07-20-2020, 02:37 PM
grasshopper wrote:
I understand what you are saying. Before changing to MPD 0.22, I described the sound as "excellent". But there were problems with certain recordings, specifically aggressive Mercury Living Presence (e.g. Bloch, Prokofiev Scythian Suite). These recordings are much better now. The best that I have heard them. I thought they were "bad recordings". They are very challenging recordings. Switching to another MPD is a bit of a chore, especially if you have a large library (due to rescan), but the result was very eye opening and rewarding for me. Why does MPD 0.22 sound so much better?
Quote:What distortion please?
I get no distortion through mo0de whatsoever using known well recorded sources I am very familiar with, no audible (to me) noise through the speakers when music is not playing & I crank the pre-amp up high, the SQ is absolutely crystal clear on the standard setup using 32bit kernel, default MPD.
I listen to music at low / moderate volumes.
I also listen to music away from moOde using a DAP & quite sensitive IEM's & the only "distortion" is usually as a result of clipping in badly recorded music. This is more obvious using the IEM's, in moOde on a speaker setup listening to the same source file it is less obvious (although I can still hear it) but is a problem with the source music not something a tweak can remedy, I am happy to be corrected though.
I am intrigued what you mean by distortion though.
I understand what you are saying. Before changing to MPD 0.22, I described the sound as "excellent". But there were problems with certain recordings, specifically aggressive Mercury Living Presence (e.g. Bloch, Prokofiev Scythian Suite). These recordings are much better now. The best that I have heard them. I thought they were "bad recordings". They are very challenging recordings. Switching to another MPD is a bit of a chore, especially if you have a large library (due to rescan), but the result was very eye opening and rewarding for me. Why does MPD 0.22 sound so much better?
