27-Mar-2019, 12:36
Expert 120, DPM Off definitely sounds better. With my very resolving Egea3 there is a pretty big difference.
DPM ON: The sounds is like Devialet was trying to save energy by furthermore DSPing the sound data. As if some loudness was going on or something. If anyone knows the difference between dithered and undithered sounddata, DPM ON sounds like no dithering was going on and the data was truncated. Maybe to save on processing power? This makes a more clear and brighter presentation, but also somewhat "wrong". quiet sounds are harder to recognice. highs are more "airy" and more "glassy". Too bright sometimes. Bass is too cold but very punchy. The instruments don't sound right anymore.
It's like you turn the volume internally up so you don't have to turn the amp up. We did this in the good old mp3 days, brutally butchering the sound data in winamp by turning up the volume gain over 0 + normalizing the signal and what not so it sounded louder at the end. With all the heavy metal i was listening to, and shitty speakers, who would care.
Like someone said before: it could also be effects of some "underpowering" of the speakers which occures especially in combination with SAM.
If DPM wasn't recogniceable then Devialet would have implemented it in some firmware update. Why make it optional. This idea comes from all the green hype. So you can write down the lowest power consumption in the specs. its a sort of cheat.
DPM OFF: more substance in the sound. quiet sounds are easier to hear. Also more bass enery - on the warmer side. Instruments sound right. Thats how the music should sound like
DPM ON: The sounds is like Devialet was trying to save energy by furthermore DSPing the sound data. As if some loudness was going on or something. If anyone knows the difference between dithered and undithered sounddata, DPM ON sounds like no dithering was going on and the data was truncated. Maybe to save on processing power? This makes a more clear and brighter presentation, but also somewhat "wrong". quiet sounds are harder to recognice. highs are more "airy" and more "glassy". Too bright sometimes. Bass is too cold but very punchy. The instruments don't sound right anymore.
It's like you turn the volume internally up so you don't have to turn the amp up. We did this in the good old mp3 days, brutally butchering the sound data in winamp by turning up the volume gain over 0 + normalizing the signal and what not so it sounded louder at the end. With all the heavy metal i was listening to, and shitty speakers, who would care.
Like someone said before: it could also be effects of some "underpowering" of the speakers which occures especially in combination with SAM.
If DPM wasn't recogniceable then Devialet would have implemented it in some firmware update. Why make it optional. This idea comes from all the green hype. So you can write down the lowest power consumption in the specs. its a sort of cheat.
DPM OFF: more substance in the sound. quiet sounds are easier to hear. Also more bass enery - on the warmer side. Instruments sound right. Thats how the music should sound like
