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In Reply to: RE: I don't think you're being understood. Not even close. posted by Bob_C on August 30, 2014 at 05:54:58
No I'm not. In fact I'm very selective when it comes to my hardware and how it's hooked up. It's just that the strip down tweaks have never proven drastic enough to me to take much interest given their extreme downsides for my usage.
I'm still entertaining the idea a less is more crippling tweak may someday emerge which will prove worthy in my opinion but for example consider the number of points in the FIR filters used in convolver room correction algorithms, something I'm apt to play with on occasion. More points is better. The way to get more is with more compute power not less. Many argue that this software adds quality to the listening experience. Crippling the machine as I've seen is becoming popular with some will limit the effectiveness of getting the most out of it. I also play video games. Crippling the machine does not make them better either.
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then you hadn't done it properly or played thru a high end system
Yeah, in my case I use lots of convoluter points. The number increses with higher sampling rates as does the CPU load. This makes for great convolution quality, but 1 second worth of samples at DSD rates uses almost all of my CPU horsepower. This leads to two problems. First, no other applications better be running since even a mouse click to one might cause an audible glitch. This includes various periodic operating system functions that manage to schedule their activity in the middle of listening sessions. Second, my room had better be freezing cold, otherwise the CPU will start heating up and the nearly inaudible 1200 RPM fan will speed up to 2500 RPM or even higher and become audibly annoying.
With the right software, I could probably create a batch job to make new DSD files that are pre-convoluted and all of the fan noise would happen in the middle of various nights... Then I could just play the new files straight through.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
"The way to get more is with more compute power not less. Many argue that this software adds quality to the listening experience. Crippling the machine as I've seen is becoming popular with some will limit the effectiveness of getting the most out of it."
Using an OS like Server 2012 with the Audiophile Optimizer for example does not cripple the computer. Computing power is unrelated to the software. Foe what you are doing, or if one uses Jplay or HQ player CPU horsepower is definitely beneficial.
"I also play video games. Crippling the machine does not make them better either."
One can have more than one computer if one wants. Many people have more that one computer/smart device these days...
I'm perfectly willing to test out non crippling tweaks but trying to separate the wheat from the chaf on this site has historically been way too tedious for me. I wasn't even aware there is a more rational tweak culture which had emerged.
I even took your suggestion and have lurked the Computer Audiophile site a bit.
getting better audio in no way cripples a PC. It appears that you either don't know what is involved, or don't want to know.
"non crippling tweaks but trying to separate the wheat from the chaf"
It really is totally different world. IMO the word tweak is inappropriate.
It is a seriously mature product using a superior OS. When you are done it will provide a path to IMO the best possible sound from a computer.
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