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In the Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2

Post Subject: Masters and SlavesPosted by manisandher on: 2/6/2010

Romy, you may recall that I observed a similar phenomenon: "What I've noticed in the past is an HF 'halo' around instruments and voices which is absent in Master mode. It's not unpleasant, but I find it distracting. As a result, Master mode certainly sounds more relaxed and fluid. In any event, as I've intimated before, the difference is such that I 'can't' listen in any other mode."

Is this more pronounced with 176.4/192 material? I think it is. Nowadays, I 'upsample' all 16/44.1 material to 176.4, using a form of upsampling called 'Arc Prediction' in XXHighEnd. I much prefer the filtering in the software (which the developer claims has zero pre- and post-ringing) to the 'dated' PMD100 filter in the Model Two. At this rate, using the Model Two in anything other than Master Mode is unlistenable... for exactly the reasons you site.

Romy the Cat wrote:
It would be interesting if Pacific would have an option to slave it to the source’s clock not only vice-versa.

But you can by switching to REF_CLK!

Mani.

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