beginning of the song

[vassili]

Hello everyone,

 

Have a question. Looks like everybody are not happy about silence between songs. Agree that it should hurt if it should not be there. But I have another, and probably opposite problem. In a real CD world when you press "play" button the sound doesn't come immediately, it has about 2 seconds delay, and I find it absolutely right way because you have a possibility to concentrate on the beginning of the sound. In iTunes, and looks like in every software player (correct me if I'm wrong), the sound come exactly with your "click", what I found really not that good. So, is there any way to have this "real CD-like" couple of seconds delay after pushing the "play" in software player? I know that that pregap will appear if you listen the whole CD (and what many people don't like), but I'm listening in most cases just one song, and then another one and so on - so how can I get the pregap? And can I at all?

 

[PeterSt]

(correct me if I'm wrong)

 

not so with XXHighEnd;

First it takes a small amount of time to load the track into memory, but next this is just a setting (as long as you want). Only counts for when you start playback.

 

But I fully agree; even with a remote, sitting all nice and quiet ready for music, it is strange when sound starts immediately right after pressing the button.

 

Peter

 

[vassili]

Dear Peter,

 

XXHighEnd is PC-only player? No Mac version (I have MacPro)? Will it work under Parallels?

 

BTW - I found it really strange, that I do not see a lot of complains about this immediate start. The beginning and the end of the sound are two wonderful things (especially in Classic and Jazz), and really strange, that so many guys with the gear, capable to show those wonders in full beauty, just don't care about it.

 

vassili

 

[sandyk]

It's damn annoying isn't it ? That few seconds delay with the CD gives you a chance to put your head back and relax a little.

 

[vassili]

Yep... I would say to get ready for the sound :-) So where is the way out? I believe there should be some solution

 

[Audio_ELF]

A bit of a kludgy solution ... but you could always create a few seconds of silence in Audacity or similar, save this as a .wav and then create a playlist including this "silence" as the first track.

 

Eloise

 

[PeterSt]

BTW - I found it really strange, that I do not see a lot of complains about this immediate start.

 

Ask those who use Amarra which can't even play gapless. At least I can't understand *that*.

 

There was a time this "feature" wasn't there yet in XXHE, and when I wanted to seriously listen to a track, I always started with the track before (could be in the middle) in order to to be 100% prepared for what I wanted to listen to. So I guess it is *that* important (ok, for me).

 

Yea, PC only. Sorry. (or Bootcamp)

Peter

 

[vassili]

Eloise,

 

Of course, that came to my mind, but I would say it's not that kludgy, but just soooo long - thousands songs to process...

 

[vassili]

Peter,

 

OK - Bootcamp. Will it be same sound quality as on real PC? Will firewire work (I ordered Weiss Vesta to connect to my dCS Purcell/Delius combo) in this case?

 

And OK - question to those who use Amarra (also planned to purchase) - does this pregap (2 seconds of silence before the beginning of the song after pushing "play" or "enter") exists if you play not the whole album or playlist, but just a single song?

 

[PeterSt]

Hi Vasilli,

 

XXHighEnd sure is used by Mac users, and I never received any question about this or that not working. How the sound quality relates to a normal PC I can't tell. I never heard anyone "complain" so to say, so I guess it's okay (doesn't matter, doesn't differ).

 

Keep in mind it needs Vista (or W2008 or W7).

If you have any questions by the time you're up and running, don't hesitate to drop them on the Phasure forum. And might you want some additional functionality in this area or another, just ask. We tend to make everything which is found useful.

 

Thanks,

Peter