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Re: MQN
I shall have another listen to 2.66 V3 this evening. My first impression was - yes it's a bit bright - but not that I couldn't live with (except a few albums with savage treble anyway). V2 - on first listen - sounded both more musical and detailed, with better separation. I think the bass is a bit flabby in the bottom octave or two, but not too bad.
What optimisations are people running on W8? I tried the CAD script but it stopped MQn running at all. I do have firewall shut off, networking disabled and I run Windows 7 shell. I also have SGBK's recommended clock setting in the registry.
Contemplating going for W8.1...
Mark
What optimisations are people running on W8? I tried the CAD script but it stopped MQn running at all. I do have firewall shut off, networking disabled and I run Windows 7 shell. I also have SGBK's recommended clock setting in the registry.
Contemplating going for W8.1...
Mark
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Re: MQN
tones OS of settings cause harshness!Aleg wrote: @JC:
Know of any specific OS-setting that cause this sharpeness?
I used just CAD's optimiser on top of a new 2012-R2 which has switched off firewall, etc.
I think I still have HPET turned on in BIOS.
Cheers
Aleg
-not disabling dynamic disk.
-disabling logging services (processes will still attempt to log but services not available. exceptions & un-handled exceptions everywhere)
-not using aero in win7 (need aero to offload GPU process from CPU)
-disabling cache font services
-using cleartype (consume more CPU cycle than not using it)
-firewall, virus-scan
-not disabling DEP
-disable too many services
another 100 of tweaks you have be harshness-free. haha...
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Re: MQN
I can do that ? copy the files directly from JRiver ?? I fiddle about with explorer, etc. The Hotkey sounds like a good idea, though.cvrle59 wrote:Did you try to copy files straight from JRiver and paste them into MQn.bat? I do it all the time. I like JRIver's GUI, and it's very convenient rather than moving around through folders with explorer. If you notice somewhere back in the thread, I posted how to activate HotKey, so I do not even leave JRiver at all, I call MQn.bat by HotKey straight from where ever I copy files from.
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Re: MQN
Well, lots of thing to check then ;-/
I just disabled HPET and onboard Audio in my BIOS, and I do actually believe it removes some of the over-the-top sharpness.
I have to relisten to some of the music I listened to earlier this afternoon and see if I'm not kidding myself. It is still more sharpish than V2 but I think somewhat more reduced than before.
Fascinating :-)
Cheers
Aleg
I just disabled HPET and onboard Audio in my BIOS, and I do actually believe it removes some of the over-the-top sharpness.
I have to relisten to some of the music I listened to earlier this afternoon and see if I'm not kidding myself. It is still more sharpish than V2 but I think somewhat more reduced than before.
Fascinating :-)
Cheers
Aleg
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Re: MQN
I guess that we need "JC Script of PC optimization". ;-)jesuscheung wrote:tones OS of settings cause harshness!Aleg wrote: @JC:
Know of any specific OS-setting that cause this sharpeness?
I used just CAD's optimiser on top of a new 2012-R2 which has switched off firewall, etc.
I think I still have HPET turned on in BIOS.
Cheers
Aleg
-not disabling dynamic disk.
-disabling logging services (processes will still attempt to log but services not available. exceptions & un-handled exceptions everywhere)
-not using aero in win7 (need aero to offload GPU process from CPU)
-disabling cache font services
-using cleartype (consume more CPU cycle than not using it)
-firewall, virus-scan
-not disabling DEP
-disable too many services
another 100 of tweaks you have be harshness-free. haha...
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Re: MQN
maybe i will do a script one day... too lazy...sima66 wrote:I guess that we need "JC Script of PC optimization". ;-)jesuscheung wrote:tones OS of settings cause harshness!Aleg wrote: @JC:
Know of any specific OS-setting that cause this sharpeness?
I used just CAD's optimiser on top of a new 2012-R2 which has switched off firewall, etc.
I think I still have HPET turned on in BIOS.
Cheers
Aleg
-not disabling dynamic disk.
-disabling logging services (processes will still attempt to log but services not available. exceptions & un-handled exceptions everywhere)
-not using aero in win7 (need aero to offload GPU process from CPU)
-disabling cache font services
-using cleartype (consume more CPU cycle than not using it)
-firewall, virus-scan
-not disabling DEP
-disable too many services
another 100 of tweaks you have be harshness-free. haha...
Re: MQN
Go back to page 25, 3rd post from the top, by me....Peter Stockwell wrote:I can do that ? copy the files directly from JRiver ?? I fiddle about with explorer, etc. The Hotkey sounds like a good idea, though.cvrle59 wrote:Did you try to copy files straight from JRiver and paste them into MQn.bat? I do it all the time. I like JRIver's GUI, and it's very convenient rather than moving around through folders with explorer. If you notice somewhere back in the thread, I posted how to activate HotKey, so I do not even leave JRiver at all, I call MQn.bat by HotKey straight from where ever I copy files from.
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Re: MQN
It seems that disabling HPET only in the bios has no effect.Aleg wrote:Well, lots of thing to check then ;-/
I just disabled HPET and onboard Audio in my BIOS, and I do actually believe it removes some of the over-the-top sharpness.
I have to relisten to some of the music I listened to earlier this afternoon and see if I'm not kidding myself. It is still more sharpish than V2 but I think somewhat more reduced than before.
Fascinating :-)
Cheers
Aleg
See: http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10757 ... e-and-fps/
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Re: MQN
Adolfo thanks for reminding me of that.adolfo.a.aguiar wrote:It seems that disabling HPET only in the bios has no effect.Aleg wrote:Well, lots of thing to check then ;-/
I just disabled HPET and onboard Audio in my BIOS, and I do actually believe it removes some of the over-the-top sharpness.
I have to relisten to some of the music I listened to earlier this afternoon and see if I'm not kidding myself. It is still more sharpish than V2 but I think somewhat more reduced than before.
Fascinating :-)
Cheers
Aleg
See: http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10757 ... e-and-fps/
Adolfo
I just created a new 2012 R2 installation and forgot useplatformclock is not enabled by default.
Switching HPET in BIOS does have an effect, but turning it on in BIOS and not setting useplatformclock means it does not use HPET only but a mixture of clocks.
I wiil look at some combinations (in the meantime I already had turned HPET back on, but left onboard Audio off), now I will compare with and without useplatformclock.
Cheers
Aleg
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