sbgk wrote:just uploaded 2.66 sse2 intel dqa dqa, sounds quite good to me.
-2.67 sse4 v1 > 2.67 sse4 v2. uncontested winner.
-2.66 sse4 v3 is very revealing but bright.
-2.67 sse4 v1 is very revealing but lacks musicality. a little dry. reminds me of HQPlayer, which is much dryer and not revealing at all (but has good focus and simple stage. HQPlayer was my good old favorite now abandoned)
-2.66 sse4 v2 has good musicality. lacks weight/texture/depth/power. maybe too smooth? the most polite version. tiring after a while.
-2.66 sse2 intel dqa dqa. good and all that... lacks a little of this and that... am not yet a fan of sse2.
-however, sse2 tends to have a better layer of bass. clearer and not dirty and usually feels very correct. however, stage is not full and powerful. but can be compensated by louder volume. not sure good or bad.... after thinking about it. i do like sse2 lol.
-sse4 tends to be brighter with less texture. sse4 often has brightness issues. sse4 is smoother, more airy, less earaches.