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In Reply to: RE: bypassing media player upsampling, posted by seger on October 12, 2009 at 04:58:40
So if you had to choose, which would it be, upsampling or parametric Eq?
Funny, ever since the "perfect sound forever" format came into being people have been trying to make it live up to being perfect, or at least listenable for the long term. All these DAC's, software programs, upsampling, computer audio, tubed CDP, etc. are all just for one thing....take the digit sound out of digital. Kinda makes someone want to go back to vinyl.
Scrutiny Strengthens The Truth and Breaks Down Lies 音楽は天国と地球のかけ橋
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Neither. I haven't heard an EQ that improves the sound I have now. It's been quite a while since I looked into it (even tried Izotope ozone), so you can tell us when you find the perfect equalizer (mild sarcasm intended).
Vinyl? My music selection would be about 1% of what I have now, and while the sound is great if equipment and records are perfect, I can't afford the equipment, and the records break, scratch, warp, etc., so no thanks.
No such thing as a perfect [anything], but there are some good and great eq's out there...many people including myself like the Behringer DEQ2496 as an eq in the digital domain. I dont like software eq's or upsamplers...having said that I have also heard some good hardware upsamplers. But since I am a purist Audiophile I don't use such things...:)
Scrutiny Strengthens The Truth and Breaks Down Lies 音楽は天国と地球のかけ橋
There is no general solution. If you have a flat system in a good room and play good recordings no equalization should be necessary. Otherwise, it is more the person setting the equalizer than anything else.
For best results, settings will have to be adjusted on a record by record basis, and this can take hours of work per album. While this might be appropriate if you were being paid mastering engineer hourly rates, for an audiophile/music lover this is a waste of time, IMO. Just set up the system so that it sounds good on a wide range of recordings and live with the results. Even if you attend live concerts the equalization will change from seat to seat.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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