Sonywalkmanuser
Headphoneus Supremus
@djricekcn
My guess is that your ear shape already closely matches generic HRTF profile set by Sony, so even after you do a custom profile, there’s little or no changes in the algorithm calculation so maybe that’s why you don’t hear differences.
I do have a close friend who also owns the WM1AM2 and he has both the IER-Z1R and MDR-Z1R. I did ask him if applying device profile with ear data made a difference to the soundstage presentation and he confirm that it does make a noticeable difference for him.
Anyway the spatial sound processing for stereo music files is very dependent on the source file. It mostly is about ambience and spaciousness and airiness of the soundstage and not like in 360RA files where sound objects move around in 3D space.
I think for those that own the M2 Walkman, you can do on the fly comparison between the soundstage of DSD Remastering On vs DSEE Ultimate On. This is using Walkman Music App with just regular stereo channel recordings. The source music file do matter a lot for this comparison, try to find music that has ambient sounds or have music that contains a lot of stereo panning or live concert recordings.
Apart from the volume level differences(dsd remastering needs about +10 volume) and the louder sounding transient dynamics of dsee ultimate. The dsd remastering seems to be playing music in a more traditional 2D stereo sound as compared to the DSEE Ultimate which sounds more like 3D 7.1 virtualized spacial surround. At least that’s what I think I am hearing subjectively.
My guess is that your ear shape already closely matches generic HRTF profile set by Sony, so even after you do a custom profile, there’s little or no changes in the algorithm calculation so maybe that’s why you don’t hear differences.
I do have a close friend who also owns the WM1AM2 and he has both the IER-Z1R and MDR-Z1R. I did ask him if applying device profile with ear data made a difference to the soundstage presentation and he confirm that it does make a noticeable difference for him.
Anyway the spatial sound processing for stereo music files is very dependent on the source file. It mostly is about ambience and spaciousness and airiness of the soundstage and not like in 360RA files where sound objects move around in 3D space.
I think for those that own the M2 Walkman, you can do on the fly comparison between the soundstage of DSD Remastering On vs DSEE Ultimate On. This is using Walkman Music App with just regular stereo channel recordings. The source music file do matter a lot for this comparison, try to find music that has ambient sounds or have music that contains a lot of stereo panning or live concert recordings.
Apart from the volume level differences(dsd remastering needs about +10 volume) and the louder sounding transient dynamics of dsee ultimate. The dsd remastering seems to be playing music in a more traditional 2D stereo sound as compared to the DSEE Ultimate which sounds more like 3D 7.1 virtualized spacial surround. At least that’s what I think I am hearing subjectively.
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