Theyre all made with an A8. And yes personalized measurements will surely provide the best quality. But some basic hrtf correction can be made that will help the preset sound more natural / personalized.
Additionally these various programs and devices give us multiple options for different scenarios. The Realisers can be used without a pc, Impulcifer allows for all sorts of room correction, etc. And all of them require some level of user input. And Ill keep banging the equipment drum as it makes a world of difference.
@edwardsean did I see you posting on the uptone forum recently? :]
Hi, yeah, I recently got a DAVE and that sent me on a deep dive of getting it the best signal. This has meant assembling a whole chain from server to reclocker and master clock, and, sigh, multiple high quality power supplies. So, Uptone has been in the mix.
I'm still devoted to OOYH. As my chain has gotten better and better, OOYH has scaled right along.
If you recall I was upscaling from 48KHz to DSD512–after OOYH processing. Now with Dave, I've switched to PCM and I'm upscaling from 48KHz to PCM768KHz. We discussed how we clearly heard an improvement to OOYH, but I saw a post calling for an end to such "ridiculous" assertions. I understand so much better now why this works.
Back then I didn't know the difference between upsampling and upscaling. I thought they referred to the same thing. I've come to realize that upscaling, as done by MScaler and HQP, are not just multiplying the sample rate. It's not just about increasing the frequency but how you're filling all that additional data.They are using extremely computationally heavy algorithms to "tap" the base (44.1/48KHz) digital waveform up to a million+ times. They then take this information and–intelligently–interpolate missing information to reconstruct the original
analog waveform.
When this process is done post OOYH, it is not only attempting to reconstruct the original 2-channel data but OOYH's convolution of that source data. This is to say, it is not only digitally restoring the sounds and reverberations of the studio master but the sounds and reverberations of the system and room that OOYH captured. So, now I've added signal regeneration and reclocking downstream of the upscaling and each stage not only improves the audio data but OOYH's effect. The degradation of digital reproduction and digital convolution are being corrected simultaneously. Everything sounds more real, both the music and the effect of listening to it on speakers, while using headphones.
So, the sonic artifacts that made me feel like OOYH is off from actual speaker listening have steadily vanished. There is still the physics problem as no waves are actuating pressure in the room, but aside from that, OOYH–upsampled, upscaled, regenerated, and reclocked–is spectacularly convincing.
This again underscores the point that sometimes you know better to hear better, and other times you hear better to know better.
What's been new with you?