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lekt wrote:......
compare v3.60.2 av136 vs v3.60.2 CC00 , what better
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I prefer av136... It has extra bass and mid emotion for vocal

Test tomorrow... Laptop in bad mood...

Take back what I said.
CC00 better bass
av136 better mid

3.60.3 is a bit thin in comparison
3.60.4 has a bit of earaches in comparison

I think CC00 better

My favorite goes to the 0CCh family. And the ses2 family

Actually now I prefer av136 over CC00. Both versions more details and serious over older versions

Now i mostly listen to av136 and 0CCh and sometimes ses2

i think av136 have most correct sound stage size, stability. v3.60.4 CC00 softness not true, make sound having a bit effect such as strong, power, its vocal not clean.

goon-heaven wrote:v3.60 256 av200 or v3.60.1 256 play once only. Then reboot necessary to get either to play.

av200 has it all - best yet (not yet heard ses2) then have to reboot.

hi goon-heaven, did you change setting for MMCSS by reg key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile\Tasks\Pro Audio ?
if yes, try restore to default:
Affinity: 0
Background Only: False
Clock Rate: 0x00002710 (1000)
GPU Priority: 8
Priority: 1
Scheduling Category: High
SFIO Priority: Normal

and test v3.60 xx, i've suspected this setting coz last versions rewriten code of function about MMCSS. thx.

Yes, differences were priority 8, and a couple of low-latency settings. Removed the low-latency settings, changed priority to 1 so as to match your settings, rebooted, lekt v3.60 still play once only requiring a reboot.

I will re-install cleean OS next week.

av136 sounds very good.

uploaded v3.61 256 av72

try compare to v3.54.3 gs30 , SQ better, very good bass. but vocal ??

lekt wrote:uploaded v3.61 256 av72

try compare to v3.54.3 gs30 , SQ better, very good bass. but vocal ??

best yet! love the bass. love the sound.

Yes 3.61 is excellent - great sq, great bass, great vocal.
Replays without reboot too.

uploaded:
v3.61.1 256 r9
v3.61.2 256 rax

improved softness. think v3.61.2 rax better, sound much refined, balanced. i like its vibration.
v3.61 xx have good power, energy, all versions can give music having good feeling, emotion.