_Spanky_
500+ Head-Fier
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2007
- Posts
- 919
- Likes
- 25
I'm not sure what it is but it only lasts about half a second. It's not annoying, just kinda funky like that noise when going from coaxial to optical that was mentioned earlier.
Originally Posted by Remains /img/forum/go_quote.gif I would just like to say that with the 25ohm denon d2k's there is no gain whatsoever. |
Originally Posted by xcluded /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hi , at which position of the volumn knob sound comfortable to you ? |
Originally Posted by bearmann /img/forum/go_quote.gif That'd be very interesting because the ridiculous high gain of the headphone amp is the only major flaw of the Maverick, IMHO. |
Originally Posted by _Spanky_ /img/forum/go_quote.gif Something I'm kind of curious about if you're going to release a new version is maybe trading up? I don't know what kinda changes you're doing but would it be possible to either send our models in to have them upgraded or either count as a credit towards a new model? |
Originally Posted by JustVisit /img/forum/go_quote.gif The other question I want to ask you guys is the volume control..... |
Originally Posted by _Spanky_ /img/forum/go_quote.gif Personally I think an average headphone should max around 12 o'clock. This would give room for higher and lower ohm headphones. |
Originally Posted by JustVisit /img/forum/go_quote.gif As for the crosstalk issue, I am going to do the test in my setup to see the result. |
Originally Posted by Remains /img/forum/go_quote.gif I agree with spanky. On a seperate note, Ryan I was wondering if HDAM's can be used in the maverick. I've been considering getting the opa-moon to try out in the amp section. |
Originally Posted by DannyBuoy /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have had my D1 since Dec. 29th and I have been very impressed with the sound, features and build quality of this unit as well as the VERY professional and courteous email threads I have had with Ryan regarding his equipment. Immediately after getting my D1 (with the upgraded tubes) I too was disappointed to find I could not set the soundcard to 16/44.1 as it has been said over and over in here. So I connected it to a virgin install of Win7 to see what the native USB/Codec’s would allow me to do. Well that went nowhere. As a matter of fact, the choices to change settings in Control Panel were greyed out so I could not even force the change. Being a Microsoft Developer for 15 years has given me a lot of tenacity on problem solving and I decided I would give this a deeper look on my development machine with the Windows SDK and VB.Net 2008 to see what I could do to first query the device USB interface, and then the data stream to see what I was allowed to modify as a custom filter to override the hardware signature sent to Windows. What I found was that I was able to change my data stream to 16/44.1 but the soundcard buffer would not acknowledge the packets even though the USB/DAC chip Ryan uses in the first stage (soundcard) is fully capable of USB 1.0/12 MB/S data stream at 44.1/48 or 32 KHz. I am still working on some code to create a custom filter (think of it as a codec) to set the USB device handler (USBAUDIO.SYS) to latch onto the 44.1 KHz setting before the hardware layer in Windows latches onto the 16/48 setting. In the meantime, I also installed J.River's Media Center as this player allows you access to the same codec’s as Media Monkey/FooBar/etc. but it also allows you to tweak the DSP settings a lot more than any of those MPs. I like to use the least layers in building anything, be it software or sound and although WASAPI is enjoyed by a lot of people, I prefer to use DirectSound from Windows if possible since it is not an abstraction layer above an existing layer and since Vista (and the move away from KMixer) the Direct Sound layer has evolved a lot to accommodate HD and multi-channel needs. So in J.River I am able to set the Audio Output to "Direct Sound" and then in the "output Settings" and I am able to set the USB Device to 24/96 and I have tested it with Flac, MP3, and WMA and the sound is very stable, and to my ears, it seems more relaxed with less semblance as I was experiencing with the 16/48 native settings. I am hoping others (Bearmen?) will try the J.River/Direct Sound/24-96 settings as well and see if it works for them and if they too experience the slightly warmer, more relaxed sound (I use Denon D5000's and UE 10's at my desk). So here is a link to download the 30 day trial of J.River:Media Center - J. River Media Center software And here's a couple screencaps of the settings you need to change:Head-fi - Windows Live And just in case, my machine is a Dual Quad Xeon/12 GB Ram/Windows Server 2008 with Rhapsody, Media Monkey, Media Player, Foo Bar2000, and Cowon Media Center on it as well as the J.River Media Center 14 of course. |
Originally Posted by DannyBuoy /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have had my D1 since Dec. 29th and I have been very impressed with the sound, features and build quality of this unit as well as the VERY professional and courteous email threads I have had with Ryan regarding his equipment. Immediately after getting my D1 (with the upgraded tubes) I too was disappointed to find I could not set the soundcard to 16/44.1 as it has been said over and over in here. So I connected it to a virgin install of Win7 to see what the native USB/Codec’s would allow me to do. Well that went nowhere. As a matter of fact, the choices to change settings in Control Panel were greyed out so I could not even force the change. Being a Microsoft Developer for 15 years has given me a lot of tenacity on problem solving and I decided I would give this a deeper look on my development machine with the Windows SDK and VB.Net 2008 to see what I could do to first query the device USB interface, and then the data stream to see what I was allowed to modify as a custom filter to override the hardware signature sent to Windows. What I found was that I was able to change my data stream to 16/44.1 but the soundcard buffer would not acknowledge the packets even though the USB/DAC chip Ryan uses in the first stage (soundcard) is fully capable of USB 1.0/12 MB/S data stream at 44.1/48 or 32 KHz. I am still working on some code to create a custom filter (think of it as a codec) to set the USB device handler (USBAUDIO.SYS) to latch onto the 44.1 KHz setting before the hardware layer in Windows latches onto the 16/48 setting. In the meantime, I also installed J.River's Media Center as this player allows you access to the same codec’s as Media Monkey/FooBar/etc. but it also allows you to tweak the DSP settings a lot more than any of those MPs. I like to use the least layers in building anything, be it software or sound and although WASAPI is enjoyed by a lot of people, I prefer to use DirectSound from Windows if possible since it is not an abstraction layer above an existing layer and since Vista (and the move away from KMixer) the Direct Sound layer has evolved a lot to accommodate HD and multi-channel needs. So in J.River I am able to set the Audio Output to "Direct Sound" and then in the "output Settings" and I am able to set the USB Device to 24/96 and I have tested it with Flac, MP3, and WMA and the sound is very stable, and to my ears, it seems more relaxed with less semblance as I was experiencing with the 16/48 native settings. I am hoping others (Bearmen?) will try the J.River/Direct Sound/24-96 settings as well and see if it works for them and if they too experience the slightly warmer, more relaxed sound (I use Denon D5000's and UE 10's at my desk). So here is a link to download the 30 day trial of J.River:Media Center - J. River Media Center software And here's a couple screencaps of the settings you need to change:Head-fi - Windows Live And just in case, my machine is a Dual Quad Xeon/12 GB Ram/Windows Server 2008 with Rhapsody, Media Monkey, Media Player, Foo Bar2000, and Cowon Media Center on it as well as the J.River Media Center 14 of course. |