Adjusting acoustics after buying D1

[mikeana]

I am coming from a laptop, with jRiver, and a MF V90 Dac, which I consider good for the price, but thought it sounded a little "digital", strident, and grainy on the highs. I therefore unknowingly had adjusted the acoustics in my room to "tame" a bit the more aggressive "steely" highs. When playing Vivaldi's four seasons, my wife would say: "can you turn down the volume a little". When someone asks you to turn down the volume, I think that's a sign that some thing is wrong. I would then blame the recording as a "non- audiophile" recording.
After using my D1, the "analogue sound", sound staging, and better base at first left me feeling that the highs were not as aggressive as with my old Dac. Then I began to realize that maybe I had over dampened my room trying to tame the highs on the "strident" violin music.
I have taken out some of this unnecessary absorbing fiberglass panels and find that I now enjoy the "analogue sound", without the strident "turn the volume down", but with the liveliness of the highs.
It would be interesting to hear other peoples experiences when going to the D1.
Could it be that we get used to the strident "digital" sound, and only notice it when it is not present?

 

[EmiLiuZ]

I'm not familiar with the D1 in person but:

Room treatment is a dangerous thing. You really need to know what you're doing or get help by a professional in order to achieve something positive..

Just because that you hear a difference at first, doesn't necessarily mean that it's a good change. Better is better, but newer doesn't necessarily mean better.

I do not believe that "digital sound" needs to be strident or harsh. It's completely system dependent. It sounds like the Lumin D1 adds some warmness into your system, which your former DAC didn't achieve.

"When someone asks you to turn down the volume, I think that's a sign that some thing is wrong. I would then blame the recording as a "non- audiophile" recording." - My personal experience is that the higher volume you're able to play without you or others are starting to complain, the less there is "wrong" with your system. If people has the tendency of lowering the volume all the time, it's because their mind is "alerting" them and says it's a "danger signal".

You can compare it to a teacher scratching a blackboard.

A good system should be able to play non audiophile records as well


I'm just rambling about now! But hope some of these things makes sense

 

[erniejade]

I am a tube person. I went from a tube cd player and tube preamp so my room is basically good with tubes. Going to the D1 was a natural fit for me on sound. A smoother sound can give in illusion of not enough volume. All too often, people confuse ear fatigue with volume. People's level of fatigue is also different. I love volume but I hate fatigue.