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61  Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: Power Cords on: April 10, 2013, 06:19:49 pm
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Additionally I have to inform that the way the wires are twisted that they have almost NO outside radiation pattern themselves negatively influencing interconnects or other "sensitive" spots. Its all cancelled out...

That's why I used double coax.
With a solid core they are inflexible but don't give any hum to their environment. Plus and minus have their own core, the shields are connected on one side to the ground. Big outdoors connectors with rubber surround were needed for this. This way they are releatively easy to build. Just some tape a several places to keep them together.
62  Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 0.9z-8-3a on: April 02, 2013, 10:00:12 pm
Well, Boleary I have to confess that I experienced some harshness that I was not sure was caused by XXHE. Especially this happened when Adele sings a bit higher and louder. I was thinking it might be the recording but am not sure and not really able to test it now.
It's a shrillness that's realy unlistenable and I suspect it's only one particular frequency range that has this distortionproblem. Maybe somewhere around 2 to 5 kHz?
I guess everyone has Adele? and can test this?
63  Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: Digital Sine Wave Generator on: March 29, 2013, 06:54:33 pm
This one makes me happy when I use it:
http://www.audiotester.de/
64  Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 0.9z-8-3a on: March 15, 2013, 11:47:12 pm
Sparkles? Fireworks!
Just comparing apples to oranges here again but the oranges sound so strange! Bigger then Live, thundering Bass from hell, sparkling highs from heaven! Unbelievable if this is real!
Hope tommorow still sounds this way because now it's really bedtime. Wink
65  Ultimate Audio Playback / Music Storage and convenient playback / Re: More Wishlist on: March 12, 2013, 10:32:05 pm
Peter,
A new wish that would be very practical for me is a timestamp for every album that registers the last time the album was played.
Because I get a lot of music from friends, family, internet etc. I don't remember for a lot of albums if I ever listened to it, only to find out by playing which is not really working in the long term
And then maybe also the number of times played and popularity rating?
66  Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: My first Windows 8 experience on: February 11, 2013, 08:57:47 pm
Peter, I would like to do the test too, but I already threw 7 out.
Maybe I'll have to go back to get more happy?

What I think happened here was a change in sound during one album on Win8. I played for my children a K3-album ( whistle) and they are happy to jump around. But the first track already sounded weird. A lot of bass but like it was mixed with glue and could not get loose. Mid's sound recessed, highs not airy.
But since the kids didn't complain I left it on.
But a couple of songs later the sound became more normal.
I thought maybe it's warmup of the amps or me getting used to it.
But then it shouldn't be a 'new' experience. And I heard it the first time I tried Win 8 and thought I got rid of it when I changed to your settings.
After reading your distortion story I felt I could write this without making a fool of myself!
67  Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Activated but cover art surround remains cream on: February 08, 2013, 10:27:42 pm
I activated again but still the creamy borders.
So rtfm and the second time I used the clear button and then it worked.
68  Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: My first Windows 8 experience on: February 08, 2013, 10:25:51 pm
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Furthermore I percieve a "loudness" or "disco" effect being a little bass and top heavy.

That's what i thought to hear too at the start.
Now it sounds more, very neutral. I guess because I use Peter's settings now. To early to give 100% thumbs up because I need a lot more listening. But I feel there is a lot of uncertainty/jitter/noise gone and now it's more precise and detailed. It remembers me of the time I was chasing an unbalance between the left end right speaker only to find it was the difference in acoustic surroundings of the left and right speaker. Nothing can be done in my present living room sadly. This was using vinyl. Now with XXHE/Win 8 I get the same acoustic information again.

So for me Win8 is a winner!
( I have to apoligize to the MS-programmers for my bad words because now they did something very good for us)
69  Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Activated but cover art surround remains cream on: February 07, 2013, 10:43:28 pm
It seems I have the same problem. I activated win 8 with the Win 7 activation code. That's not the way to do it anymore?
70  Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: My first Windows 8 experience on: February 06, 2013, 11:42:44 pm
Let me pop in before you Wink
Got everything working in 8.
Installed realtek motherboard codec drivers and restart made terratec work again. HiFace needed some 12V batteryjuice for the DAC which was gotten loose by all the moving around.
Sound? Incredible!
Listening to Anthony now, never liked it but now it's wonderfull.
Stereo picture reminds me of vinyl records that sometimes do strange things to the room, so I guess it's in the recording and now you can hear it.
Only not properly activated and sometimes the music skips some notes. But now on to enjoy some more!
71  Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: My first Windows 8 experience on: February 05, 2013, 12:04:59 am
Pfoe, Win 8 and XXHE running a little better.
Sound is now possible through the motherboardconnectors.
Firewire and USB-HiFace not working yet.
So I'm listening now in Wasapi-style with portable(?!) headphones.
TDK WR700 really nice sound for little. (Wireless I should say, being tied to a wire is not my thing unhappy ).
Hope to get the others working too.
Solution looks to be related to hard reboot being different now and maybe sleep/hybernate. Some settings maybe only change after a reboot???
72  Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: My first Windows 8 experience on: February 03, 2013, 02:12:31 am
So I tried win8 too.
What a PITA!!!!
After regular problems like a DVD not starting as system, output of the BIOS going to another monitor I got it to work.
But now the volume goes down by itself.
When in desktop mode the corner mouse trick doesn't work anymore. When installing updates it starts with a question what browser you want and does not install it and stops doing anything.
No output from the highface so no idea what XXHE sounds like.
First tried 32 bit but it reported a problem with one of the music harddisks for which I should contact the manufacturer (Samsung!).
The harddisk light did not turn of. So I installed 64 bit and then problems only got worse. (Harddisk was ok now).
But I like the panoramas! Eiffeltower from beneath, Chicago beautifull.
So for me, Peter please make your own OS.
Even Win 7 is dying when I'm writing this.
Maybe we have to wait for SP1, but if it does not come soon MS will be dead.
Sorry for the negative mood but I think we should protect people from this frustration.
73  Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: Musings on digitizing vinyl on: January 28, 2013, 12:28:19 am
a: cd     peaks cut off
b: lp      highest irregular peaks
c: sacd  in between a and b

What do I win? Wink
74  Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: Watch your stockings - 0.9z-8 on: December 24, 2012, 05:04:06 pm
Thanks Peter!
Good timing, I needed a bigger present under the tree then what I bought for myself. Wink
I can't wait for the family to leave, will be late today!

Best wishes for all.
75  Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: HPET Timer - Your new Tweak ? on: November 17, 2012, 12:22:49 am
Here I hear a big improvement too!
It sounds to me like analogue on a level no one can afford, if it exists at all.
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