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In Reply to: RE: cPlay - the open source high-end audio player using ASIO posted by cics on May 05, 2008 at 12:31:58
Hi, everybody! I have some "error correction" concerning the tweaks that I proposed. First. I noted that high frequencies, though free at last came with some excessive sheen, This effect passes as soon as You (and I) put the external esata hdd on a different power line. Second To achieve the best results with the aforementioned tweaks, You don't need to edit the registry.
Now some reports. I recently managed to compare cmp with 2 nice cd players.
First was an Ayre (about $3500 in Russia), another - Gryphon Mikado (12 000 euro). In both cases cmp (with Lynx sound card) was connected with balanced cable to Gryphon integrated using Lynx's analog outs - to Tannoy and PMC speakers.
Ayre cd vs cmp was a very simple and easy case. Ayre was eaten raw without looking back. Nothing, - details, resolution, tonal truth, pace... was on Ayre's side.
With Gryphon Mikado it wasn't that easy. You cannot accuse both Lynx and Gryphon of being inattentive to analog outs, and this is where the competition really came hot. Whenever cmp with Lynx was surprising with more and more details, Gryphon would render them easily though tonally darker. Where cmp was delivering a wider stage, its opponent would deliver more depth. In short, they came "nose to nose" as we say in Russia. I cannot say that any one of them was a clear winner. The general agreement with a lot of comments was that Gryphon was more delicate and subtle, more dark. Cmp was a trifle more in-your-face, more raw and closer (with rock) to life. The resolution, displayed by both players, was very good to excellent but not extreme or "absolute". Next would come reports with Accuphase dp 67 and (if I manage to settle it with the owner) CEC zero smth transport paired with Audio Note Dac.
Wait,if interested.
Serge.
P.S. I read that many people here haven't examined the basic info concerning the Build of CMP.If You did, many questions wouldn't surface at all. At the same time, I'm glad that more people join the project.
Follow Ups:
I've follow your advice about Audio codec (not registry) but in my setting I didn't notice anything different in SQ.
It seems strange to me that your cMP2 could sound how you describe, but I use always to upsampling at 24/192. With this setting I find a huge difference in SQ.
I'm curious too about your cMP2 setting & system.
Daniele
I shal post exact info of my cmp next time (I am at my friend's working computer now) As I have smth much more important to post now. Read highier
Serge.
I second Mihaylov.
Were you comparing 16/44 files, one from CD and one from HD (cMP)?
Or were you comparing one from CD and one upsampled to 88 or 176 kHz?
Hi! We compared cd to a 16-44 wav file, ripped with eac from this very cd. No upsampling for me.
Hi Serge!
Could you give me the exact configuration of cmp2 and your audio system?
http://cmp2-mihaylov.narod.ru/
Hi! My system or the system cmp was tested in?
Both.
http://cmp2-mihaylov.narod.ru/
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