17-Jun-2015, 16:36
no sub in use and tried with sam on / off - agree that in my chain also sam on makes it more aggressive
at the same time when turning off I seem to loose some of the stage resolution improvements of 8.1
in the meantime also did do some initial tests with 7.3.1 and usb as source and seems this also has improved quite a lot over 7.1.1
sounds more musical / holistic than ethernet whereby it also seems some stage- and mid resolution is lost via that source
having said this with lowering sam % (without it doesn't really sound good to me) clarity seems to come back at ~20% or less
will further continue exploring this as usb would be preferable for me as air not absolute stable with high-res files although no white noise
at the same time when turning off I seem to loose some of the stage resolution improvements of 8.1
in the meantime also did do some initial tests with 7.3.1 and usb as source and seems this also has improved quite a lot over 7.1.1
sounds more musical / holistic than ethernet whereby it also seems some stage- and mid resolution is lost via that source
having said this with lowering sam % (without it doesn't really sound good to me) clarity seems to come back at ~20% or less
will further continue exploring this as usb would be preferable for me as air not absolute stable with high-res files although no white noise