30-Sep-2019, 19:57
Hi everyone,
I bought myself a reactor 600 after intensive research. The conclusion that i found is that reviews for speakers are useless !!!!
The biggest problem i have with it is very high jitter on certain tracks. Those tracks are not listenable on the reactor and i believe it is due to the aggressive dsp. I tried using all types of connection - Bluetooth, airplay, optical and jack input. Same thing
I believe that with further updates it can be corrected.
I listened to FLAC tracks from pc through a DAC with optical connection and analog jack (tried both). Also tried listening to a cd-player through optical output. I have 2 units, one Marantz and one Pioneer. It is the same so the signal is not the problem. The processing is !
I will post links from youtube so it can be easier for all of you to test for yourselves, some of the tracks that i noticed to induce jitter
You can play your own hi-fi flac tracks or original cd's, some youtube links have very poor quality. But the links are good for example purposes
here you can notice that when the battery comes in, the voice is a being recessed. It is not dependent on volume, it's as if when the bass comes in the voice is subdued. This led me to believe its because of an aggressive DSP in the internal amplifier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y2qfmjCmCw
The beginning of this track is like a normalizing failure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2PYEEMXREU
On this one, it can be easily noticed from the 2nd minute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQbg4ijqhHY
here you can notice it from the 1:10 mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eXiy_NDlmg
another track that sounds like it's poorly normalized
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZjm-lHqXQk
another one, at the 1:20 mark when there's a chorus in the background. The chorus is very jittery and seems poorly normalized
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xlwyil6...C127766032
I bought myself a reactor 600 after intensive research. The conclusion that i found is that reviews for speakers are useless !!!!
The biggest problem i have with it is very high jitter on certain tracks. Those tracks are not listenable on the reactor and i believe it is due to the aggressive dsp. I tried using all types of connection - Bluetooth, airplay, optical and jack input. Same thing
I believe that with further updates it can be corrected.
I listened to FLAC tracks from pc through a DAC with optical connection and analog jack (tried both). Also tried listening to a cd-player through optical output. I have 2 units, one Marantz and one Pioneer. It is the same so the signal is not the problem. The processing is !
I will post links from youtube so it can be easier for all of you to test for yourselves, some of the tracks that i noticed to induce jitter
You can play your own hi-fi flac tracks or original cd's, some youtube links have very poor quality. But the links are good for example purposes
here you can notice that when the battery comes in, the voice is a being recessed. It is not dependent on volume, it's as if when the bass comes in the voice is subdued. This led me to believe its because of an aggressive DSP in the internal amplifier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y2qfmjCmCw
The beginning of this track is like a normalizing failure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2PYEEMXREU
On this one, it can be easily noticed from the 2nd minute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQbg4ijqhHY
here you can notice it from the 1:10 mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eXiy_NDlmg
another track that sounds like it's poorly normalized
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZjm-lHqXQk
another one, at the 1:20 mark when there's a chorus in the background. The chorus is very jittery and seems poorly normalized
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xlwyil6...C127766032
