...the Gustard R26 running on LAN. I had been using the Shaped Dither setting in favor of the TPDF and hadn't tried these other noise shaping filters (the vast choices that are available in HQ Player are overwhelming and forced me to just "settle" on Shaped after many hours of A B listening...

With the Luxman is ready to go as it is... in "mid sensitivity" there is a rich sound (I don't like airy and piercing treble).

...in that regard to my tastes. Sometimes I do like a little more bass, but you can do that with analog EQ like a Schiit Loki or you can use software PEQ if you want to get fancier. Convolution filters are completely unnecessary though. If someone enjoys them, there’s nothing wrong with that.

Been lovin them EQ and anything-else-free since day one.

Can one enjoy the LCD-5 without convolution filters? Or was it so badly designed that it needs these prosthetics to work well?

Depends on your settings. But many of the filters don't fit in CPU caches, which means that RAM speed becomes critical.

...be improved upon though, and clearly Sean thought so too, which is why he's doing more IEM research right now. JM-1 with Harman 2018 OE filters does indeed sound better for my taste and anatomy than Harman IE 2019. But we're still advocating for Harman, just a different approach to Harman...

Sounds like a true audiophile to me! Diminishing returns is what we live for lol

...45/120 Output: 4.4mm balanced Media: FLAC (44.1kHz/16bit) files on Samsung Pro Plus microSD card Software: Sony Music Player (stock) EQ/Filters: None (Direct source) Duration of test: 12hrs Battery at start of test: 90% Battery at end of test: 37% In the 12hr test, hundreds of local FLAC...

...me of my 2 channel system where I went into overkill mode (dedicated 60Amp subpanel, Furutech Recepticles, Shunyata Omega ICs, Waversa EXT1 filters, Melco S100 switch, Farad Super3 power supplies, Shunyata Omega Power Cables) just to get the signal to my DAC. At the end for me, it was an...

Its a nice looking unit I personally would use it on the TT2 instead of HMS for the reason its internal filters then also filter other mains noise from entering the DAC.

This is an older article with measurements of the various filters and dithers that are available in HQ Player. This may have been posted in the thread earlier but I just stumbled onto it so thought I would post the link again...

Would you guys publish the actual methodology and math of this work in an article on Arxiv or make a reproduction package on GitHub with the Python script or whatever used to do the described calculation? At least one day? Or is it already published somewhere but one needs to be in a certain...

Or.. finally KZ read my mod post and change the filter with thicker one. But i don't think they punch micro hole on the center of the filter for bass airflow, that is very important for bass quality. See below, very similar FR with my modded castor bass :

...pulled from the Harman research. Moreover, even if you've seen JM-1 represented as a target on its own, that's likely done so with the Harman filters applied. At the moment, Dr. Olive seems to have adopted our DFHRTF approach for over-ear headphones, although it remains to be seen if he'll...

Great idea. Being the silly audiophile that I am I’ll have to find the best sounding caps and hope they come in the appropriate value for Kraken.

...in tandem with a Wyred4Sound Recovery https://wyred4sound.com/products/recovery w/iFi filters at either end [iSilencer at source and iPurifier at DAC]. Have always wanted to try a DDC. Not sure how much better it would render the music compared to what I already have. Have also found...

There are inline highpass filters one can get. I had some for my tiny speakers. Harrison Labs and Shure makes some. So, you'd get an inline highpass of whatever value (I'd say 90Hz for your case) and put them on the Kraken's inputs.

It is very difficult to watch @Resolve 's review or read @FcConstruct 's review of the Dunu DaVinci and not get the impression that they believe JM-1 should supplant Harman-inspired targets. It is fair to say that I overstated how you have represented JM-1, and I regret phrasing it that way...

...with some issues that can have impact on the energy flow. Maybe houses standing close to some constructions that can do that too. Buying filters or other stuff, when you live in the new house or old one but without any constructions nearby is like setting filters to filter your mineral water...

I've found that filters have an effect on the reverb in music more than anything else. Depending on the style you listen to, it might be unnoticeable.

Agree, I really cannot tell the difference with filters on any of my DACs.

Technically, he’s not wrong. The filtering really only affects ultra-high frequencies. Quite arguably, it is extremely difficult to detect the differences, if your equipment can even reproduce said differences. -Ed

According to JoeBloggs if I understand him correctly it is near impossible to tell if the filters are working, if that is what he meant I do not see why they are put there in the first place.

since its only in beta and I had so much fun with the last update, I will just wait for DAP to offer this one. It works now and since Filters don't work still, I am not missing out on anything I can't wait for. I tried the reset cache and restart option.