By the number it seems capable to handle them well in high mode (85mW at 300ohm load; and the DT 1990 is 250ohm and 102dBSPL with 1mW at 500Hz). If my math is not wrong you can get little more than 120dBSPL at full volume.How would this pair with a dt 1990? enough power?
Sounds good thank you! Whats the general opinion on this g6 vs the mayflower arc 2?By the number it seems capable to handle them well in high mode (85mW at 300ohm load; and the DT 1990 is 250ohm and 102dBSPL with 1mW at 500Hz). If my math is not wrong you can get little more than 120dBSPL at full volume.
There are no measurements of the Mayflower ARC Mk2 and comparing just the data from their site with the measurements here, the G6 is a tiny better in clarity (but I guess both trasparent enough) but the amp is way less powerful (at 32ohm the G6 outputs 258mW with 0,019% THD+N while the ACC Mk2 can do 1000mW, four times the G6, but at 0,03% and so probably more noisy at lower levels). And a note aside; the ARC mk2 can only output 1V from its line out while the G6 can output 2V.Sounds good thank you! Whats the general opinion on this g6 vs the mayflower arc 2?
Not quite. Direct mode will by pass the DSP. Using WASAPI exclusive mode or ASIO would still go through all DSP processing when not using direct mode.Or just use WASAPI exclusive mode or ASIO.
I am not sure about it or all the advantages of WASAPI exclusive or ASIO would be gone.Not quite. Direct mode will by pass the DSP. Using WASAPI exclusive mode or ASIO would still go through all DSP processing when not suing direct mode.
Well I was pretty close considering that I had to go through digital to analog to digital to do my testing and I also had to adjsut the line in volumes to get close to 0dBFS al 100% windwos volumeAlso when it comes to volume, your don't have to guess (well, assuming that this is accurate...):
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88% would be -1.9dB.
Those will bypass all windows software processing, but not DSP applied by device itself.I am not sure about it or all the advantages of WASAPI exclusive or ASIO would be gone.
Yes, but it must be in hardware, in the device and for what I know all the DSP on any Sound Blaster card (or ASUS Xonar for what matters, I owned both) it's controlled by the software and indeed it will be bypassed if you use WASAPI exclusive or ASIO but I am happy to be corrected if that's not the case (I use an Xonar on my HTPC so I can do some tests but if there are any available happy to read them).Those will bypass all windows software processing, but not DSP applied by device itself.
It's hardware and everything will go through the SoundCore3D chip. It's pretty obvious since it restricts sample rate to 96khz on AE-5. Not sure if G6 used the same or newer DSP chip. Obviously all the DSP effects work just fine when using exclusive WASAPI or ASIO when not using direct mode....Yes, but it must be in hardware, in the device and for what I know all the DSP on any Sound Blaster card (or ASUS Xonar for what matters, I owned both) it's controlled by the software and indeed it will be bypassed if you use WASAPI exclusive or ASIO but I am happy to be corrected if that's not the case (I use an Xonar on my HTPC so I can do some tests but if there are any available happy to read them).
Have you made your own testings? Cause you are saying that's obvious; how?It's hardware and everything will go through the SoundCore3D chip. It's pretty obvious since it restricts sample rate to 96khz on AE-5. Not sure if G6 used the same or newer DSP chip. Obviously all the DSP effects work just fine when using exclusive WASAPI or ASIO when not using direct mode....
There's nothing to test. If all the DSP effects work (equaliser, SBX effects) then it's obvious and easily verifiable by ear. What Xonar does doesn't have anything to do with G6 or other Creative products. I'm not even sure if that Xonar has hardware DSP.Have you made your own testings? Cause you are saying that's obvious; how?
I have a Xonar DX with its own DSP stuff activable and I can pull some tests but if you have made them already I'll save some time (plus I have to figure out how to use ASIO with the line IN cause it seems I can't use it).
Well, I have AE-5 in my system right now. Just tested again: all DSP effects work just fine when using exclusive WASAPI and ASIO. With direct mode all DSP processing is off. No virtual surround, eq or other DSP effects.I don't have any recent SB to test its DSP and if it is not bypassed but the WASAPI exclusive mode or by ASIO.
On Xonars you can have DSP to apply the various Dolby effects but never checked if it is software wise or hardware wise (they use a CMedia OxYgen chip).
Yeah, G6 is buggy as hell, it works fine on my desktop but does a number of strange things when used with my laptop. Creative are a major dice roll in my opinion, it's a pity they can't just get their software/firmware right, because I think there's some good potential in the hardware and also in the virtual surround system which I've found to be a really great/accurate virtual surround experience. I'm lucky that I don't need to use it on my laptop and so it's without issue for me in it's use for me in it's home connected to my desktop.So here I am again. After months of exchanging emails with Creative, more than 60 emails later and they now have given up and stopped replying. We probably tried every single fix we could think of but no, nothing can solve the random audible pop/click issue with the g6 on my pc. Many others on reddit have reported the same issue on not just the g6 but other sound blaster products as well.
The thing is: the reason why some of you here never had this problem with your g6 is because it is highly system dependent. The Creative driver seems to only have compatibility issue with certain systems and no issue with others (I have tried the g6 with another pc in my house and there's no pop/click). Switching to the default Microsoft basic usb 2.0 driver completely fixes the pop/click, but then we lose the surround capability. Very unfortunate because I like the sound coming out of the g6 but the software that comes with it is just downright disappointing.
C-Media has some USB chips, but the Oxygen chips are PCI-based.Well, I have AE-5 in my system right now. Just tested again: all DSP effects work just fine when using exclusive WASAPI and ASIO. With direct mode all DSP processing is off. No virtual surround, eq or other DSP effects.
As far as I know, the C-Media chip is just a basic (USB) audio controller. That being said, I'm not sure if there's any restrictions for drivers process the sound even in exclusive mode. Haven't really checked Microsoft's documentation... Obviously the hardware can do what ever it wants with the signal. Exclusive WASAPI just ensures that it reaches the card (or driver I guess) in bit perfect form.
Wow, awesome, thanks for the tip on windows volume control for turning it from percentage to db, awesome! Here's a pic for others so they know more where to find it:Heh, I never knew about the right click on the volume in the windows advanced settings to change to db from %. I also had not noticed that when using my music player app (MusicBee), the windows volume does not work, but the G6 volume control does. When I am using YOUTUBE or something like that the windows volume control is active. This is using the optical input for the G6, so I found I had to set the G6 volume by ear to a slightly less than wide open setting when using MusicBee and set the windows volume to -2.1db or 87 for when I am listening to Youtube.
Long story short, if you use the optical input and want -2db for lowest distortion of the G6 you need to set both the windows volume to 87 or -2.1db AND set the G6 at full volume by ear and then reduce it 2db while listening to your music player. I am using WASAPI exclusive mode.