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In Reply to: RE: new tweaks part 16 posted by steppe on October 01, 2011 at 04:10:54
Went through steppe 16 (except for key board stuff and olepro32.dll and winspool.drv) and my initial thoughts were 'maybe a step too far' but I gave it time to see if I would get used to it but I couldn't. In anticipation of deleting olepro32 I wanted to see how much degredation I would get by 'not going through cmp' and running cplay naked and guess what ... I flatout preferred it. It is so pure in tone now that it is a whole new level ims. Cant wait to delete olepro32.dll now.
Edits: 10/03/11Follow Ups:
Ok more feedback on sonics. I cant really say how cplay within or not within CMP mode may sound because I either have a fouled up cmp program file or I still don't implement it right but....I have gone the full monty Steppe 16 ...all keyboard stuff out along with olepro32 out, winspool out from Windows and system 32 and I'm drinking the coolaid! The Windows folder is down to 103 mb. What a difference these last few file deletions make. Seems as if music gets louder, more dynamic, less bright, tighter bass and bigger soundstage all around @ full 16. Interestingly if I leave winspool in Windows folder but not system 32 it changes the sonics. I don't want to overhype but it is real good.
This is crazy. Took out olepro32 and it was more transparent but after some time (a day or so) I concluded it was a bit too much. Put it back in and the slight hardness went away. Then I thought what the heck lets try taking winspool out along with olepro32 and voila no hardness and bass was back big time. So only thing left to try is the keyboard stuff and only God (and Steppe) know what that will sound like. I now believe there is a pattern here and that is to follow Steppe's order of deletions.
that you are so close to the pot of gold (at the end of the rainbow).
Though, I (still) do not think it makes much, if any, difference, in the order of deletion. I know with my nLite install there were lots of files "pre-deleted" for steps 1 through 16 (though I have not done it yet successfully). I have looked through and a few are not there even for 16.
I am very frustrated by my mis-step.
I would think it easy to go back and forth between keyboard and no keyboard. Just put those in a folder and re-install as needed. That is my plan. I did prefer using my keyboard to the mouse, though, so it will be a hardship. One wonders: can one do without the mouse and get the same effect or are the keyboard drivers "dirtier" than the mouse drivers?
(I would have no idea which files to delete for the mouse)
Hope to hearing what 16 can do in a few days.
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