Originally Posted by LuXx ➡️

Im using my HD800 with a Schiit Valhalla 2 tube amp, sounds amazing! Great combo!!!!!

If you can match this sound I'd be so beyond sold personally!

Originally Posted by V4nger ➡️

I've found the most realistic sound to be found when I sit back from my desk so that my eyes are focused further afield on my computer monitor. That way the rooms seem to come alive in my mind and I have genuinely felt like I'm listening to some speakers in front of me. I feel like the psychological trick can be found by changing how I am sat, what I'm looking at and so on.

The clearest example for me is when I stand up and listen to the archon far fields. Then I really do feel like I'm standing in front of some full range speakers with bottomless sub bass filling the virtual room.

Most of the rest of the time it just feels like a more realistic sound.

And now I am appreciating the decision by Steven to always project the ideal volume of each set of speakers and simulations regardless of the gain of the input level going into VSX. Very clever and I don't think it needs a dynamic operation anymore. However, because of this ideal level operation, the headphones need to be at a certain output level to get that real sense of the room and speakers because the behaviour of each simulation is maintained at a particular real world level which needs to be more of less matched by the headphones to feel genuinely realistic. And this isn't always the best level for making decisions for the project. All the same, VSX is invaluable!

It is just so fascinating for me as an engineer who works completely digitally and has never set foot into proper mix rooms. To hear such detail and depth of sound. I can't really get over it, ha!

Originally Posted by GMSweet ➡️

Steve, thanks for the great release. It came out right as I was looking for new headphones to use with Wave ARS3. The system approach of hardware and software designed to work together makes so much more sense to me.

Just thinking out loud here, but is there any chance we could get a room with Focals, ADAMs, or Genelecs in it? In all seriousness, they don't even have to be free updates (shock, gasp, the horror!). Add on room packs could be a thing. I would envision a great sounding space, but with the ability to throw a bunch of different near, mid, and far options. Or perhaps, some of the manufacturers would let you model their listening rooms. Let's say a Focal collection of their HiFi, studio, and car collections were available for purchase, I would likely buy it and still be saving to buy a pair of Focal Shape 65 or Twins.

Matt