Windows X,
I'm sure if you pay Peter a million euro's he'll make a special version of his DAC for you that will sound the best in the world!

Peter,

Me too a bit curious...

Will you still put an ADC in the DAC?
Maybe one with high bitrate so we can rip lp's or make live-recordings to the best quality (384kHz).
And will it be possible to use that ADC as an input to the (PC-)DAC so we can connect all the old analog sources?
 

I guess these are the attenuators for the SPDIF-signal which lower the voltage at the output of the hiFace.
They don't change the soundlevel but only take care that the to high signal of the hiFace does not overload your DACs input.
On top of that they can lower the absolute level of reflected signals and in that way lower jitter.
So nothing to do with the soundvolume but worth a try to see if it sounds better.

Hi Peter,
I'd be glad to help you with this.
My laptop was always working without problems with XXHE and has Vista installed.
Send me a PM if you still need it.

Gerard(A).

@ pedal, you are right, I would say this too if I had not been there.
But I'm a bit hesitant to say too much about it, for me the 386 reminds me of the best I ever heard from analogue and then with better definition, less distortion etc.
It sounded 'natural'. Then the problem is we still are stuck with 44. So what to say about that?
For fun I've been listening to FM-radio all day today and that now sounds like the AM sounded long time ago.
But it was possible to listen all day. But it is so clear how much worse it is then what we're talking about here.
I hope that after getting used to 386 it is still possible and enjoyable to listen to 44.
Maybe you think this is a bit over the top but this is always a consequence of improvement.
A lot of people are happy with a decent hifi but if you're used to something better you have a problem when you have to go back..

@Peter, this sounds very interesting! I hope you can make it happen. Maybe it will be difficult to maintain but a few sessions could be a good try.
And I could not hear if your DAC is the best in Amersfoort, but if it is, I'm sure there will be a lot of interest from all over the world to come and listen!

BTW, if those woofers are very sensitive , like more then 95 dB, I guess 27 Watt is enough.
But if not then it's like for the control you need a low output impedance, so low impedance Power supply with a lot of current.
Then for a constant voltage you get more amperes, so more watts.
Two woofers in parallel (series is not good!) then the impedance is even lower, together with impedance dips and lower dynamic impedance the
27 Watts at 8 ohm, have to be 54 at 4 ohm, 108 at 2 and 216 at 1 ohm. But maybe those Beyma's have a high impedance, I did not check that.
I never tried to check if it's through, but this is what I remember from theory.

GerardA

BTW I always wondered what job you can do next to XX because it must take up most of your time!

Well I was happy to be there, meeting Peter, Gerard and Josef and also see the NOS1 is really working.
The sound was disappointing like a lot of the critical public pointed out so well.
For me the most irritating was the bass, it was not deep but a little one noted boomy.
I think you can use up to a 1000 watts to make OB-woofers deliver their goods, not 27.
The midss sounded OK, highs were not State of the Art at all. But put an extra good tweeter and you destroy the concept of a point source, which imo was already destoyed by the 4 feet high baffle, that made the sound come from above, which was good if you sat at the back like me.
And why no decent support under the speakers, they were wiggling when you touched them...
A few small blocks of 'puimsteen' under the speakers can do wonders here.

So much about the speakers, what about the NOS1?
Like you said the 384 sounded amazingly much better, it was more like wanting to listen more and more.
Even the public asked for more of this type of music, so they recognised this too.
The next song was 192 and that was a step back.

So it looks to me we need more 384 music plus the NOS1!

Thanks Peter for the demonstration, maybe you can do some more demonstrations but then in a more controlled setup?

Me too!

Hi Juan, thanks for the tips.

I read the forum with a lot of interest, but don't have the time to try everything.
Like most of us I'm always happy with a new improved version, but most of the time you have to start all over to find the best settings.
This is part of the hobby and the fun, but when you don't feel like it or don't have the time it's nice to just turn XXHE on and enjoy the music.
I had my ears bugged for the flu for more then three weeks so I need to catch up with the way it sounds too...
Maybe time for an Ipad, read the forum on the Ipad while you're listening to the music and try all the settings.
Then make notes of all the settings and changes.
And maybe for all the users a page where they can put their settings so we can compare easily with each other.

Yes, now it is perfectly clear, thanks!
Maybe it's the voodoo that blocks my mind!
Now I wonder if this waiting makes the music sound better for the complete album or only at the beginning when everything is not settled down?
In the latter case I don't mind, but I'll have to try now to hear the difference.

Yes I read this, but if I select the tracks to play in XXHE then what happens after that?
I can only imagine I have to push a button after I finished selecting the tracks...
And then XXHE can do its work..?

I follow the forum but then I must be the stupid one in the class!

Hi Peter,
I'm happy not everybody gets this 'Don't start playback at all'.
I assume all the work is done buy XXHE, so why don't start automatically after the work is done?
Or do we have to do something ourselfes to help XXHE?

Chriss, your first link says:

Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}\0000
Right-click in right pane > Select New > DWORD > Rename to 'IdleEnable' > Set value to 1
Repeat for each subkey \0000, \0001 ... that has the 'Controller' key

Do you set it to 6 in stead of 1?

The usbport.sys trick only works for mice like they say on your second link, if I understand it correctly...

You checked this site: http://www.audiophilleo.com/comparison.aspx  ?

Haha,
This weekend is lost for us, waiting and doing nothing usefull!
I dont think Peter will put the new version soon, because they put too many new ideas in his head!

About the IC's, normally the shorter the better because then they can give less of their own colour to the sound.
Unless the two connected boxes influence each other with stray magnetic fields or other RFI...