this means you can play perfect mono music, but not stereo one, with SU-9 and M500.What the....what does all this mean?
Many SU-9 owners are waiting on your response with baited breath...confirming
It's the signal level, not the volume. So basically it's already the fixed output being measured.It would be good to test SU-9 in fixed output only...
@SMSL-Mandy @SMSL_Liu ... seriously, what is going on here with the results? Just be honest with everyone... if you're not it will be to the detriment of your business.SMSL
@WolfX-700 are you retracting the measurements you showed earlier?SU-9
SMSL said that they did not find the problem with liu's settings, confirming...
I did see Wolf’s measurements earlier - looks like he got a call from SMSL. So we shall await the official response.
I’m pretty sure I can hear something, when I have the M500 at full, and the SH-9 at 55 or so, the sound has a slight brightness or brittleness to it. I like to do this for the headroom as I run Sundara with Oratory EQ. When I turn the DAC down to 30 and the SH-9 up to 70 something, it seems smoother, even with the DAC at 34. The Schiit stack sits somewhere in between, but it has a scratchy volume pot. I can’t hear a difference either way through HD58x.
Having said that, this could be psychosomatic, as I can’t blind test, the fastest switch I have is to unplug/plug-in the phones, and I can never quite rewind the music to the same spot And I still like the design of the M500.
@WolfX-700 are you retracting the measurements you showed earlier?
This has been a topic for a bit, I believe. The brands are very aware of which measurements will be performed by the reviewers, so they can optimize their products for those, even though that may mean neglecting other areas.Ironically those of us that bought gear based on having the best measurements, were actually listening to gear with the worst measurements (in one channel at least).
Optimistically, this seems to indicate that they really don’t know that these issues exist...So SMSL provided Wolf an SU-9 unit with the problem? That's bizarre actually. They didn't test it, or consult their engineers first? The problem is so easy to see, even with a PC soundcard line in.
(reproduces Liu's measurement)