1.     Don't be a dotard!
    Read these "rules" AND introduce
    yourself     before your first post
  2. A healthy approach to understanding measurements
    Being true to what the artists intended
  3. After being asked for the 308th time, Merv lists top 5 headphones
    (opinion / entertainment piece)
    Dismiss Notice
  4. $1000 to the first to design a headamp using discrete components with better measurements than Magni 3+
    Dismiss Notice
IMPORTANT: New Members Read This Don't Be a Measurement Fascist Merv's Top 5 Headphones - 2023 Edition $1000 Challenge

Comments on Profile Post by zottel

  1. zottel
    zottel
    Overwhelmed by the sheer number of possibilities, I had just settled on one I rather liked at the beginning (poly-sinc-gauss-xla). Now I find there are much better filters in terms of engagement for pop/electronic music.
    Oct 7, 2023
    jexby and ilikebananafudge_ like this.
  2. ilikebananafudge_
    ilikebananafudge_
    I've been using poly-sinc-gauss-xla for months. What filter(s) are you liking better?
    Oct 7, 2023
  3. zottel
    zottel
    Not that easy. I found the poly-sincs hb, ext2, extr-lp, and gauss engaging, as well as closed-form-M and sinc-M. Then I started comparing to poly-sinc-gauss-xla and got confused because I preferred it to most of the others. :) After hours of listening, stuff like this becomes hard.
    Oct 7, 2023
    Cryptowolf and ilikebananafudge_ like this.
  4. zottel
    zottel
    In the end, I liked sinc-M best, though. As my DAC doesn’t support 176.4 kHz (192 max) and sinc-M only supports upsampling in integers, I need resampling help from Roon for multiples of 44.1 kHz. Not ideal, but still sounds better than gauss-xla, IMHO, at least with my rig.
    Oct 7, 2023
    Cryptowolf and ilikebananafudge_ like this.
  5. zottel
    zottel
    I’ll have to revisit this with fresh ears, though.
    Oct 7, 2023
    ilikebananafudge_ likes this.