Gandhi wrote: > I must say that I'm impressed with all these advanced features! > > 1. The HAP-Z1Es also includes Sonys new DSD Remastering Engine", which > according to Sony combines a high-performance DSP (digital signal > processing) and FPGA (field-programmable gate array) to convert *any > signal* into DSD128 signals", as ralphnj already has noted. > > 2. For compressed music files Sony has developed DSEE (Digital Sound > Enhancement Engine) technology, which restores upper frequencies and the > tail of waveforms that were truncated by lossy compression schemes. > > The first feature is actually possible to disable and the second must be > pure magic! What's not to like? :-)
Let's take them one by one. Converting all inputs into DSD - isn't the audiophile mantra supposed to be the less processing the better? Seems like encoding everything to DSD for playback adds lots of processing to the signal. But, hey, it is DSD and DSD is the latest and greatest audiophile buzzword. Digital Sound Enhancement Engine - this nonsense has been tried before and each and every time what the fancy given to the process, the process ALWAYS turns out to be some form of frequency equalization - I'm 100% positive that Sony's much hyped "Digital Sound Enhancement Engine" is also nothing more than some equalization. But, hey, it is DSD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101003
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