[blinx]

do you guys use the crystalizer or not? i seem to be back and forth since it makes really low notes sound like crap

thoughts?

 

[Ahriman4891]

AFAIK Crystalizer is meant to "improve" MP3s through some psychoacoustic EQ tricks. I don't use it since I primarily listen to FLAC and none of my MP3s are <192kbps.

 

[gates_2]

The only time I turn it on is when i have some jazz going through my speakers and really want the percussion to shimmer(does make the cymbals sound really nice)... I'd never use it with a headphone setup, I believe some people did tests and proved that the crystalizer actually degrades sound quality.

 

[blinx]

sorry for going off topic on my own thread.. but what is this bitperfect thing i keep on seeing? what does it do on my xfi? and is it better?

 

[Ahriman4891]

X-fi does internal resampling to 48KHz. Normally your files are 44.1 KHz unless you ripped them from DVD-A. Bit-perfect prevents this resampling. You don't really have to bother, since the X-fi resampler, unlike the one in Audigy 2, is very good--the signal to noise ratio is -130dB (!!!)--but some enable it (bit-perfect output) just for the peace of mind (myself too

but I can't tell the difference). Digit-life has a good article on X-fi and crystalizer. Scroll a bit down to "sound cards" section, there are 4 parts to the review.

 

[yeeyy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ahriman4891 /img/forum/go_quote.gif X-fi does internal resampling to 48KHz. Normally your files are 44.1 KHz unless you ripped them from DVD-A. Bit-perfect prevents this resampling. You don't really have to bother, since the X-fi resampler, unlike the one in Audigy 2, is very good--the signal to noise ratio is -130dB (!!!)--but some enable it just for the peace of mind (myself too but I can't tell the difference). Digit-life has a good article on X-fi and crystalizer. Scroll a bit down to "sound cards" section, there are 4 parts to the review.

X-Fi can do bit-perfect output as well.

 

[jmmtn4aj]

Quote:

Originally Posted by yeeyy /img/forum/go_quote.gif X-Fi can do bit-perfect output as well.

I think he knows that..

 

[Ahriman4891]

Yes, I definitely do

, guess I should have worded my post better.