evdplancke;671895 Wrote: > I did some critical listening of Fever from Valerie Joyce late this > night in order to compare the sound quality of Linux vs Windows > servers. The server configurations were consisting of a Synology NAS > DS211j on one hand and a PC with Windows 7x64 HPE on the other, both > running LMS 7.7.0. The listening test confirmed the superiority of Win > 7 on Linux (at least on a NAS). > > The tones were more natural, with more harmonics, and the soundstage > was better defined with Win7. This was a tiny difference at first > listening but repetitive listening confirmed that there is > distinctively more musicality from LMS running on Win7. This impression > was confirmed by my wife who did blind listening and gave her preference > to Win7. > > After that, I continued my tests with a comparison between analog and > digital outputs of the Touch with all TT3.0 mods enabled except tt -k > in order to be able to switch quicker between outputs. By now I can > confirm that the V-DAC Mk II definitely adds far more crisp and > musicality to the Touch output compared to analog. This was also > confirmed by my wife. The difference was far more perceptible than with > my previous V-DAC "Mk I" with which I made the same comparison a few > months ago with TT2.0 on my Touch. > > I will receive this week a V-PSU for my V-DAC II and I am eager to > continue these A-B listening tests, hoping I will still get further > improvements.
Have you been using TCPOptimizer and Fidelizer ( The LMS has to be down btw when starting up Fidelizer! ) under W7. I did also do some listening to the V-DAC II the other day. IMO a very nice DAC at a more than fair pricing. Cheers -- soundcheck ::: ' Touch Toolbox 3.0 and more' (http://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.com) ::: by soundcheck ------------------------------------------------------------------------ soundcheck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34383 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
