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lekt wrote: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.

both versions are very smooth sounding. like silk here.
rax has very very free+smooth sounding.

think i prefer r9. myabe my new favorite.

av72, r9, rax have many many good things that old versions don't.

actually, rax > r9

jesuscheung wrote:actually, rax > r9

r9 sounds like as v3.55.5 ses2, more thickness, rax more thin (and mayby a bit flat?). r9 balance not good as rax.
need test sound stage, seems av72 stage better so depth more "enough", but its mid a bit strong, sharp, and music have strong feeling. need test more..

r9 is good but rax is best here - has all the detail, interplay, involvement, bass, musicality with a laid-back presentation.
av72 has slight over-pushy ear-ache.

goon-heaven wrote:r9 is good but rax is best here - has all the detail, interplay, involvement, bass, musicality with a laid-back presentation.
av72 has slight over-pushy ear-ache.

yea, rax is overall best!
only reason to listen to other versions is coz of musicality differences.

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with rax(and recent versions too), i think UAC must be windows default for best SQ.

windows updated by itself yesterday... i was like... sh*t...
lekt player still works! SQ better

goo, did you still change the clockrate? seems all things better with clockrate for buffer=256 for recent versions

goon-heaven wrote: av72 has slight over-pushy ear-ache.

yea, little bit... apart from that, av72 sounds very goood
rax is best... but r9, av72 and rax have different musicalities

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my favorite bass goes to av72 i think... not sure... all 3 versions are very good

windows updated by itself and SQ better!
try look up and show dll version in your new OS. in my case current version as follow:

ntdll.dll 10586.122
kernel32.dll 10586.0
kernelbase.dll 10586.162
combase.dll 10586.103
MMDevAPI.dll 10586.0
audioses.dll 10586.122
audiokse.dll 10586.122
avrt.dll 10586.0

goon-heaven, i think we also will update windows in this time for better SQ.

OK. Plugged in the damned ethernet cable... upgraded..

ntdll.dll 10586.306
kernel32.dll 10586.0
kernelbase.dll 10586.306
combase.dll 10586.103
MMDevAPI.dll 10586.0
audioses.dll 10586.122
audiokse.dll 10586.122
avrt.dll 10586.0

What KBs upgrades were applied to your OS?

goon-heaven wrote: This is what I had before upgrade, since Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:07 pm:

ntdll.dll 10586.122
kernel32.dll 10586.0
kernelbase.dll 10586.162
combase.dll 10586.103
MMDevAPI.dll 10586.0
audioses.dll 10586.122
audiokse.dll 10586.122
avrt.dll 10586.0

Why the upgrade?