12-Dec-2017, 18:42
(06-Dec-2017, 21:47)zdenes Wrote: @Confused Thank you for sharing. I also use poly-sinc-ext now but earlier I tried a few and sometimes I felt that poly-sinc-shrt-mp sounded better on certain recordings. As for dither, I'm not sure which one to use, now it is set to TPDF because that was the default. The problem is that I don't really understand what these settings really do (or what the acronyms even stand for) and how they are supposed to change the sound.
I upsample everything to 192kHz as the Devialet seem to sound best when it is fed at that frequency. DSD files are streamed as they are but the Mutec MC3+USB changes them to PCM 192kHz. With the recent addition of the Mutec Ref10 and changing the power supply of the MC3+USB to linear, I start to feel that I'm near the 'end of the road'. If you haven't had the Ref10 in your system yet, it's a must. It sounds sooooo much better with that in the chain.
Hi zdenes -
+1 on your observations - I was actually quite surprised by the difference in the sound with the Ref 10 in the loop. I also find 192 sample rate is best - have you tried the Poly Sinc XTR filters? For live non amplified music I find the soundstage, clarity and space around instruments to be great. Reluctant to go for teh CI upgrade with everything sound so good!
Cheers
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