evdplancke;682015 Wrote: > With respect to hardware mods I have found one that may put an end to > the buffersize war for what I am concerned. > > Answering to another thread, I recalled the interferences that had been > caused by a bad switched PSU to my DAC output. I thought I got rid off > it because I moved it to another outlet and put filters between it and > the DAC PSU. I was wrong. > > Thinking about the adversely effects of these interferences to the > sound, they were exactly similar to what I have been experimenting with > buffer at 20k. Relatively harsh highs and flat sound with lack of bass > and mids. This made me think to give a new try after unplugging the bad > PSU. > > Guess what, the sound gets now fuller, richer and somewhat less bright > than before. I can now enjoy Beyer without fatigue and Thorsen with > emotion again :) > > The only reserve I still have is the slightly more metallic color than > I had with buffer at 3200 and the bad PSU. I guess it is the same > reason that pushed you to send your Touch to the clinic. > > Now it is time to keep listening and enjoying the music with these > settings for a while before trying other tweaks. It is true that the > most impressive result of these settings for me is the extremely good > scenic representation allowing to locate each instrument very precisely > in the sounstage. > > Thanks for having shared your findings with the community :)
evdplancke, can confirm that the harsh treble has well and truly been tamed by the Fidelity Audio mods, now I have unbelievable levels of detail, has transformed the Amandine Beyer four seasons from a screechy screechfest to something quite wonderful, so many layers to the sound now. -- SBGK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SBGK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52003 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
