How can i improve the audio but dont talk about headphones cause i got that covered. Please help. I hope this is the right place to put this if not please tell me where to post this.
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Improving music?!
Audio formats?
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Use a digital audio player with up-sampling, a powerful DAC, and a great Equalizer... Cowons work great for this! iPods never quite satisfy after one hears an S9 or J3!
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Yes, please.
There are different ways to improve sound.
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beer.
Of course, as with anything audio related, you have to be wary of diminishing returns.
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Man if OP doesn't come back in the next 24 hrs, I'm unsubscribing already.
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What an odd statement.
Cowons don't upsample as far as I know (thank goodness), and does how powerful a DAC is matter?
The only thing that can really improve audio on the software level is an equalizer IMO - no silly enhancements or upsampling. . .
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Best way is to learn how to master and/or restore audio.
Ever since I learned how to fix the most basic of errors, I have been a source first kind of guy. My audio needs to be 100% to my liking before I even run it through my music enjoyment rigs.
Agree.
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I believe it does do something with the sampling rate... Though I found it to be called 'oversampling' it is basically a Cowon+BBE version of Creative's crystalliser setting on their Xmod. As for a powerful DAC (Amp? The audio output) I just go by what seems to clip with EQ and what can handle larger high ohm headphones at a normal volume level. They may have gotten better since, but as far as I remember, "bass boost" EQ settings on iPods introduce clipping, and make the bass sound thin... that's why I like the S9 (because the EQs don't cause clipping, and larger headphones aren't underpowered... I tested this with an iPhone and an S9 powering some AT AD700s) Other than that, the BBE setting seems to do something as well. It's hard to describe, but I do think it makes the music sound subtly better.
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Originally Posted by stevenswall 
Use a digital audio player with up-sampling, a powerful DAC, and a great Equalizer... Cowons work great for this! iPods never quite satisfy after one hears an S9 or J3!
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