Gscott
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I agree. I also use it with fixed volume, occasionally.
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Gscott
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Old school? When I got into home audio you couldn't find a receiver or integrated amp without bass, treble, loudness and tone controls. That's old school...LOL!I'm old school. No balance knob, no bass or treble. Just PEQ all the time for headphones or room correction
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If I read that thread correctly you have to set the maximum eq value to about -1.2db that will prevent the distortion caused by clipping.
Wiim's eq algorithm should evaluate the eq settings and then lower the volume accordingly to prevent clipping.
if you increase somes frequencies in eq mode, you will have to lower the output level proportionally...and add the few percent less to move away from the drc threshold..
we would have almost been able to manually realize it... without this drc and its impact! to avoid digital saturation
this drc from texas was not designed to compensate for an idiotic eq mode....
the situation therefore remains destitute over the months...(after months of digital clippings)
we would have almost been able to manually realize it... without this drc and its impact! to avoid digital saturation
this drc from texas was not designed to compensate for an idiotic eq mode....
the situation therefore remains destitute over the months...(after months of digital clippings)
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I know. I've meant ignoring their presence.
Just be careful not to exceed -1.2 dBFS sound level and you are safe.
my amp has a led that indicates digital clipping and with the above setting it does not light up.
So I guess I am good unless the distortion is introduced before that.
I would prefer to keep the volume fixed.
you will never have digital clipping with the drc...your vusmeter does not show you anything...
it seems to me that your correction is not comparable with one starting from odb...
and the digital volume "from texas" is shown rather transparent...
nothing to do with the impact of drc
it seems to me that your correction is not comparable with one starting from odb...
and the digital volume "from texas" is shown rather transparent...
nothing to do with the impact of drc
that s the same thing in my explication
the drc is for never have digital clippings.
the irony... is that by performing your correction "in negative" starting from 0db... you could even do without the small volume reduction to avoid the drc...and drc!! but it is not disengageable ( for the moment?)....
the drc is for never have digital clippings.
the irony... is that by performing your correction "in negative" starting from 0db... you could even do without the small volume reduction to avoid the drc...and drc!! but it is not disengageable ( for the moment?)....
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Ok so you are saying they do a small volume correction by default but that is not enough for their presets which boost more.
And if you keep all values at 0 or below you are good. But the additional volume reduction they do is unnecessary in that case.
And I would be fine to adjust the above settings so that the loudest correction is 0db.
sorry, I'm afraid we don't quite understand...
just make your correction but on 0db without anticipating this -1.2db.. and just lower your overall level on wiim home by 5%
I stop it..
my written expression is too catastrophic and risks bringing more confusion than positive things...
although the thing is not so complicated
sorry
all to try to get around a poorly done eq mode and the clumsy attempt to get around the thing with this drc
just make your correction but on 0db without anticipating this -1.2db.. and just lower your overall level on wiim home by 5%
I stop it..
my written expression is too catastrophic and risks bringing more confusion than positive things...
although the thing is not so complicated
sorry
all to try to get around a poorly done eq mode and the clumsy attempt to get around the thing with this drc
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All you have to do is not to reach a DRC threshold level which is between -1.2 and -1.1 dBFS. You can achieve it by different ways - lowering digital volume and/or maintaining EQ gain on the safe level.
I'm of the same old school
Mr Ee
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"volume settings per speaker" - aka balance?
My 30 year old Arcam Alpha 6 (still going strong, and sounding pretty good) that I have in my office setup has balance and tone controls.
What a blessing, as the speakers are most defiinitely in what could charitably be called a compromised position.
Bass, Treble and Balance are all being used!
(No wiim in this setup - tablet -> pocket usb dac -> amp)
My 30 year old Arcam Alpha 6 (still going strong, and sounding pretty good) that I have in my office setup has balance and tone controls.
What a blessing, as the speakers are most defiinitely in what could charitably be called a compromised position.
Bass, Treble and Balance are all being used!
(No wiim in this setup - tablet -> pocket usb dac -> amp)
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As long as I do not need these controls I do not use it. But if there is a (room)situation where it would be helpful I will surely use it. Surely not to change the recording! When the engineer set it up in 1972 with the gear of 1972 I leave it as it is. For me tone controls are a nice-to-have and another gimmick to play with. By the way: Till today I never owned an amp without tone-controls. And I owned a lot 
D1N0
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Measurements are just a indication of what is wrong or right with the sound. A measurement can be almost the same, while sound is different to the ears. I don't like the sound while playing with the WIIM app. It is too sibilant. This goes away using Chromecast. The reviewer says both measure almost the same yet it is a world of difference to me.
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