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In Reply to: RE: Windows 10 upgrade? posted by Beetlemania on August 18, 2015 at 20:46:26
I just upgraded from 8.1 on my home PC and like 10 a bit better for general computing. Over on ComputerAudiophile, there is a post re: Windows 10 can collect boatloads of personal data and send it to Microsoft . . .
Not sure about upgrading my audio PC. With my Ayre QB-9, I can hear little, if any, difference from computer-side tweaks.
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MS did optimize 10 a bit for audio.
Latency has improved.
But if you don't have latency issues, why bother?
I do think 10 a bit more crisp than 8.1
I run 10 without issues audio wise.
SQ wise I don't hear any difference between 8.1 and 10
The Well Tempered Computer
so crisp is not a term describing sound ? What did you mean by 10 is crispier than 8.1 ?
I thought 8.1 had a slight digital edge, win 10 doesn't, not aware of other differences, but some people describe better staging etc
http://mqnplayer.blogspot.co.uk/
Crisp: I have the feeling it boots a bit faster and the response of applications is a bit faster to.
SQ wise: I don't have the option to AB 8 & 10.
Comparison is with what I have in memory
the first time I heard 10 my impression was that it yields a very nice detailed and transparent sound.
A loud and clear improvement compared with 8.
After some more listening, this effect disappeared.
Probably the usual error in perception (new=better, listening more concentrated than usual, listening to the sound instead of the usual listening to music, etc)
The Well Tempered Computer
Edits: 08/20/15
don't know if it's because I'm still on the technical preview, but mine hangs occasionally as it starts installing another update, when I open file explorer I get a message saying "we're working on it", so yet to see a crsip performance. logging in and waking from sleep also seems to take longer than with win 8.1. In the early days of technical preview there was a photo related task that would regularly start up and use 25% cpu even though I had no photo apps open, that seems to have disappeared, but imagine there's still loads of rubbish being run.
http://mqnplayer.blogspot.co.uk/
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