on XP)
As foundation for our HTPC. (starting to get a little crazy here, several craches no decent means for backup)
Just want to install a (my) clean image, insted of install Vista and doing the settings every (fckng) time manually.
Didn't PC's were inventid for automatisation.
We got to have decent backup's because, how do you want to flash your SSD's then?
I, Mean can it get worse?
OS that tends to crash and cant do back-ups.
money well spend, guess not!?!?
So it's out of MY system by having said this.
Roy
I have used vista since the RC1 and the 32bit version has been always rock solid. the 64bit instead took several months to become stable, but close to SP1 release it is. Sp2 will probably put it in the same league of W7. On my gaming computer, Vista x64 is faster than W7. But I believe the reason is that the former sits on a 15k scsi raid, while the poor W7 was put (and still is) on a plain sata disk of decent performance. What's the point of all this? I'd never install Vista or W7 on a sata platter disk, period. They dont have the multitaskign speed (IOPS) to make it work smooth. I have the RC (both 32 and 64 bit, from official MS downloads and with beta keys), so I will be fine til next june or whatever. But I'll replace with the RTM version for sure, IF they actually did more improvements to the audio stack. I have the build 7077 (i think) on this pc and it doesnt sound any better than Vista, with the same x-fi that you have. Probably you have a different version of drivers in W7. I dont plan to mess again with install to put the RC in this computer, I will directly on the new music pc that will be built this summer. Now, to answer the first question, from my dealer the price difference between the 60g vertex and the 80g intel is close to 100€ than to 50. I dont remember when are scheduled the next intel price drops, but i think together with 32nm nand and bigger capacity drives, so likely Q4 (too late). Besides, I gave up on imaging and backup of the OS. I just do a format and reinstall. Of course the OS always resides on a separate DISK, while documents and personal settings are on another one, that is never formatted and backuped often. You could try norton ghost, but I dont think will work either. |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: My SSD install
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on: May 24, 2009, 02:30:14 pm
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Yes, you could be right, but the difference is hugh, with Vista on SSD sounds very cr*ppy.
So, thats why I choose W7
Find out for your self.
I ain't that happy with the soundcard, but rather wait for Peter's super-duper NOS1 DAC.
Instead of investing in new card.
A new pc should work fine in W7 (which didnt recognize my scsi gear). I didnt post about a test I did with my infrasonic quartet, but i can say that it sounds amazingly good for what's inside and the cost. I cannot remove it from my boyfriend computer, though. He hated the sound bugs of the dmx6. So, I have to buy something for the music pc. I have spare the dmx6fire that i took out but the drivers are too buggy in vista (and i bet in w7 too), so that will go to the best offerer and i'll either get another Quartet or an Essence (that will thereafter replace the x-fi in my gaming pc), more likely the second option because i'm really curious to check it. Oh, i could also try a juli@. |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: My SSD install
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on: May 23, 2009, 11:20:30 pm
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Ugh,
Now W7 (tweaked) on SSD,
Works for me now, DPC Latency around 90-140 - processor on 0% (or almost)
No peaks in DPC lat.
I'm NEVER EVER going back to Vista.
SQ so much better in W7
Looks like I have to put W7 on the new pc. But, Roy which DAC are you using? If that's the x-fi (which i have on my gaming pc), the difference in sound between vista and w7 is likely the cr*ppy creative drivers... |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / antivirus
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on: May 18, 2009, 05:54:38 pm
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One advice I have :
Besides antivirus software actually always slows down your PC to the point of it being useless - so better don't have anti-virus software for that reason - just have it at hand IN ADVANCE. I mean, nothing is worse than needing it at the moment you don't know what to choose, and you really have to buy this one, and that one and another one, just because most are a kind of hoaxes. I can tell you, you really don't want to buy that software when your browser doesn't allow for it anymore (because of that smart virus), and you really don't want to buy it, learning that it won't work in Safe Mode, which of course isn't in the small print. So :
When nothing is the matter and all is up and running, take the time to buy something which is really good, just lay it aside after that - ready to use when you need it.
Guys, this is not for you just using anti-virus software actively already. You are used to it, and to your satisfaction (I suppose). So this is for people like Dave, who just some day may get into deep sh*t, by own fault or not. You are lucky there to not have thousands of viruses and trojans spread INTO your provider network like i do. i cannot connect for more than 5mins without high risk of getting some sh*t. That is why i said to install the antivirus BEFORE going online for the very first time. Once i didnt and I had to format and reinstall the OS for how much screwed it got in about one hour or two. Actually, i use only antivirus/firewall packages, not plain AV, that wouldnt cover the majority of the cr*p going around. Kaspersky and ESET are the only ones that I trust. |
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