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16  Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: World's first NOS 24/192 filterless DAC ? on: September 12, 2010, 04:58:20 pm


So, both the digital volume (as implemented within XXHighEnd) as AP are as good as they are, when each of them is used individually. But not both at the same time.


So Peter, for the best possible SQ are you recommending that we don't use digital volume and AP together?
17  Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: RDP and XXHE aren’t compatible on my Win 7 PC on: September 08, 2010, 08:29:02 pm
I mean Virtual Network Computing (VNC).  At least, I think.  That seems to do the trick from my iPad, but I don't have a client for my macbook yet.  I'll have to hunt around for one.  I'm running TightVNC as the server on my PC, and Jump Desktop on my iPad. 
18  Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: RDP and XXHE aren’t compatible on my Win 7 PC on: September 07, 2010, 04:34:47 pm
No, no, no Peter.  You didn’t offend me at all.  I thank you for delving into this problem. 

I’m pretty sure I followed your steps correctly.   The reason I asked why you thought it would be different this time is that I wanted to be sure I wasn’t missing anything.  The only difference I see is that I’ve un-checked Stop Services and Show Wallpaper.  Otherwise I’m doing everything the same way as ever:
-   start XXHE locally
-   hit Play
-   launch  Remote Desk Connection on my macbook
And then I can connect if I have Processor Appointment Scheme set to No Appointment, but I can’t connect if I have it set to, say, Scheme 3.  It doesn’t matter if I’ve set the Processor Scheme before of after a reboot.

Did I do it right?

I mentioned to you a while ago that it works if I run a VPN connection instead of RDP.  Is there any information in that?

Thanks,
Dan


19  Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: RDP and XXHE aren’t compatible on my Win 7 PC on: September 06, 2010, 08:34:32 pm
As always, I can't get past step 4.  Once I have XXHE running with an appointment scheme set, I can't connect with RDP.  Why did you think it would be different this time?  Maybe I'm not understanding you.
20  Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: Am I crazy thinking wav sounds better than flac? on: August 20, 2010, 03:21:46 am
Thanks for the vote of confidence on my sanity.  I, too, keep all my music stored as wav... good for the economy, if nothing else.
21  Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: Testing a few amps on: July 28, 2010, 10:34:33 pm
Mani,

After A/B’ing my current model Spectral 4000 CD player to several generations of XXHE (and Berkeley Alpha) over more than a year, I finally sold the Spectral.  I felt that Peter’s good work finally pretty much caught up to the Spectral, and by getting rid of the Spectral I was also able to get rid of c-j pre-amp by which I improved the sound considerably more than the Spectral ever did.   Granted, I don’t have Spectral amps but current model VTL 450 tube monoblocks which are undoubtedly a lot slower but still quite nice in their own right.  As you rightly pointed out to the dimwitted Spectral rep, high rez material is a completely different ball game.  Spectral is known to very arrogant.  Good for you hanging up on them!


22  Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: World's first NOS 24/192 filterless DAC ? on: July 28, 2010, 05:43:01 pm

I just ordered one, but probably everybody will tell me that 400 euro really is too much for a stupid volume control.
Oh well ...
Happy
Peter

I agree.  400 euros is a lot.  I'm just a 2-channel, balanced listener.  But if it works best...

First I'd like to try the MCE remote approach.  I’ve spent the last few hours looking for one, and all I’ve seen are not programmable but learn-able where you need another working remote to teach them the codes.  I need to be able to program them with Alt-N, Alt-U, Alt-D, etc.  Also, the ones I’ve found don’t come with a USB IR, which I need to plug into my PC. 

Does anyone have a good remote/IR receiver to work with XXHE?
23  Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: World's first NOS 24/192 filterless DAC ? on: July 27, 2010, 11:11:30 pm
Peter,

Thanks for the thoughtful responses. 

I do use normalized volume and, yes, it helps a lot.

Can you explain what you mean by using 1,2,3,4 on the Remote? Are you referring to an MCE remote?  Can you recommend one if this is a workable solution?  (I have to add that my experience with the reliability of XXHE’s volume control is not as good as yours.  Less than four seconds? Sometimes it takes a good ten.  Is it affected by Player Priority maybe?)

I’d be interested in the stepped Vishay attenuator you mentioned if it works well.  I’ve used this kind of volume on two conrad-johnson pre-amps I’ve owned. 

