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Smyth Research Realiser A16
:handshake: I'm totally with you here. I think Gravity is made well and has nice visuals and afaik also audio (I only have the 7.1 version, but with 3D picture), but some scientific facts are wrong. But you need to know a little bit about space flight and physics. I remember that I told someone...- audiohobbit
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
That is afaik the official French distributor of the Realiser, so should be totally legit, and most active, far more than the Smyths themselves. It could be that he only sells to people who bought a Realiser from him, but I would just ask him.- audiohobbit
- Post #15,932
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
After seeing Dune Pt. 2 yesterday I can without doubt say that this will be a sound (and picture) reference and a massive challenge for every bass-system, be it with speakers or headphones!- audiohobbit
- Post #15,853
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
You should get an external amp with volume control. I use an AVR as volume control, the A16 is fixed to a certain volume. Btw. in the video above at 7:26 they show the Dolby Renderer and it shows a "bed" of 7.1.2, I was talking about that several posts ago here. The volume knobs of their unit...- audiohobbit
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
I forgot why I came here: Apple Vision Pro... Does anyone know something about the audio setup concerning spatial audio? One reviewer said that the audio seems to come from the direction of the picture, so there should be also an ear calibrating process involved. Haven't read so far about this...- audiohobbit
- Post #15,842
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
Coming back to loud movie bass: At the weekend I rewatched Villeneuves Dune Pt. 1 in preparation to see Pt. 2 on thursday. This is a very bass-heave movie! Especially those scenes where "The Voice" is used can easily overload headphones. (Well if you hear louder than @castleofargh ... ;) lol )...- audiohobbit
- Post #15,841
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
What do you think is wrong here? Except they didn't show the check of the proper fit of the mics, but it is a demo video, they won't show things to bore the viewer. Also, HPEQ measurements can be done independently. I tested this, and I couldn't hear any difference. I know of a studio that...- audiohobbit
- Post #15,840
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
That's the theory. In practice it's a bit different, at least with Atmos for home use (but I think it's comparable to the movie theater implementation): The Atmos track consists of a so called "bed" and objects. The bed is a fixed channel count, and iirc can be up to 7.1.2 for Atmos@home. The...- audiohobbit
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
Can you see the (red) light at the end of the tunnel cable....? :darthsmile: I can not remember that this ever happened to me. After concerts, yes. Or evenings in the club (when I was younger and they still let me in... :ksc75smile:)- audiohobbit
- Post #15,790
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
That's a good advice. Rock concerts are waaay louder than cinemas. At least those that I know here in Germany. Unfortunately i can not compare this. Never been to the US and it's doubtful if I ever get there. In the article that you linked, I think they confuse (A)-weighted with linear SPL...- audiohobbit
- Post #15,787
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
Then either you have very good cinemas or you don't like it loud... The complete audio chain in movie production (A-chain on the production side, B-chain on the cinema side) is calibrated to specific SPL levels. That is, when a cinema plays back (with a Dolby processor) at Dolby Fader Level 7. I...- audiohobbit
- Post #15,778
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
No, no digitial clipping. In that case the A16 would turn the volume down by itself. I do use an external amp (Lake People). My connection scheme right now is A16 - SPDIF - Yamaga AVR - stereo cinch - Lake people amp. I do the volume control with the Yamaha AVR. I set the volume of the A16...- audiohobbit
- Post #15,773
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
Distortion or overload of the headphones (membranes collide, danger of damage) with loud bass scenes in movies are something I immediately encountered using my first Realiser A8. It's curious that others only very rarely complain about this. Maybe I listen to movies at higher levels? Since I can...- audiohobbit
- Post #15,771
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
No worries. AV-devices are already complicated enough, and the Realiser is an even more complicated beast to master. (however, anyone that also has or knew the A8 will likely find the A16 a lot easier to handle. At least I do. With the A8 You couldn't do anything without the manual except for...- audiohobbit
- Post #15,675
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
The sound in general may be improved by a better DAC (I doubt that with my wooden ears I'd hear a difference though...), but the "surround experience" from the Realiser is created via the SVS-processing (as Smyth calls it) in the Realiser, that processes a multichannel surround signal using the...- audiohobbit
- Post #15,673
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
The digital outputs (optical or coax) provide only the SVS-processed headphone signal, which is of course always 2ch. What did you expect to get there? You're feeding a 2ch headphone DAC/AMP with it, so perfect match I'd say... Decoded multichannel signals (Dolby, DTS, Auro, NO SVS processing)...- audiohobbit
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
I think somewhere in this thread should be a recommendation or specs for a power supply, and I think this came from Stephen Smyth probbably? You have to search for it.- audiohobbit
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
Is this a rhetorical question...? :ksc75smile:- audiohobbit
- Post #15,484
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
A Realiser for those dogs would be a challenge. They would need not only headtracking, but also individual ear-tracking (horizontally and vertically)...- audiohobbit
- Post #15,479
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
if you have an ipad you can use the Centro Control App. I bought a refurbished ipad, but wasn't yet able to implement all that (also apps for my other HT gear, like the oppo 103 etc.) I'm just to lazy or busy... The Realiser is placed right beside my chair on a table. The rest of the gear is in...- audiohobbit
- Post #15,380
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
You probably never seen or used an A8... Compared to the A8, usage of the A16 is like a dream. (I can do many regular things without manual. With the A8: volume up/down, maybe preset change. Everything else is not intuitive at all and can't be done without the manual.) I think that the Smyths...- audiohobbit
- Post #15,179
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
Maybe you're not aware of the Smyths situation: If they would pay back all the pre-orders, the company wouldn't survive this. There is still no other product that comes even close to what the Realiser can achieve. My greatest fear is that the Smyths go bancrupt. Yes they miscalculated in the...- audiohobbit
- Post #15,132
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
Just let me know in advance before you all sue Smyth Research, so that I'll still be able to pay the difference to the full price of the 2nd Realiser I'm waiting for (by taking over a preorder), so that I will have 2 Realisers then (to have a spare, and they hopefully together last the next 30...- audiohobbit
- Post #15,094
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
This is called dialogue panning and is an essential part of movie sound mixing, so that voices follow the people on screen. I love it when it is done (correctly). I have a 9 ft wide screen and recognize it, when an actor on the side of the screen is speaking but the voice only comes out of the...- audiohobbit
- Post #15,027
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Smyth Research Realiser A16
Are you using the headtracker or not? I use headtracking with optical stabilisation all the time. This could be a bit off-center sometimes. Then I look straight forward and do a long press of the button on the head-top, this usually centers the image then again. However, I got more and more...- audiohobbit
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