Hi Peter,

as written before, SFS changed to 220.

The CPU activity increases now to 100% at two times per minute.
The max. CPU load was appr. 8% with a lower SFS value (2) before.

Joachim

Hi Peter,

yes, the Music was just right beteween my ears again, with the advantage, there is nothing between those!
 
Joachim

P.S. The stored "memory" increases from appr. 850MB to more than 1330MB on the fly.

Thanx Peter,

SFS min back to 220,
- memory management is as per your explanation.

The outcome is: The holographic soundstage is back.

Joachim


P.S. I do believe the best performance with SFS=2 will be with an installation of XXH on a RAM Disc, so everything is in memory.

Hi Peter,

on my system, with nearly the same settings as before, the music files are not loaded into the memory anymore.

Any idea?

Joachim

P.S. Same in "Unattended"

Hi,
Hein’s impression of the SQ with 8-1e is congruent to what I hear too.
8-1e is presenting a SQ with a bigger soundstage (more air around the instruments). When I’m sitting in the direct line between the speakers to tune XXH on the PC the music is around me.
The bass is not very controlled (thick and tubby compared to 7-5 what I remember).

During a replay with 8-2 the soundstage moves away from me to the front side of the room. I’m sitting in front of the soundstage now, not within anymore. The stereo image is more accentuated to a left/right separation with less air around the instruments. The holographic image is gone.
The bass improved a lot, I hear now more distinct pitches in bass notes.

Joachim

Hi,

same problem on my screen with screen settings since years.

Pressing the No. 2 in the upper right corner the split bar disappears, but comes back during selecting the next album.

Joachim

No, and who is doing your job for our enjoyment? 

BUY ONE BOTTLE !!!!

Hi Paul,

you'll be surprised, and .............. buy one!

Joachim

Hi Peter,

Don't worry  be .............. .

Bass is perfect now, very tight. Have some problems with the heights, which are less accented now, and I will fiddle around with the settings now.

Joachim

Good informations.
The main conclusion is, it comes down to enhance the hardware and to optimize the power supply together with  earthing.

Joachim

You should, because it shows the relation of the distance from the speakers plane to the wall and the appertaining frequencies.

Joachim

In general my wife agrees with you. He, He

I wrote listening to "the same tune" ............... .

Standing waves doesn't alter in our room with the frequency.
What is your explanation that with the NOS1 the standing waves are gone in P's room? Placebo?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gr7KmTOrx0

Joachim

Paul had his reference system prior to the NOS1 with standing waves.
Listening with the NOS1 the SQ changed for the better without the standing waves.
Something happened. We can't alter physics and the only explanation is a frequency shift for the better unintended.
We know that a replacement of one component in our chain changes the SQ. (Mani with his Sauermann's and yours with the future speakers)


Joachim

This is a good idea for romantic hours with appropriate music via the NOS 1.
I will replace my open fire immediatly.

Two other links:
http://www.indiana.edu/~emusic/acoustics/reverb.htm
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/waves/standw.html#c4

Less standing waves in your room with the same tune is a result of a frequency shift with the NOS1 to the positive of SQ.

Joachim