Hi Peter, I played with all the settings today and noticed that if the second digit in the SFS.ini file is a 1, I get the xxengine3.exe stopped working notification.  Thus 00, 10 and 20 work fine and 01, and 11 don't .  With 00, 10 and 20, I can raise my split file setting to 110 with no problems.  I did notice also that, with my computer, I can't run in the "Special" mode unattended no matter what Q1 setting and with the buffer at its 4096 highest.  I am running 64 bit Vista, with 8 gigs of RAM and a Quad processor.  Still need to play more to get the best sound I can from my computer and hopefully approach vinyl warmth.

Christoffe, what do you mean by TuneUp Utilities?

Thanks,
Bill

Hi Peter, I'll try what you suggested.  One other thing I noticed.  When I unzip the files to my C Drive, both the XXHighEnd.exe and Hotkey shortcut icons have little shields attached to them.  They have the shape of a Knights shield.  Does this bring anything to mind.  Oh, I sent you the same message about my problem in a new post today.  I wasn't sure if you would get this one that I sent yesterday due to my inexperience with your forum.

Thanks,
Bill


Yahoo!!!!  It worked.  I did both of the above ie changed split file size to 12 and changed the 11 to 00 in the sfs.ini file.  Sounds great.  I have a question though.  Which is better, a low split file size like 12 or a higher one between 50 and 100 (my son Tony uses 50)?  My computer has a quad processor with 8 gigs of RAM.

Thanks again,
Bill

Hi Peter, just upgraded to z-3 and have a problem.  Every time I go to play a song I get the message "XXEngine3.exe has stopped working".  Any idea as to what I may be doing wrong?  I've uninstalled and reinstalled, rebooted etc and get the same message.

Thanks,
Bill Saimond

Thanks for the mod link Boleary, I'll have to check it out and see if it's something I can do inexpensively.  In answer to your questions, yes, I am using arc prediction with the 4x setting in 09z(quad in the earlier XXHE version).  The Musiland 01 US DAC is not a plug and play DAC like most of the others.  It is asynchronous so it comes with it's own drivers on a CD, or better yet, downloaded from Musiland's web site. The driver is in the form of a Musiland control panel that pop's up during startup.  The control panel has two pages.  The first is a page of master, wmd, and ASIO volume control sliders, mute buttons and a headphone button (it's actually a pretty decent headphone amp).  The second page contains a list of buffer selections and a Precision Mode which I use per my son's suggestion.  It's pretty cool as it gives you more controls to play with to get the sound quality you prefer.

Check it out,
Bill

Hi Boleary, Simpsimon (Bill) here.  The Musiland works great with XXHE.  I'm using the 09z version of XXHE with the settings at Device= KS, Engine 4, KS Mode=Adaptive, Q1 at 3, Other Q's at zero, buffer at 1024, and my files play with the Musiland control panel (Musiland uses its own driver, not PlugPlay) indicating 176.4 at very, very near vinyl warmth and detail.  Its a USB DAC and I'm extremely pleased.  Love to A & B it with a Cambridge DACMagic just for Ha! Ha!s. My computer is a VISTA 64 bit with 8 grams of memory and a Quad processor.  That may be why it works so great with the Musiland and XXHE.  Hope this answers your question and thanks for chatting.

Bill

Thanks Peter, great to talk to someone who remembers the good ole days when HiFi was the catchword.  My Dad was a radio repairman and a music enthusiast.  Our first experience with stereo was when he rigged up two radios so that the left channel was AM radio and the right channel was FM radio.  At that time this was jaw dropping amazing.  My first experience with true stereo was when I was going to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in the late 50's.  A couple of guys came in and demonstrated stereo using two turntable with one turntable playing the left track and the other the right track.  I was totally blown away by the separation and sound stage. It took a coordinated effort by the two to synchronize the two turntables.  After graduation I built a Dynaco Stereo 70 valve integrated amp and a turntable to play the new stereo LP's that came out.  It was a blast.  Sold the Dynaco Stereo 70 to build a new technology Heathkit solid state integrated amplifier.  I was always a technoholic and couldn't resist anything new electronics wise. Selling the Dynaco was a big mistake.  Wish I had it now so I could mod it with a state of the art power supply.  But the Luxman BRID sounds great.  Anyway, your program is the balls.  I'm going to A & B the Beatles "Love" album (great sonics) on vinyl versus the same album in a WAV file using XXHE this weekend.  I'll let you know how it works out.  I'm pretty confident XXHE will closely rival the vinyl.

Thanks again,
Simpsimon (Bill)

Hi again Peter, I can't find the "XXHighEnd1xx.DAT" line entry that supposed to contain my activation data in  the XXHighEnd folder.  I just successfully activated this morning with the activation code you sent me via Tony S.  Was this line entry supposed to automatically end up in the XXHighEnd folder after activation or is there something I should do to list it there?

Thanks,
Simpsimon

Presently using a USB powered Musiland Monitor 01 US DAC which is asynchronous, and a 24/192 player.  All I could afford right now.  Looking to get a better one when I'm rich.

Hi Peter, I'm new to your wonderful program.  My son Tony S introduced me to it.  He interceded yesterday in my behalf when I was having trouble getting an activation number from you. Thank you for responding so quickly to his request.  I am now able to log in thanks to him and you as you can tell by this message.

I am a vinylholic, audioholic, audiofool, which means I am addicted by excellent sound quality.  I converted to vinyl playback from CD playback two years ago.  I was a die hard surround sound fan until I rediscovered stereo in the vinyl format.  I modified my old Luxman Brid LV105 (tubed output stage), got a Technics 1400 from KAB, cleaned up all 300 of my old LP's, bought some new remastered virgin vinyl and sat back and was amazed at the warmth, detail and non sibilance vinyl presented.  To make a long story short, I've ripped all my CD's to my hard drive in WAV format using EAC (Exact Audio Copy) and when I compare the sound of a certain vinyl LP album to the same ripped album played using XXHighEnd, XXHighEnd comes very, very, very close to achieving vinyl sound quality.  I'm sure that with some practice I'll be able to duplicate vinyl sound.

Do you have any recommendations as far as settings that would help me in this endeavor.

Thanks again
SimpSimon