However, when you boost (or cut) a linear phase equalizer, the original depth is retained, nothing moves forward or backward in the soundstage, but the frequency range itself is emphasized or reduced. Linear phase tends to sound “smoother and rounder and subtler”, perhaps also because of a reduction in transient response (which reduction does not occur to the same extent for all models of LP (linear phase) equalizers)...
I know of many people who imagine things that aren't there. Often they post on audio forums
there is a difference here
If anything of this survives a DBT then you should test all these different flac files against their source (WAV) file in a DBT (playing a WAV file clearly needs the least CPU resources, and the WAV file is the reference for perfect SQ).This is the hypothesis. In principle, the difference in compression in FLAC should not be noticed, but I noticed it many years ago. At that time with an AMD and XP?
Therefore something must be done badly, in the processors or in the OS or in the software players because it is illogical (unlike what happens with the MP3).
Now, with Win 10 highly optimized for multimedia the difference is more noticeable. Much of the improvement is due to the optimization of the access of the ALU to the internal records of the CPU, to the priority of the processes and to the management of the RAM.
I can only say it works. Sometimes I overdo it and there is too much detail in music and fatigue. It is a matter of trying to find the optimal point.
And on top of that, with the new JRMC v25 I had to tweak the rules because it sounded worse than v24. After that it sounds better. So its creator must be doing things similar to mine.
I have done that test several years ago, with ALAC (just extended FLAC) vs. AIFF vs. WAV - no difference... I also checked the bit streams, also no difference.If anything of this survives a DBT then you should test all these different flac files against their source (WAV) file in a DBT (playing a WAV file clearly needs the least CPU resources, and the WAV file is the reference for perfect SQ).
If this DBT shows a difference change your DAC. Get an RME ADI-2 (PRO or DAC) and its ASIO driver. Play the RME bit test WAV files both as WAV and FLAC 0..9 and the DAC will tell you if they are correct. I'm very sure that this will always be the case.
As I said, the recordings with instruments whose sound / tone we have memorized, usually acoustic and electrified to a lesser extent, the minimum phase filter generates a more natural, credible or similar / near sound to live music.
The current products, with computer-generated instruments and voices software processed (Autotune), the filter choiced it will be more a matter of personal taste, which sounds more spectacular, I say.
That is why I asked if someone else has verified it my experience.
If anyone has an Oppo UPD-205, try this experiment:
- Set in a sweet spot fairly close the speakers, in my case 6 feet from each in a 30' room.
- Play some content with clear instrumentals and vocals through the DAC with no processing engaged
- Use the Oppo Media Control app to switch between Min Phase Fast and Linear Phase Fast filters
The difference is not subtle. Perhaps, the ES9038PRO DAC is doing more or something wrong but I find better clarity with the Linear phase filter, especially with female vocals.
Honestly, anyone with a god system and decent hearing should be able to pass a blind with these filters but it would have to be using consistent content. Selecting favorite from track to track adds confusion.
- Rich
Of subtle nothing, the difference between minimum and linear is very noticeable. For years in my second system, with different processors, windows versions, ...
If anything of this survives a DBT then you should test all these different flac files against their source (WAV) file in a DBT (playing a WAV file clearly needs the least CPU resources, and the WAV file is the reference for perfect SQ).
some are prolific on twitter...I thought they ran for elected office or managed to weasel their way to the top in autocratic systems. LOL
the difference between minimum and linear is very noticeable.
I disagree. The reason is more likely due to being ignored.is that it's manifestly not true
I should do the test again
It may also influence, I say, the phase response of the speakers. And of the amplifiers if they are class D. But I have not investigated about it.
I disagree. The reason is more likely due to being ignored.
I should do the test again but the obvious difference is that I like the sound less, it differs a lot from how it should sound, less close to the live sound. So that we understand each other, that a violin does not sound like a viola.
It may also influence, I say, the phase response of the speakers. And of the amplifiers if they are class D. But I have not investigated about it.
I just noticed the difference so much that I do not even think about it.