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Re: MQN
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:58 pm
by nige2000
Tryed Flamingo sketches myself its almost likeable now
which is better than my ears bleeding like it used to
the high res is a miss though
what sort of detail would that have?
Re: MQN
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:03 pm
by tony
nige2000 wrote:Tryed Flamingo sketches myself its almost likeable now
which is better than my ears bleeding like it used to
the high res is a miss though
what sort of detail would that have?
'its almost likeable now' Mmm me thinks you still have a bit to learn!
Oh Found out why I had such problems with MQn on the first use. The Caetano Veloso/David Byrne tracks had odd characters(not the performers) é etc hence MQn bombing out.
Re: MQN
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:20 pm
by Fran
I tried 2.52 sse2 tonight - very impressive. This was just off a laptop running W8. Sound from jplay streaming between the same laptop and the zuma - well jplay was fuller and more body, and texture and soundstage depth. A bit more sibilance with the MQN too. BUT that is a totally unfair comparison, so I think the next test is to run it on the zuma (optimised) and see how she goes.
Very impressive work though, and the critical thing, far more important than the fact that there are multiple versions, file supports, improvements etc is that the developer is posting what he's doing to change the sound. THAT is the the most important thing.
Fran
Re: MQN
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:41 pm
by tony
Fran wrote:I tried 2.52 sse2 tonight - very impressive. This was just off a laptop running W8. Sound from jplay streaming between the same laptop and the zuma - well jplay was fuller and more body, and texture and soundstage depth. A bit more sibilance with the MQN too. BUT that is a totally unfair comparison, so I think the next test is to run it on the zuma (optimised) and see how she goes.
Very impressive work though, and the critical thing, far more important than the fact that there are multiple versions, file supports, improvements etc is that the developer is posting what he's doing to change the sound. THAT is the the most important thing.
Fran
Good post Fran as it demonstrates that the PC spec/System spec also still matters. Jplay is polished, MQn is diy by comparison and no hires. At least now there are a variety of ways of implementing good quality CA and people can decide a route depending on their budget. I wonder how Jplay would sound on your laptop compared to MQn? Is that an easy test to try? I will compare it maybe later using the prima luna and spendors and just one laptop
Re: MQN
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:19 pm
by Modest
nige2000 wrote:
is there anyone else trying these??
or am i uploading for the crack
john is there much sq difference between sse2 and sse4 ?
ive only tried sse2 once..
Yep Nige ,hope to try 2.53 this evening after thrilling sse4 version .
Re: MQN
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:27 pm
by nige2000
Modest wrote:nige2000 wrote:
is there anyone else trying these??
or am i uploading for the crack
john is there much sq difference between sse2 and sse4 ?
ive only tried sse2 once..
Yep Nige ,hope to try 2.53 this evening after thrilling sse4 version .
good
i dont mind doing it as long as its been made use of
ps we will probably be on v 2.60 by tonight
i often downloaded in morning listened to in the evening check online to then realize there's been four versions since morning
Re: MQN
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:26 pm
by Claus
I thought it was fun to read his stats as to which countries downloaded most... Have a new Sandisk in the post for Server with MQN testing... ;)
Re: MQN
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:28 pm
by Fran
Ah skip 2.6 - we're on v3.1!!
Can someone tell me hte difference between sse2 and sse4? Something to do with dual or quad cores?
Fran
Re: MQN
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:40 pm
by nige2000
Version 2 is for usb dacs
Version 3 is something else
sse s are an instruction set the newer sse4 seems better so far
sse2 is for older cpus
if you look up your cpu it will tell you which instruction sets are compatible
fran your ok for sse4
I think all I series intel cpus are ok
dont hold me to that though
Re: MQN
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:06 pm
by Fran
sse4 works ok so I'll stick with that.....