I have a D30 on my sound system, with an Emotiva BasX PT-100 preamp and Genelec 6020A powered speakers.
I have a D40 on my sound+video system with Genelec 1029A powered speakers and 7050A active subwoofer.
The D40 menu and the manual that explains it are minimal (and confusing for users who are not familiar with all the technology). As usual, the Loxjie website and tech support are unhelpful. (This company has NEVER responded to a single email message requesting help).
What I am after, always, is the most faithful reproduction of what the artist of a work had in mind. I don't like blindly changing parameters without knowing exactly what they are going to do. For example, does one choice boost the midrange, to emphasize dialog in a movie? Does another roll off the bass response during peaks, making it more suitable for watching a film at night, or what?
I'd be grateful for anything you could tell me about each of the following settings, and how it might be used:
(1. ) SPDIF Mode - The manual says
"SP1 mode, only use the digital receiver chip (DIR) to process the SPDIF signal,
Used to support 44.1-192kHz."
and
"SP2 mode, in this mode D40 will use the XMOS processor to process the
optical/coaxial signal, so that it can have more powerful computing power and can
handle various complex tasks including MQA, DoP"
I don't think I use anything that requires MQA and I don't know what DoP is. Should I always be using SP1 (assuming that I can learn to use the menu well enough to keep from always accidently selecting SP2)?
(2.) What do each of the Sound Color settings actually do (SC1, SC2, SC3, SC4)? I have had some issues with the default (SC1) hearing the dialog on some Netflix movies.
Thank you.
BTW - To answer a previous post, there doesn't seem to be an option to not to use any of the Sound Color settings. Mine was set to SC1 and the only other options are SC2, SC3, and SC4. No bypass or anything that implies you could opt for no sound coloration.