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In Reply to: RE: cplay 2.b42 or better. New very important tweaks part 3 posted by Mihaylov on September 01, 2011 at 12:36:57
I deleted the above mentioned files in the screenshot excluding the direct x input files which u suggested deleting in the second queue. Have been playing for almost two hours now. The music spectrum seems tilted towards the upper mids & highs. Entire presentation seems very Forward. Though detail has increased, there is no grip in the upper midrange which makes vocals less controlled. The bass & lower mids have gone down two notches. In short it sounds equalised. Does it need to be run-in longer???Edit :- I put back the wdmaud.drv file back in the Drivers folder just to check again. It has cured 90% of the flaws I mentioned above. I guess we have to be extremely focussed while making changes to the system. That file has a definite purpose of being used by Julia, though it runs even without it. The files you have deleted have a profound effect on the performance. Except for the wdmaud.drv file, which if deleted, reverses their effect. Thanks :)
Edits: 09/02/11Follow Ups:
Hi Jolida,
First of all, thanks for your list, there is now better left/right balance, more precise image, and a yet tighter bass. And as I was listening to Tweak #4.5 (that's what I call yours) I though to myself, why don't I try your other suggestion, put wdmaud.drv back, after all no harm can be done and I can always remove it if I don't like it.
To put a story short, I think you are right again. Putting it back does make a big difference. The sound is now no longer thin; not only is it fuller and more natural, the soundstage is now more extended to the back, so that it is now square instead of a thin rectangle.
I suggest others to try it to see how you feel.
In fact I was JUST about to post a new topic regarding the same. I have been noticing this since about a week. The bottom end & for that matter the whole Range does not sound FULL without the wdmaud.drv file in it's respective folder. I agree that Juli@ does work without the file as well, but the bottom line is that the end-result sounds incomplete without it. Without the wdmaud.drv file, I feel that, if not full, atleast half an octave sounds missing in the lower registers ( somewhere between the bass/midbass/lower-mids section). The male vocals sound leaner & the impact in bass guitars lacks the Bite which kinda makes the sound, as we could say "light-weighted". Whether Juli@ needs the file to work or not, it sure is needed to make the presentation Complete.
Last night when I was having my listening session, I did one more thing. Serge had suggested that we delete the file named "SOUND" in his 1st list. I put it back in it's respective folder, & heard a wake-up call again. When we make deletions, we need to be absolutely focussed & sure as to how it sounded before & what it's sounding after the deletion. A CHANGE need not always be an improvement. That's what has happened by removing those two files. I suggest u try it as well & post a feedback.
I cannot comment on the improvements of users who use other soundcards apart from Juli@. It's a sure possibility that they too might equally benefit by putting back the wdmaud.drv & SOUND files in their original folders. But as far as Juli@ is concerned, it's a MUST !!!
Hi Jolida,
Thanks for another excellent suggestion! Do note that I am not a Juli@ user. I use ASIO4ALL and the Devilsound dac through an USB isolator with an external battery power supply.
After putting back the sound.drv (lower case in my system) back to System32 and dllcache. I immediately played Van Morrison's 'His Band & The Street Choir'. I always thought that record is the worst recorded of his 3 classics which include "Astral Weeks', and 'Moondance'. This applies to both the LPs (Japanese pressing) and the wave files ripped from Japanese remastered CD. But by putting back the sound.drv file, the sound of that record is no longer a bit recess, but is as immediate as the sound on 'Moondance', one of the most immediate recordings ever! Image my surprise! Everything is now in my room!
A revelation indeed. Everyone MUST give this a try.
Hi Jolida,
Though I'm not a Juli@ user (yet, I now use ASIO4ALL), I had the exact same experience as yours when I did Tweak #3, i.e., tilled high, no bass, recess vocal. It was only after several hours playing in a period of 2 days that this thinness of sound was finally gone and everything became glorious.
Yes it does. But without that file, the music does not seem to be balanced at all (atleast with Julia)...
Perhaps. I did not note it.
http://cmp2-mihaylov.narod.ru/
After deleting the files in Ur screenshot ( except the wdmaud.drv which I mentioned) & running in for a day, it sounds OUTSTANDING. I still wonder what role does that one file play in maintaining tonal balance. Excellent job. Thanks :)
It would be great to have your feedback on the same...
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