DSEE - A retraction

[navsimpson]

Alright, I said DSEE makes a slight difference before - and now I take it back. I can't hear any difference at all - I think I must have been imagining it. Am I the only one who can't hear any difference? Or is there something I'm missing or not doing right?

-Nav

[bob123_]

No you're not the only one. I can't hear any difference either. Do you have high quality headphones? I don't so have put it down to that fact.

[kerfuffle]

No difference for me, either. O.O

[imagine_]

I can definitely hear a difference in some songs. In others, I can't hear any difference. It has to do with the bitrate.. the lower the bitrate, the more difference you will hear I think. If above 256 kbps, you won't hear a difference!

[kerfuffle]

O.O All my songs are in Atrac3plus at 64kbps, and I couldn't hear any difference.

[navsimpson]

Okay good, it's not just me... I'm using a Soundblaster Audigy 2 card w/ Grado Headphones, which to my ears sound pretty good. But I've tried it on high and low bitrate tracks and no luck. I've also searched through the options and there's nothing related to it in there.

Still - there was a comment by someone who said they'd done an analysis in Adobe Audition and that it revealed that some higher frequencies were being added. Maybe my ears just aren't sensitive enough?

[wichi]

There is a difference....My songs are at Atrac 64k and the high-end is affected ie. the cymbals come through more than without DSEE. But that's the only difference really. On the NW players themselves there is no difference in sound quality...only when you listen to music on the pc.

I supose with some headphones or loudspeakers the DSEE may not make much difference. Still, at least Sony have added to the player in some way - made a step forward. It may improve drastically in future updates.....he hopes!!!