I got this to work. The Realiser is correctly sending its audio capabilities over hdmi. I also had some issues, but they were solely due to nvidia's drivers and the windows dolby app. If you scan the forums you will find that this is a rather common problem and unrelated to the realiser...

I can clear this up. The A16 delays audio by about 70-100ms more in dolby decoding mode (@23.976) compared to pcm input (measured with a syncheck3 device, with the same stream). So whenever you playback a non-dolby track, the player will fall back to pcm and the audio delay of the realiser will...

The gain control only affects the internal headphone amplifier. It has no effect on the digital out. The difference in volume might be due to a different HPEQ. Did you also import that from the A8 or did you redo it with the A16? If you also imported it, it would point to a bug. On the other...

I asked some additonal questions, and got some interesting information:   1) The DRM of the cloud-service had me a little worried that all measurements are tied to the realiser they were measured on. Fortunately this is not the case - if you measure something on one realiser you can still pass...

  The Nighthawk is a semi-closed headphone with boosted bass and recessed mids -> so it's the opposite of spacious (without equalization/crossfeed processing). It severely lacks detail in vocals due to the recessed mids in the presence range. The high freq parts are pretty solid though - some...

That's why one should look at the frequncy graphs before buying a headphone  - the Audeze's and Oppos work pretty good, but also the phones with fostex bio-cellusose driver (50mm) have good sub-bass response. The Senneheisers are generally not very good with the sub-bass, here rerouting bass to...

I got very good results using the manual EQ procedure - it is not automatic and takes a while, but you can correct all frequency bands (also below 1khz), and is the recommended procedure. It is tedious though. So an automatic way would be much appreciated. How exactly would using Sonarworks with...

Typically these issues arise from headphone equalisation, as the XFACT for the high frequency band is only 0.3.... in such cases increasing XFACT or even better use the manual eq of the HPEQ.yields better results - but beware very high XFACT values for the high frequency band might have some...

  Well, it might still be possible. Speculation ON: 1) You could measure the response of your body and ear to one speaker in different positions right at your home. 2) You could measure just the speaker in your room with a mic on a tripod without yourself in the room. 3) The realiser could now...

I love my realiser A8 (one of my best purchases ever!) and will be first in line for the A16. I already send the email to smyth stating my interest in the kickstarter campaign, but did not receive a reply. Did anybody here get a reply from smyth? I really want this kickstarter to take place and...

  I typically use the in-ear microphones of the realiser to measure the HPEQ (XFACT 1.0, 1.0, 0.4) and use it together with an PRIR of the AIX Studio-room. The HPEQ file format is proprietary so i do not know how to extract the measured curve. But I also did a quick-and-dirty profile for my...

Here is my take on the Nighthawk. Quick version: The recessed mids and over emphasized bass make them almost unlistenable  - they sound like somebody put a wool blanket over everything. This together with the semi-closed nature of the headphones lead to a cramped/dark tonality with a lot of...