[Shizdan]

I have my Setup as Follows

Auzentech Prelude (analog)--> Marantz SR4400 Receiver--> HD 595

I use Foobar With Asio and My DSP's are
-Resampler at 96Khz
-Noise Sharpener
-Advanced Limiter

In My Creative Panel
-Audio Creation Mode
-Enabled Bit-Match Playback at 96Khz
-Optimized for Headphones

Is it any good?

 

[Alai]

OMG!!! Why would you do that?!?! You've totally screwed it up.

 

[Shizdan]

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Originally Posted by Alai /img/forum/go_quote.gif OMG!!! Why would you do that?!?! You've totally screwed it up.

Screwed What Up?

 

[somestranger26]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shizdan /img/forum/go_quote.gif -Optimized for Headphones Is it any good?

Good and headphone mode do not compute! Makes it sound grainy, bloated, and just plain horrible in my experience.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shizdan /img/forum/go_quote.gif Screwed What Up?

He's being sarcastic

.

 

[Shizdan]

Oh I thought you meant the fact that Im using a receiver that i screwed up the sound some how

 

[FallenAngel]

Disable all filters and DSP, don't resample, set to Audio Creation mode, bit-perfect output to whatever your content is (likely 44.1kHz). No "headphone" mode.

 

[JaymzN]

^ What he said.

Think about your ultimate goal, it's to listen to your nice (lossless?) audio on your HD595's. So,

Source ----> Headphones

Of course, you need to do things in between...

Source ----> playback software ----> DAC ----> Amp ----> Headphones

you're adding a bunch of stuff that's altering the source...

Source ----> playback software -- (unnecessary DSP's) -- (more unnecessary DSP's) --> DAC ----> Amp ----> Headphones

 

[Currawong]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shizdan /img/forum/go_quote.gif Screwed What Up?

Equalising or altering the sound in any way is considered a carnal sin with audiophiles.

 

[chinesekiwi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Currawong /img/forum/go_quote.gif Equalising or altering the sound in any way is considered a carnal sin with audiophiles.

Software wise that is. For music. Funny how people here don't seem to mind altering the sound hardware wise or promoting software DSP for gaming such as EAX and Dolby Headphone.

 

[Shizdan]

My receiver is what I use for my Headphone amp though. Is that bad?

 

[Currawong]

Quote:

Originally Posted by chinesekiwi /img/forum/go_quote.gif Software wise that is. For music. Funny how people here don't seem to mind altering the sound hardware wise or promoting software DSP for gaming such as EAX and Dolby Headphone.

Gaming and movies are not music.

 

[boomy3555]

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Originally Posted by Shizdan /img/forum/go_quote.gif My receiver is what I use for my Headphone amp though. Is that bad?

Absolutely NOT bad. If you like the way it sounds, it's all good. up until about 9 moths ago the only amp I had was my Sony Home theater reciever controller and the headphone out can still compete with my dedicated headphone amps.

 

[Sgt_Strider]

Quote:

Originally Posted by FallenAngel /img/forum/go_quote.gif Disable all filters and DSP, don't resample, set to Audio Creation mode, bit-perfect output to whatever your content is (likely 44.1kHz). No "headphone" mode.

I know this may be a dumb question to ask, but I'm new to Foobar. Can you tell me how to execute the instructions that you have outlined?