![]() (or you ears ) įew people will believe that the differences we talk about -and then with the example of Foobar vs. Now don't get scared, because most probably it won't be your equipment. So, without saying it too loud if you can't discern between those settings within XXHE itself, first something else is the matter. That is, I -so far- did not meet anyone *not* agreeing that manipulating those parameters matter. But here goes :įirst there is the stupid theory that actually you *must* be able to discern, because of stuff like the Q1 slider (which influences jitter explicitly) and besides that the various system-wide priority and processor core "appointment" settings. I'm sorry that I did not answer that question, but wanted to stay away from being commercial about my own product. Lastly, you are not telling if you perform any upsampling software or hardware (i'm pretty sure the Esoteric DAC does 24/192). I think that the Esoteric DAC is the bottleneck in your chain. So Maybe you have to keep that motu (or the fireface) for a while more. And I recommend you to stay away from USB. I am afraid that it will be difficult to find a firewire input in an audiophile-oriented DAC. So you are shoping for the same kind of DAC that I want. You probably would like to know what I read a couple of days ago: Me, i'm happy if i can come to the same conclusions that you did with your computer transport. I havent installed the xo3 and xo supply yet in mine, but I will comment readily on the difference in SQ when I'll do.įor 24/96 master files wav/flac, I think the only comparable transport is an Esoteric UX-01/03 using DVD-Audio (NOT SACD). I'm pretty sure your transport is working fine. IMHO, there is a potentially lucrative market here for the likes of Meitner, Weiss and Zanden (and Esoteric, of course!). I'm currently looking for an audiophile DAC with USB and/or IEEE1394 input that will out-perform my current MOTU/Esoteric combo, but haven't come across anything. If more and more companies start offering these downloads, I think the audiophile community is simply going to have to start taking more of an interest in PC music. Well, I reckon you get all of this (and maybe more?) by extracting and playing wav/flac files well.Īs for 24/96 FLAC files, I'd venture that no transport on the planet, modded or not, comes anywhere close to the sound quality you can get from them. You reckon that the modded version sounds "even more relaxed, richer and bigger". No, I'm pretty sure it's doing a sterling job, given the constaints of the ancient 'red book' standard.īut as you yourself admit, the standard P70 is not perfect. It literally blows my Pioneer DVD, acting as a transport, out of the water. It's dead silent when playing CDs and handles (my wife's!) badly scratched CDs easily. I don't think there's anything wrong with my transport though. I've not heard any modded versions, so can't comment on their performance. I agree, the standard P70 is a stunning transport. On a final note, I could not discern any difference between XXHighend (engine #3) and Foobar (ASIO) - both are superb and better my Esoteric P70 transport playing the same CD. I'd love to hear others' views/experiences. Everything I've read about Vista suggests that the removal of KMixer has removed the necessity of using an ASIO driver with Foobar. Here's what happens with the three audio applications I've tried:ġ) XXHighend - bit-perfect output only with Engine #3Ģ) Windows Media Player - not bit-perfect (irrespective of which settings I use)ģ) Foobar - only bit-perfect if ASIO driver is used I determine whether I'm getting a bit-perfect output by playing an HDCD-encoded WAV file (extracted using EAC) and seeing if I can invoke the HDCD processing in my D70 (a little blue light comes on when this happens). The digital audio signal is fed to the D70 via an AES/EBU cable. The 896HD is slaved to the D70's wordclock output. Hypex UCD700 HG amplifiers (x8 - four per channel) Pass Labs XVR1 analogue crossovers (x2 - one per channel) I thought I'd share my experience in getting a bit-perfect output using Vista, for anyone who may be interested.
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