Popular Post Pablooo Posted April 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 24, 2021 I never actually share experiences about sound quality, but thought it was time to get started. Firstly to contribute to this forum (I'm a long time lurker) and secondly to help Euphony get better (I assume Željko reads this forum too 😊). I have been playing with Euphony for almost 2 years now. The various updates brought some extra functionality, the sound quality remained more or less the same for me. Until update 216 appeared, it really sounded a lot less like others also experienced here. I recognized the glassy digital sound that some described. At the time I decided to go back to version 108 and have been very satisfied with the sound ever since. I was happy to see a new update arived that may well combine both sound quality and new functionality. I finally found the time to do the update yesterday. My expectations were not high because I had already read mixed experiences here. My first reaction was that it seemed like a new power cord had been added to my system. This often gives a diffuse stereo image and lack of bass initially until the cable is fully burned in. As a test I always play Mark Knopflers Speedway at Nazareth. I know this number very well and it has helped me evaluate my system over the past 20 years. All kinds of things happen in the second half of the song, where I listen carefully for the bass extension with the big drums that reach deep without losing the articulation. The latter is not a problem in 421 but the bass seems to have losing a full octave. It makes the music less exciting and somewhat flat. The stereo image also seemed to shift, it is not balanced. As if certain instruments or frequencies were more amplified than usual. The holographic image is also less than version 108, where the latter sounds like putting an SR fuse in the dac, version 421 sounds like the standard fuse. After a few hours of listening I went back to version 108, the decline in sq does not outweigh the extra functions such as irq management in my opinion. So, there it is, my first sq evaluation write up. For now I will wait patiently for the next update 😊 RickyV, jacky5555, ASRMichael and 5 others 3 5 Link to comment
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