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davidsarinelli
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« on: December 10, 2007, 08:56:56 am »

My buddy Poul bought the XXhighend player a couple of days ago, and he immidiately talked about improvements after activating the player.

Well after paying him a visit I could also hear what he meant - the overall sound quality of his system had improved quite a bit since last time I visited him.

So, after comming home I fired up my system and paid for the activation code, as I HAD to find out if this was really true. After some minor problems the activation code arrived, and while listening to Diana Krall - Live in Paris "Love being here with you", I activated the XXhighend player. I thereafter immidiately restarted the player and played the same song as before activation.

And was Poul so ever fucking right - much more inner detail, more air, better presence and higher sence of precision - everyting sounded much more natural than before activation. Next track was Boogie Soliterre - Simple Things "Superficial" and the story repeated itself: more natural, involving and coherent.

I'm just saying: What the F*** is going on? has anyone experienced something similar?
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« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2007, 09:33:49 am »

rofl uhhm ... This is quite some commercial !

Yes, I can imagine this. Well, anno December 2007 I can.
At the time I started the development of this I would never have thought that the things which cause this would be able to make a difference. Today I can predict it.

Not that I ever thought about that what's in there to cause the demo to be a demo sounding different. So of course it is unintentional, but also kind of unavoidable.

So what can I say ? when you Activate the sound is getting better ? secret


Thank you very much for pointing this out.
Peter
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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).
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*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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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2007, 10:16:55 am »

To me it is just plain crazy - the difference is not subte, so we concluded that it had to be intentional, thus it is quite the surprise to hear that it isn't!

If you can find something that could cause this difference I would like to hear more about it.

Damn, I love this player.

What scheme should be best - I have tried 1 and 3, and the latter sounds best in my system?

Best regards,
David
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« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2007, 11:08:55 am »

Hi David,

Well, it would hardly be a "commercial" thing to handout a player of which I think it is the best around, with degraded SQ to start with !
The funny thing may be that even when so (degraded SQ in demo mode) apparantly people like you still think it's okay, or anyway good enough to pay for un-demoing it.
So the commercial now is : it will only get better !  Happy

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If you can find something that could cause this difference I would like to hear more about it.

Oh, but I already know it, and that much that I don't even need to try it myself to believe you. But as said, it is unintentional because at the time of creating it I did not know it at all, nor could I expect it for the life of me.
But please let it be the secret of this player, and let it be a guide for further future improvements. Btw, that these things matter (whatever that is Wink) I only know myself for a few weeks. yes

There's more to come. I promise.
Peter


PS: I use Scheme-3 as well. Scheme-1 is (a lot) more digital, but with more (too much in fact) dynamics as a bonus.
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For the Stealth III LPS PC :
W10-14393.0 - July 17, 2021 (2.11)
XXHighEnd Mach III Stealth LPS PC -> Xeon Scalable 14/28 core with Hyperthreading On (set to 14/28 cores in BIOS and set to 10/20 cores via Boot Menu) @~660MHz, 48GB, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit build 14393.0 from RAM, music on LAN / Engine#4 Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/0/0/*1*/ Q1Factor = *4* / Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = *10ms* / Memory = Straight Contiguous / Include Garbage Collect / SFS = *10.13*  (max 10.13) / 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) / Stop Desktop, Remaining, WASAPI and W10 services / Use Remote Desktop / Keep LAN - Not Persist / WallPaper On / OSD Off (!) / Running Time Off / Minimize OS / XTweaks : Balanced Load = *62* / Nervous Rate = *1* / Cool when Idle = n.a / Provide Stable Power = 1 / Utilize Cores always = 1 / Time Performance Index = Optimal / Time Stability = Stable / Custom Filtering *Low* (16x) / Always Clear Proxy before Playback = On -> USB3 from MoBo -> Lush^3
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.
Removed Switching Supplies from everywhere.

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