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Quick answer, John - just had another listen; to my ears, the treble level seems fine, is in accord with the RAW. But I would only lead you down the wrong path, commenting on bass - the speakers just don't do it anywhere low enough.

[fas42]

Just had a listen to the Super Trouper snippet ... 👍

[fas42]

Just to give some immediate feedback, John ... again, the Super Trouper snippet. The voices intro lacks sparkle and air; and the following instrumental run sounds, 'artificial' - the following seems OK ... this was comparing it to the RAW sample, which I downloaded some time ago.

 

If you want me to elaborate more, let me know ...

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6 hours ago, Confused said:

 

I presume you are still checking the snippets via your laptop speakers? Or have you found a way now to feed your PC sound to the Edifiers?

 

Yes. Those speakers are essentially ordinary quality headphone drivers, which just happen to be sitting in a laptop casing. Which means they have no bass below about 200Hz - something which one has to take into account. But certainly good enough to highlight differences, and which make flaws of audio systems in YouTube captures easy to pick .

 

Perversely, an ordinary quality playback of a track makes it easier to pick possible issues ... why? Because, a much higher standard of SQ allows the brain to bypass technical problems, and relate directly to the music making. Which is not what you want, in this situation ...

 

A similar thing to how in recording studios they often have a pair of very ordinary speakers, to make sure a mix is going to sound balanced when heard over everyday sound replay devices.

[fas42]

Quick response, John ... Super Trouper now is fine, I don't have anything to complain about. Then after another, also tried one I hadn't looked at before, Warwick, I'll Never Fall in Love Again - again, no issues.

 

The middle one was Dreamer - which sounds so different from the RAW I have; the DEC has a lot more impact, in a positive sense. The one area I would mention here is in the vocal - when he goes low, there's a suspicion that a bit more spittle is involved than one would want - may not bother some, but something to perhaps consider ...

 

Hope this helps ...

 

 

 

 

[fas42]

Interesting, John ...

 

Went to Dreamer, that spittle thing seems probably as good as it can get; listened to the RAW, and there's very little in it.

 

Now, with Dreamer the --hfrl came across better than the other, seemed to have more life to it; but the other was closer to the RAW - so, not clear as to the "winner" here.

 

Then tried something new - which turned out to be a good choice - Newton-John, Take Me Home ... here, the --hfrl definitely didn't ring right: the chorus start was too aggressive, and then the drummer's tapping on a high hat(?) sounded like a nervous tick action, didn't blend - the other version balanced nicely, in comparison.

 

If you want more feedback, on another track, give us a yell ...

 

[fas42]

John, don't know if this will be impacted by the latest update, but I noted that the Dionne Warwick, I'll Never Fall in Love Again track sounds odd; this is a late night listen, so I wouldn't put the greatest weight to it - but the feel of the track just doesn't jell ...

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6 hours ago, John Dyson said:

 It was a big mistake -- hope to learn from my mistakes, but I never seem to stop making new ones.

 

John

 

 

 

 

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