MQN

[Sligolad]

listened to 3.41 sse2, like it quite a lot, anyone else tried it ? Lively presentation without being harsh and amazing detail.

Tried it last night compared to 2.40 and found it a bit too lively and edgy on my system....that was after a lot of swapping around of MQN's so not a good time to do a comparison, will give it another run tonight and see how it sounds.

[2channelaudio]

listened to 3.41 sse2, like it quite a lot, anyone else tried it ? Lively presentation without being harsh and amazing detail.

3.39's treble is shinier, mellower, hence, seems as though 3.41 has more details. i think they are the same in resolution.
clarity between instruments seems better with 3.39.
3.41 seems better focus coz background music is quieter.

very difficult to choose between the two.
prefer 3.39 has a good bass layer in treble

Good bass layer in treble..... ?! what do you mean?

[2channelaudio]

listened to 3.41 sse2, like it quite a lot, anyone else tried it ? Lively presentation without being harsh and amazing detail.

Tried it last night compared to 2.40 and found it a bit too lively and edgy on my system....that was after a lot of swapping around of MQN's so not a good time to do a comparison, will give it another run tonight and see how it sounds.

If you like a more analog sound, try MQN 2.59...... its a nice revision.

[nige2000]

i kinda like the 3.41 sse2

jc is 3.39 avx v2 working with you

[jesuscheung]

i kinda like the 3.41 sse2

jc is 3.39 avx v2 working with you

no. distorted. sounds like midi

3.39 avx v2 > 3.39 avx
3.39 avx crackles.

[jesuscheung]

Good bass layer in treble..... ?! what do you mean?

rich treble while transparent while texture is kept.

(some treble fakes richness. bloated not transparent)

which 2.59 u like? thousands of 2.59...

[nige2000]

i kinda like the 3.41 sse2

jc is 3.39 avx v2 working with you

no. distorted. sounds like midi

3.39 avx v2 > 3.39 avx
3.39 avx crackles.

same here

[sima66]

i kinda like the 3.41 sse2

jc is 3.39 avx v2 working with you

no. distorted. sounds like midi

3.39 avx v2 > 3.39 avx
3.39 avx crackles.

same here

I can only find the 3.39 avx 2!
Is there a 3.39 avx V2?!

[nige2000]

sorry meant 3.39 avx 2

[m.massimo]

I listened to the latest versions up to sse2 3.41, sse2 and 1644 material only.
I changed back the control to 1.6, I prefer it over 512 that I used lately.
My last reference was sse2 3.26 sub + 512. sse2 3.41+1.6 is a real competitor, it's cleaner, better bass control, but a little bit shouting in the mid-highs, however it seems more correct globally, though I like sse2 3.26 sub + 1.6 a lot (voices particularly), it only had a better bass control.

Listened:
Pat Metheny - Secret story
Pat Metheny - One quiet night
Youn Sun Nah - Same girl

Has anyone tested HPET+useplatformclock versus SQ?
It's not really clear to me how this setting influence the SQ, my default was 2.08MHz (checked with WinTimerTester), I tested 3.58MHz and 14.32MHz as well. The latest introduces some harshness, the sound seems more detailed but drier too, the other two are quite similar. I'll go with 3.58MHz, the sound seems to me more convincing overall.

Another test I recently made is about mqnplay.exe priority. I wasn't able to change it through Tasker, it remained at normal. Now with the latest mqnload version that accepts .bat file I added

wmic process where name="mqnplay.exe" CALL setpriority 128

and it works, though realtime is not accepted.

Values are:
idle: 64
below normal: 16384
normal: 32
above normal: 32768
high priority: 128
real time: 256

In my opinion High priority is better than Normal, the sound seems less constrained (I kill mqncontrol.exe too). There's more air around instruments.

MQn is really an outstanding player, thank you sbgk.