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miniDSP Tide16 - Holy Grail with 16 Channel Atmos/DTS:X, high SINAD

Lsc said:
I’m not so worried about quality control vs. an updated version with HDMI 2.1 and a new chip that does DTS: pro as a fast follow.

Software bugs are ok as long as they are not debilitating but hardware upgrades require module(s) to be replaced or the whole unit.
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LOL fast follows? When is the HTP going to get a HDMI v2.1 board upgrade or DTS:X Pro?

Has anyone checked the Sony ES 7000 for DTS:X Pro and front wide up-mixing?

Onkyo is coming out with a pre-pro next year.
 
dsd4life said:
LOL fast follows? When is the HTP going to get a HDMI v2.1 board upgrade or DTS:X Pro?

Has anyone checked the Sony ES 7000 for DTS:X Pro and front wide up-mixing?

Onkyo is coming out with a pre-pro next year.
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I have no idea what you are ranting about. These comments have nothing to do with my concern about being an early adopter.
 
peng said:
So much bs on the internet, people should do their research in depth before believing in hearsay too soon but then unfortunately, even if they try, they probably have hard time understanding Fourier, and Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem anyway. There is no point arguing with someone who don't see "sense" in known math proven facts, while believing in hearsay about what people claimed to hear. I do hope people will hear what they expect to hear if and when miniDSP come up with 192, even 384 kHz sampling rate capabilities. Have a great day!
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Curiously is all this DSP correction for high fidelity music could be resolved with playing the DSD a little louder?

Amplification resolves a lot of issues.

Classical Music Concert acquisition and publishing in DSD 5.1 / 2.0 Hybrid is still the best heard without further DSP workflow all the same. Takes full advantage of the playback equipment DACs highest signal to noise and signal shaping in mid-fi consumer electronics.

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dsd4life said:
Curiously is all this DSP correction for high fidelity music could be resolved with playing the DSD a little louder?

Amplification resolves a lot of issues.

Classical Music Concert acquisition and publishing in DSD 5.1 / 2.0 Hybrid is still the best heard without further DSP workflow all the same. Takes full advantage of the playback equipment DACs highest signal to noise and signal shaping in mid-fi consumer electronics.
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You don't understand the purpose of using DSP whether it's used for EQ with tools like Dirac or other similar room correction products or bass management.

You won't attenuate your room modes by increasing the volume. All you'll do is increase the effect of those room modes and therefore your perception of them.

Listening to your music in DSD will in no way address the room modes of your listening room. I'd rather listem to my DSD recordings by applying room correction software and greatly reducing the boominess of my listening room that drowns out and muddies the music, even at the expense of converting the DSD signal into PCM to achieve this.
 
I am talking about the "air" at top. I am a big believer in high fidelity music and analog equalization.

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Lsc said:
I’ve never looked at a product and compared to the price in Canada. It never crossed my mind. I’m sure the maple syrup I get at Costco is cheaper in Canada along with Canada Goose jackets. I didn’t know it was a factor in Canada.
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The maple syrup you get from Costco may not even have come from a maple tree :D
 
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‘Moon Safari’ is a decent album (imho).
Keith
 
dsd4life said:
this makes no sense giberish: "I reached out to miniDSP for comment, and the support team indicated that the 48kHz limit applied to both the Dirac and non-Dirac versions of the Flex HTx and that higher sampling rates would increase the cost of the Dirac Live license, which would drive up the overall cost of the product. "

Increase the license?

No people DSP is fantastic. It needs to work at high frequency's. Steering, filtering, delay, reverb, etc. Are AI data centers to blame?
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Um, Dirac research charge more for a 96KHz capable license for their software than a 48KHz capable licence. That would increase the cost of the product.

The DSP does not ‘need’ to operate at 96KHz for 48KHz program material, all it would do is reduce the processing delay.

The only 96KHz Dirac implementation I’m aware of is in the Theta Casablanca and you can go look up the price of that for your self.
 
chelgrian said:
Um, Dirac research charge more for a 96KHz capable license for their software than a 48KHz capable licence. That would increase the cost of the product.

The DSP does not ‘need’ to operate at 96KHz for 48KHz program material, all it would do is reduce the processing delay.

The only 96KHz Dirac implementation I’m aware of is in the Theta Casablanca and you can go look up the price of that for your self.
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The PC/Mac version operates at up to 192kHz.
 
chelgrian said:
The only 96KHz Dirac implementation I’m aware of is in the Theta Casablanca and you can go look up the price of that for your self.
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And the capabilities. Theta’s Dirac implementation is obsolete by a half decade or more. No DLBC, let alone ART.
 
Purité Audio said:
‘Moon Safari’ is a decent album (imho).
Keith
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Just had this one on - Moon Safari next. I really like Air!

This thread is getting quite big - I thought it would be a bit more on topic.
I'll try to update the first post when new information is available. If anyone has posted something with valuable information pls notify me and I'll link it to avoid having everybody crawl through 55+ pages.
 
Kal Rubinson said:
The PC/Mac version operates at up to 192kHz.
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Arcam FMJ SR250 stereo A/V receiver A Fly in the Ointment? | Stereophile.com

Sidebar 1: A Fly in the Ointment? I decided to use the same music files to compare the sound of the Arcam FMJ SR250 with Dirac Live room correction to the Dirac Live filtering in my server. It was a fair fight, as long as I set the server to downsample to 24/96 and used the same target curves...
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Per Stereophile: "I decided to use the same music files to compare the sound of the Arcam FMJ SR250 with Dirac Live room correction to the Dirac Live filtering in my server. It was a fair fight, as long as I set the server to downsample to 24/96 and used the same target curves for both implementations. In this face-off, the Dirac Suite on my server seemed marginally but consistently more successful than did the Arcam implementation."

I am waiting for SHARC and Onkyo or whomever to design the DSP in the following configuration and configruable:
1. Flatten
2. Multiple Sub woofer null and wave management
3. Steering like Sony does
 
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