chobbney;246732 Wrote: > 'Like projecting a low-res image on a high definition screen' as the guy > from the hi-fi shop said. >
For me this sums up the argument. IME it isn't like that - because everyone agrees they can see the difference between an SD and HD picture but not everyone can hear the type of differences in sources being discussed here. Maybe this is because the people who can't hear the differences don't have good hearing, or don't have good enough systems. I don't believe that myself. Your comment about the Creek having deeper bass is interesting since, as far as I can tell the SB3 bass goes down pretty low. My system (with InguzEQ) is pretty flat to e.g. 20Hz http://www.yeats.co.uk/public/Audio/fr4.jpg. The perception of bass extension is very open to state of mind. When there is a real factor, it's more about higher frequencies masking more extended bass, rather than a question of the actual presence of deeper frequencies: for me digital EQ has improved the bass 100 times more than any change in source. As you can see from my graph, massive peaks caused by a combination of room modes and non-neutrality of the speakers was masking the deeper bass without EQ. That didn't mean the SB3 / rest of system wasn't capable of producing these frequencies. They were lost in the 31.5Hz and 100Hz modes, that's all. Luckily my amp and speakers have a lot of headroom and produce high SPLs with low distortion...this means the large corrections are handled without stress. The change in sound is a revelation across the spectrum...and the graph shows it's not just in my head. Think of digital EQ as a precise, personalised crossover and it won't offend your high-end sensibilities too much :-) For me the tonality of any source ("bright", "warm", "midrange forward") is irrelevant since I would re-run the correction measurements and get a flat-ish curve again. I am more interested in things like intelligibility of vocals, soundstage, detail etc. I find the SB3 is not wanting in these areas. Regards, Darren -- darrenyeats SB3 / Inguz -> Krell KAV-300i (pre bypass) -> PMC AB-1 Dell laptop -> JVC UX-C30 mini system ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40737 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
