@yodog
I agree with you about F1, subtly reminds me of listening to (most) B&W speakers - peircing.
I settled on F5 from logical and listening evaluation - just my taste. Sounds best to me in my system and room.
Also taped-over the Hi-Res sticker... had to be done to contain brightness after switching to pure silver Nordost USB cable.
Very cool. Now I will reassess filter 5 with more patience/less bias. All I remember was that filter 5 sounded very smooth and balanced, but the overall volume (or volume emphasis? If that even makes sense?) seemed noticeably less across the whole frequency spectrum and therefore I just assumed it wasn’t a keeper or worth investing listening time into since until you, I haven’t heard anyone saying they are choosing filter #5 as their final choice.
Does anyone know if these “Short Delay, Slow Rolloff” or “Super Slow Roll Off” filters could potentially damage someone’s loudspeakers when running full range and when played at or near reference level SPL?
If the answer is yes, would using “Sharp Rolloff” or “Short Delay, Sharp Rolloff” filters help minimize any potential risk of damage?
I’m asking because my speakers are rated for 39hz-23khz and the slow Rolloff filters seem to continue onward much past 23khz and even though my speakers say their range is 39hz-23khz, there is a very clear and audible difference between any of the sharp roll off filters versus any of the slow roll of filters.
I wouldn’t feel very good damaging my $5250 speakers because of an avoidable error from misusing/misconfiguring a $130 external DAC.
**Edit**
I just changed out my digital RCA cable to a pure silver cable as well (Wireworld Starlight Gold 7) and to be honest I am less than impressed. The previous Chroma 5 sounded different, but almost better using the same settings. Definitely will try out filter #5 for a few days and hope something works.