29-Jul-2019, 11:52
I have the 1000 Pro CI with a Giya G2 which is also a very revealing speaker. I also had problems with sibilance and got completely rid of it by doing these things:
1: move from D800 to the 1000 Pro CI
2: replaced a silver speaker cable with the Inakustik 4004 Air
3: optimized my PC with the latest audiophile optimizer and Fidelizer versions
4: using Roon RAAT instead of AIR
5: using an optical Ethernet connection between PC and Aqvox switch and good ethernet cables
Now it is really hard to find records that still sound harsh or have sibilance. Most of this really comes from the source.
And one more point: every DSP processing like room correction adds digital harshness. I have used convolution filters in Roon for some time with good results, but I found a better way: I'm using my B&W DB1 subwoofer that has a built in room correction and run it below 80Hz. This covers all my room resonances so the convolution is not required anymore.
And even in comparison to the Giya driven by the 1000Pro the DB1 does a better job.
The Devialet itself seems not to produce harshness or sibilance, it reproduces whatever you send to it.
1: move from D800 to the 1000 Pro CI
2: replaced a silver speaker cable with the Inakustik 4004 Air
3: optimized my PC with the latest audiophile optimizer and Fidelizer versions
4: using Roon RAAT instead of AIR
5: using an optical Ethernet connection between PC and Aqvox switch and good ethernet cables
Now it is really hard to find records that still sound harsh or have sibilance. Most of this really comes from the source.
And one more point: every DSP processing like room correction adds digital harshness. I have used convolution filters in Roon for some time with good results, but I found a better way: I'm using my B&W DB1 subwoofer that has a built in room correction and run it below 80Hz. This covers all my room resonances so the convolution is not required anymore.
And even in comparison to the Giya driven by the 1000Pro the DB1 does a better job.
The Devialet itself seems not to produce harshness or sibilance, it reproduces whatever you send to it.
