Hmmm... I wonder how Lucius feels about Uncle Lucius? Which one came first?I had a dem of one when my local dealer staged a Chord Open Evening some months back. There was definitely a *clearly* audible difference, but the rep had the remote control and the nature of the difference was in volume changes... Whether the perceived dynamic range really was improved (quiet bits quieter and louder bits louder - dynamic expansion in other words) I have no idea.
Track used was the locally streamed album version of this (I assume from a CD source ripped to storage but not sure) -
I doubt I'll ever get the chance, but I'd love to try one under personally controlled conditions with absolutely no chance of any volume change between A and B. Please don't think I'm accusing the rep of anything, but the difference seemed more than a slight change to me so without trying it for myself, I have to be doubtful... And until that evening, I was NOT a Chord Electronics fan at all (it's actually rather good if you don't mind paying for it )...
Perhaps it's your technique which is lacking.I did perform some blind testing on my girlfriend though when I first got it. She had no idea what I was testing
Is this thing like HQPlayer, as in it changes modulator/filters?
I listened to a dsd dac once which only had a low pass filter, and hqp filters seemed to be noticably different. Was not a science experiment, just a bit of fun.
Can people here the differences between filters on say a topping dac?
Those are the days one needs a portable oscilloscope and a reference sine wave to level matchI did a demo of the Dave with and without the Blu Mk2, (essentially the M-scaler) connected to a Focal Utopia via a 3rd party amp.
There were discernible differences in the "perceived texture" to my ears. Somewhat like a DSP effect you get off PC soundcards but in a much more refined manner.
HOWEVER, just as @DSJR experienced, I wasn't completely certain if there was a difference in volume or gain settings between having the m-scaler in the loop. The headphone amplifier's volume knob was in my hands but its hard to say if the the volumes were matched properly to say for sure due to the different inputs to the amp.
Those are the days one needs a portable oscilloscope and a reference sine wave to level match
Would you mind telling what you have with you?I usually have something with me to measure SPL. Lots of uncertainty and I wouldn't trust it for (say) 0.3dB differences, but the sort of rigged differences in level used at demos like these are still easy to spot.
Would you mind telling what you have with you?