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« on: February 13, 2016, 03:21:06 pm »
Hi Peter,

Do you remember when w8 was being fleshed out in XXHE and one of the tracks that was highlighting changes due to different settings was Roberta Flack "Killing Me Softly With His Song"?  I remember those reverberant backings changing all over the place and I thought at that time that we eventually settled on something that gave some pretty good results.  At that time I listened to it a lot and have strong memories of no matter what changes were made it never quite sounded right.

Have you played it lately?  I played it today and was completely blown away at how different and ...right... it all sounds now with the MusicPC >> direct ethernet connection >> AudioPC/RAM-OS>> Intona.

Flabbergasted...


Thank-you.


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Anthony
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« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2016, 03:41:23 pm »
Hi Anthony,

Sure I recall it.

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no matter what changes were made it never quite sounded right.

Although I never tried to let it sound right all over, it would be true that something was amiss with it, which I easily dedicated to it being too old (ahum).
Last time I played it is not all that long ago and from that, I recall that it didn't do me as much as I expected from it (expectations were too high), but must have been before the Intona.

Will try her again tonight ! Happy

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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2016, 10:35:12 pm »
The sound of the tape hiss (I assume that is what the sound is) is now separated from the backing vocals.  I think that is a major reason why it sounds so different to me now...the vocalists are clearly their own entities and not flavoured by the hiss.

That is my theory.
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« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2016, 09:57:02 am »
At some stage I thought to dig her up. But then I forgot ...
Will try again tonight !

Peter
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« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2016, 08:29:22 am »
So ...

Sounded even more "new" than I recall from earlier. But I also know again what's wrong with it ...

At roughly 2/3 of it there's the uhh ohh uhh ohh part and this is completely oversteered as we say (more signal level than the analogue recording means can take).

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which I easily dedicated to it being too old (ahum).

So the person behind the wheel (unintended pun) must have been not the best ?

I never noticed anything from tape hiss ?

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A: W-Y-R-G, B: *W-G* USB 1m00 -> Phisolator 24/768 Phasure NOS1a/G3 75B (BNC Out) async USB DAC, Driver v1.0.4b (16ms) -> B'ASS Current Amplifier -> Blaxius*^2.5* A:B-G, B:B-G Interlink -> Orelo MKII Active Open Baffle Horn Speakers. ET^2 Ethernet from Mach III to Music Server PC (RDC Control).
Removed Switching Supplies from everywhere (also from the PC).
For a general PC :
W10-10586.0 - May 2016 (2.05+)
*XXHighEnd PC -> I7 3930k with Hyperthreading On (12 cores)* @~500MHz, 16GB, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit build 10586.0 from RAM, music on LAN / Engine#4 Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/1/1/1 / Q1Factor = 1 / Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = 1ms / Memory = Straight Contiguous / Include Garbage Collect / SFS = 0.10  (max 60) / not Invert / Phase Alignment Off / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 3-5 / Not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ Playback Drive none (see OS from RAM) / UnAttended (Just Start) / Always Copy to XX Drive (see OS from RAM) / All Services Off / Keep LAN - Not Persist / WallPaper On / OSD On / Running Time Off / Minimize OS / XTweaks : Balanced Load = *43* / Nervous Rate = 1 / Cool when Idle = 1 / Provide Stable Power = 1 / Utilize Cores always = 1 / Time Performance Index = *Optimal* / Time Stability = *Stable* / Custom Filter *Low* 705600 / -> USB3 *from MoBo* -> Clairixa USB 15cm -> Intona Isolator -> Clairixa USB 1m80 -> 24/768 Phasure NOS1a 75B (BNC Out) async USB DAC, Driver v1.0.4b (4ms) -> Blaxius BNC interlink *-> B'ASS Current Amplifier /w Level4 -> Blaxius Interlink* -> Orelo MKII Active Open Baffle Horn Speakers.
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