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post #16 of 19
6/8/06 at 9:31am
Just crack your Solo open, fit a 4 pole switch and a crossfeed circuit and Bob's your uncle. Simple to do and you will have the settings Crossfeed on / crossfeed bypassed VERY good with early Beatles recordings it tidies the soundstage up a lot.

Mike.

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post #17 of 19
6/8/06 at 9:33am
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Originally Posted by Vul Kuolun

You could rip your worst sounding recordings to wav, and render crosfeed into the files. Burn them to disc- there you go. Your setup seems pretty decent. This way, you would have the advantage of not having to add components to your signal chain.
But wouldn't that just be hard-wiring any SQ degradation from the crossfeed into the recording? I guess it would all be done in the digital domain so that would help, right? Anyway, Jan Meier has a standalone crossfeed box on his site at a reasonable price.

Regarding the SQ issue, personally I find crossfeed reduces the 'slam' but I understand that's just a psycho-acoustic effect from having the extreme bass taken out of your earhole and put back where it belongs. Since installing it into foobar2000 (I find the original crossfeed plug very subtle and nice, the configurable Bauer one *bs2b.sourceforge.net* a bit strong(er) even on the low setting), I have been able to listen for longer with less fatigue. Wouldn't do without it now, especially for closed phones like my DT770s.
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post #18 of 19
6/8/06 at 9:45am
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I saw Graham Slee's website was announcing a new "send it back for upgrades" option soon.

MAybe he'd fit one in for me, along with any other tweaks the Solo may have had since my current (2 yr old) version?

I like leaving this to the pro's!! ( i know its not a hard mod, but it is without tools and a steady hand!).

Thanks for the advice Pinkie. Nice to have you back... talking.
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post #19 of 19
6/8/06 at 10:59am
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Originally Posted by arto
But wouldn't that just be hard-wiring any SQ degradation from the crossfeed into the recording? I guess it would all be done in the digital domain so that would help, right? Anyway, Jan Meier has a standalone crossfeed box on his site at a reasonable price.

Regarding the SQ issue, personally I find crossfeed reduces the 'slam' but I understand that's just a psycho-acoustic effect from having the extreme bass taken out of your earhole and put back where it belongs. Since installing it into foobar2000 (I find the original crossfeed plug very subtle and nice, the configurable Bauer one *bs2b.sourceforge.net* a bit strong(er) even on the low setting), I have been able to listen for longer with less fatigue. Wouldn't do without it now, especially for closed phones like my DT770s.

Yes, i also think CF reduces slam; at least software CF does.
But were talkin´about making an almost unlistenable recording listenable. So the missing slam should not be a problem here.

For my ears, i like hardware CF better than software. But software´s far more flexible, and he could use it also for a portable setup, for example.

Rendering it onto the file also does´nt mean you have to uinclude it into your originals. You could have different files for different listening situations (Speakers, mobile setup, home setup).
Nice playground, though.
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