Dan


24  Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: World's first NOS 24/192 filterless DAC ? on: July 27, 2010, 04:12:31 pm
In anticipation of buying Peter’s DAC, I’ve been trying to get used to using only the volume control in XXHE.  Why?  Because Peter’s DAC won’t have a remote volume control and I’m too used to not having to get off the couch to change the volume.  My current DAC, a Berkeley Alpha, has remote volume and I use a wireless remote connection from my macbook or ipad to control xxhe on my music server.  My listening room doubles as our living room so I don’t want to run wires and have a monitor and keyboard in the listening position.
 
I’m completely frustrated for many reasons:

1) In many listening situations like mine, you fiddle with the volume more frequently than anything else, and interacting with XXHE to do this is cumbersome at best.

2) XXHE is very slow to respond to volume-changes.  My own experience says this is even worse in unattended mode. You’ve missed the phone call before you’ve turned the volume down!

3) Remote Desktop Connection does not work in Windows 7 if you set a core appointment scheme in XXHE.

4) I’ve yet to find a VPN solution, at least for a mac client, that works reliably either.

5) The ipad in many ways is the ideal remote control.  It’s small and light; it runs cool; it has great battery-life.  However, working XXHE’s volume slider and knob takes too much dexterity for a touch-screen interface and the soft keyboard adds too many steps and effort and delay to making what should be a simple volume adjustment.

So why not include a remote control volume with the DAC?  I can’t be the only person who wants one.  Peter says he hasn’t found one that doesn’t damage the sound.  But what about making it defeat-able? That way, purists can use an optimal setting on the DAC and make further volume adjustments on the music server.  For example, on my Berkeley, a setting of 54 is supposedly optimal when you’re using a pre-amp to control volume.  On my 20-year-old EAD, there’s a combination of analog and digital volume: every 6 clicks of the volume switches in a different Vishay resistor and between the 6 clicks adjustments are made in the digital domain.  Obviously, remote volume has been implemented before without a huge sonic penalty.

I don’t think I can justify buying his DAC without remote volume, and from a business perspective, I think his market is significantly reduced without it.  I hope Peter sees the light and figures out a way to provide this very common functionality.  It’s pretty much a show-stopper for me.

How do other people feel? 

25  Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: How do I defeat Normalized Volume? on: June 22, 2010, 05:16:59 pm
Jesus, I'm an idiot!  No wonder I want to defeat it... I never turned it on!  Thanks, Peter.
26  Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / How do I defeat Normalized Volume? on: June 22, 2010, 02:53:34 am
I was playing around with "Normalized Volume" to see how it works, but now I want to turn it off.  How do I do that?
27  Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: SQ of 0.9z-1 on: June 18, 2010, 04:22:16 pm
It's probably worth weighing in with a contrary view regarding QAP.  This (0.9z-1) is the first version I've liked it in.  In earlier versions I found vocals disembodied and ethereal.  Now they have more weight and are no longer a distraction for me.  Of course the added spaciousness that QAP brings is a real treat.  So Peter, please don't throw the baby out with the bathwater!

28  Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: RDP and XXHE aren’t compatible on my Win 7 PC on: June 09, 2010, 03:30:36 pm
I've done some testing and have found that the only setting that matters is the Core Appointment Scheme.  As long as I leave that on "No Appointment", I can set the other settings however I want and RDP continues to work for me. 
29  Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: 09-z1 issues on: June 09, 2010, 03:18:53 pm
First off, very nice Peter!  The z version is maturing.  One issue though: With HDCD tracks, I’m getting a tick every minute-or-so through the left channel.  It doesn’t appear to be related to a cpu spike.  I’m using Quad Arc. 
30  Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: RDP and XXHE aren’t compatible on my Win 7 PC on: June 08, 2010, 04:42:15 pm
Oh my God! You're a genius!  I want to have your children!   love  It must have been a busy day of posts on phasure and your post quickly rolled off the main page, so I didn't see it.  Thank you!  Since my CPU hardly every gets above 1% (adaptive/1024) I'm really not losing anything sonically by not setting these parameters, am I?

Speaking of posts of phasure, I'm drooling over today's on the NOS DAC.  Are you taking orders or at least reservations now?  Will you be making a US (110V/60 cycles) version right away? And what interface will I need?  I currently have a Lynx card and a jkeny-HiFace.

Dan
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