Dear Friends,
over here in Europe we currently live in a continuous turmoil. First there was (and still is) COVID19 and now we also have a war close to our own borders. It makes you reconsider what is important in life and makes you wonder how little civilized humanity really is. So many wars and armed conflicts world-wide. So much unnecessary misery. It is very saddening.
Nonetheless, life goes on and I'm glad to be able to tell you that the first COUNTRY processors are expected to be ready in a few weeks. Recently I updated my website with the newest info. Don't hesitate to take a look.
It has been quite a while since I have been visiting any websites. Being a father of a 2-year old kept me very busy. But now there is a little bit time to answer some questions:
"Just to confirm ,, when you say the SOUL is better ,, you only mean the amplification side only ?"
Yes for sure, although there are a few differences in the digital processing in SOUL and COUNTRY.
The SOUL does all the processing at the native sampling rate of the incoming signal. With the COUNTRY all signals are resampled to 96 or 192 kHz (depending on the software version). Sonically the resampling does have a slight negative impact but at a level that it only can be heard with an extremely high resolving system like the SOUL is.
The COUNTRY offers a 7-band equalizer (SOUL effectively 5-band) and also has the options to add reverb (96 kHz resampling version) and bass-enhancement.
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@Jan Meier: Did you know you're rather prominently ‘featured‘ in Hi-Fi Choice‘s current edition‘s letters?"
Unfortunately the Hi-Fi Choice is very difficult to get over here in Germany. So I've never read the article. But thanks for the note, it flatters my ego!
Stay healthy!
Jan