DDRRE
Head-Fier
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I find it extremely disturbing - not seeing any kX related topics in here.
After all, it's the best driver for SBLive!, Audigy1 and 2. It literally makes your sound card 5-times valuable than it usually is (e.g. 80$ -> 400$).
Why, you ask?
I didn't cover all aspects of this driver yet, but so far I found:
A perfectly scalable DSP - meaning you get to wire anything to anything. You can reverb incoming Line-In samples and send them to a compressor - then increase their treble and send them up to the analog / digital output module. Great for headphone use.
Actually, my kX DSP setting is as follows:
Click here to view DSP settings (large dimensions)
As you can see, the input goes through a normalizer that makes sure it doesn't pass -2.7dB. Then it is sent to a 31Hz-16KHz equalizer to be equalized, then sent to a timbre plug-in for treble increase, then sent to a bass-enhancing plug-in for an extreme bass boost. Then it is sent to a 3D sound generator - that delays the left channel from the right by few milliseconds - which creates a great soundstage. Then it is sent once again to a normalizer to make sure it doesn't peak. Finally, it is sent to the epilog module that decodes it into an analog signal and sends it to the amplifier.
These drivers made my headphones sound much better.
If I connect them to my amplifier (home audio full-size amplifier - only output used is the headphones') directly - this is how it sounds (use your imagination):
After I use the DSP, it sounds pretty much like this:
Use them too, guys. Remember, headphones are supposed to come flat. You should tune them to your liking. At least that's what I think.
http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/
After all, it's the best driver for SBLive!, Audigy1 and 2. It literally makes your sound card 5-times valuable than it usually is (e.g. 80$ -> 400$).
Why, you ask?
I didn't cover all aspects of this driver yet, but so far I found:
A perfectly scalable DSP - meaning you get to wire anything to anything. You can reverb incoming Line-In samples and send them to a compressor - then increase their treble and send them up to the analog / digital output module. Great for headphone use.
Actually, my kX DSP setting is as follows:
Click here to view DSP settings (large dimensions)
As you can see, the input goes through a normalizer that makes sure it doesn't pass -2.7dB. Then it is sent to a 31Hz-16KHz equalizer to be equalized, then sent to a timbre plug-in for treble increase, then sent to a bass-enhancing plug-in for an extreme bass boost. Then it is sent to a 3D sound generator - that delays the left channel from the right by few milliseconds - which creates a great soundstage. Then it is sent once again to a normalizer to make sure it doesn't peak. Finally, it is sent to the epilog module that decodes it into an analog signal and sends it to the amplifier.
These drivers made my headphones sound much better.
If I connect them to my amplifier (home audio full-size amplifier - only output used is the headphones') directly - this is how it sounds (use your imagination):
After I use the DSP, it sounds pretty much like this:
Use them too, guys. Remember, headphones are supposed to come flat. You should tune them to your liking. At least that's what I think.
http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/
