Hi folks,
Does anyone know if the varese will go into auto standby after 20 mins? Or only if auto stanby is on? Or its unavoidable for the system to go into standby.
This is from the manual:
Hi Tommy,
Welcome to the forum. Auto standby is a setting under the user’s control, it can be switched off. However it is enabled by default, as required by the ErP, which is a requirement for the product to pass certification.
The passage you quote from the User’s Guide is just intended to warn you about that fact. Instructions how to disable it are right above that.
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Thx Andrew,
One more q please, im a bit confused on filters. You recommend a filter for orchestral and one for rock. Which is best for jazz, or electronic music? Which is good across the board? Filter 6 seems to be default, but doesnt work with 48khz tracks - so what happens with those?
Hi again,
This is a recurring question, if you search on the forum you will find countless threads where this has been debated.
The TL;DR is that F1 represents a great general-purpose filter. Several folks here use it as their go-to. Others use F3 and their are probably even others who use others too. There are no right or wrong answers.
The double-click is:
- The filter choices are a legacy of our professional (studio) past. We wanted to offer the flexibility to optimize the sound to recording and mastering engineers. While some consumer end-users are interested in this level of flexibility the majority are likely not and find it bewildering.
- We have tried to mask this from users in that latter category with the Signal Path presets. Users wishing to double click can then change those and create their own custom setting.
- There is no right and wrong here. When we offer a choice it is by definition a question of taste, similar to seasoning in food, some prefer more, some prefer less or none at all.
- In this case the different filter profiles represent different compromises between impulse response and frequency response, which are unavoidable in real-world realisations of low-pass filters.
- I personally find the association with different musical genres an oversimplification. Theoretically the ”best” DAC filter is the one closest to the one used in the ADC process. But (i) different tracks of the mix may have gone through different ADC processes, (ii) some electronic instruments may have been recorded digitally with no ADC at all. And (iii) even if only one ADC was used the consumer has no way of knowing which that was!
- So, if you want to tweak, feel free to experiment and compare. You may well find that your preference differs from recording-to-recording. If not, pick one and enjoy!
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Tommy, I am guessing that you may be new to dCS as the choice of filters for Varese are the same for other DAC units and have broadly been so since the first domestic model back before ethe turn of the century.
The filters suggested in the manual are exactly that - suggestions. Their descriptions whilst appropriate may not represent what your ear prefers; e.g. does your hearing put transient response before image rejection? Do you like Gaussian response in comparison to asymmetrical? I will be very surprised if you are able to state a preference without listening and comparing the actual sound with your own music and system.
You can use suggestions in the manual as staring points but you may find that other combinations of file resolution and filter are more suited for you. I. for my personal choices, hate filter 2 for classical music after a few minutes finding it sounds too saccharine. I also do not favour filter 3 for other genres.However. feel free to disagree.
Note that the filter numbers alone do NOT describe the filter, justthe position in which it is being offered. So the same filter number can represent different filters depending upon the sample rate and file type ( PCM or DSD) being played.
Until you have gained experience I can only suggest that you experiment. Start by taking the most common file format ( probably 44.1 PCM) and take time to try it with various filters. Once you decide what you like move on one by one to other formats. Take all of the time you need and be open to changing your mind if needed. Varese will remember your choices so this exercise may take some item at the beginning but once you are happy you can forget about it.
Importantly there are no “right” choices, we all have our personal preferences. Believe me , if there was a “right” choice universally applicable to all listeners, then dCS would only offer that.
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