So as promised here are my recent experiences with Inguz and Audiolense...
I purchased the latest version of Audiolense 2.0 (3.3) for 160 Euro's. Install under XP was very smooth. I couldn't get my Tact 2.2x mic calibration file to load, so I spent a day writing a simple quickbasic program to convert the file into the same format as the sample file that came with Audiolense - a quick chat with Bernt of Audiolense confirmed that my cal file (from 2004) was fit for purpose (apparently some Tact files have spurious values in them, but mine was OK). Once the cal file was loading OK I set up the recording rig. Basically, the TACT mic was connected to a small mixing desk with phantom power for the mic and enough gain to drive the Tascam 122l USB interface properly via its line input. Recording at 24/96 I was able to capture the sweeps via Audiolense after several trial runs to get the levels right. I used a target curve which was flat down to 20Hz (near the bottom end of my subwoofer) and a gentle slope down from about 15kHZ). Then I created the filter files using AL and exported them to the Inguz directory. I only generated a 24/96 correction file as my SBS is setup to resample everything to 96kHz regardless of its original rate. I used the skew control in Inguz to compensate for my speaker setup whereby the right speaker is 3 inches further away from my listening position than the left one ( so a time delay of 18 samples on the left channel was used to even up the arrival times ). I was now ready for some serious listening with the correction filter loaded in Inguz. I disconnected the TACT and wired the Touch directly to my DAC using my standard Blue Jeans 1.5m Belden cable. I wasn't really sure what to expect. I vaguely thought I would be in for lots of tweaking after some initial disappointment. As any kind of conventional A/B would be near-impossible, I didn't bother. I simply cued up a variety of tunes and settled down to listen over several days. A wide mixture of familiar and unfamiliar across many genres and time periods was chosen. And the outcome was... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84995 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
