FIR 2
Stock:
TotalCrapRev2
LP
TCr2 filter is down a couple of dB at 70kHz whereas stock is flat to 100kHz.
LP_FIR2 is a different approach altogether. It's aimed at minimising ringing and ripple so stopband starts far higher than the other two, and attenuation is around -140dB vs -85-90dB for the other two.
Stock:
TotalCrapRev2
LP
TCr2 filter is down a couple of dB at 70kHz whereas stock is flat to 100kHz.
LP_FIR2 is a different approach altogether. It's aimed at minimising ringing and ripple so stopband starts far higher than the other two, and attenuation is around -140dB vs -85-90dB for the other two.
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I hadn't investigated the higher fs filters, so thanks for that.
What I'd been having a look at is SoX upsampling with various combinations on audio...
The following are all taken at 20.208 seconds from the start of So What.
Default FIR1 and FIR2
CRaPMagic 44.1 FIR1 and Default FIR2
CRaPMagic FIR1 and FIR2
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A couple of days ago you were cheerleading for +/-0.5dB passband ripple if it meant an ideal stop band.
If you want an example of detail of passband:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digi...filter-brewing-soekris-r2r-9.html#post4267262
Attached image shows passband with a range +/-0.00002dB.
http://www.audiosignal.co.uk/Resources/Why_do_equalisers_sound_different_A4.pdf
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Revision of the Statistics 
I made spectrograms from my HD recordings and found several "types" which perhaps would benefit from different types of filters. @ Soren, It would be nice if a later firmware would allow easy filter switching. If possible filter switching during playback and without serial connection, e.g. by giving the input select pins a (optional) new functionality would be nice.
Back to the spectrograms, in order as they appear below:
1. "only audio band type", only content below 22kHz.
(example from: Bizzarrie Armonichoniche; Biber Rosenkranz Sonaten; Label ARTS)
2. "DSD type", considerable noise in the high frequencies content below say 22kHz.
(example from: Florilegium; Pergolesi Stabat Mater; Channel Classics)
3. HF content and incresing noise to the HF end
(example from: Dunedin Consort; Bach Mass in B Minor; Linn Records)
4. moderate HF content below say 35kHZ (with fs 192kHz)
(example from: Henkel; Tchaikovsky Concerto for Violin and Orchestra D major Op. 35; Altana)
5. HF up to the limit, calling for HF-CRAP
(example from: Dunford; Dowland Lachrimae; Alpha)
Also for 44.1-material at least two filters would be good
6. Content up to the Limit, calling for CRAP
(example from: PHILIPPE JORDAN; Verdi Requiem; Erato)
7. Content staying clean away from the frequency limit.
(example from: Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Bach The Art of Fuge; Deutsche Grammophon)
To conclude, I admit 1.) on the HD recordings are not always the interpretations you want to listen to, and I will (also) continue to listen CDs/LPs.
2.) I not always hear what I see on the spectrograms.
I made spectrograms from my HD recordings and found several "types" which perhaps would benefit from different types of filters. @ Soren, It would be nice if a later firmware would allow easy filter switching. If possible filter switching during playback and without serial connection, e.g. by giving the input select pins a (optional) new functionality would be nice.
Back to the spectrograms, in order as they appear below:
1. "only audio band type", only content below 22kHz.
(example from: Bizzarrie Armonichoniche; Biber Rosenkranz Sonaten; Label ARTS)
2. "DSD type", considerable noise in the high frequencies content below say 22kHz.
(example from: Florilegium; Pergolesi Stabat Mater; Channel Classics)
3. HF content and incresing noise to the HF end
(example from: Dunedin Consort; Bach Mass in B Minor; Linn Records)
4. moderate HF content below say 35kHZ (with fs 192kHz)
(example from: Henkel; Tchaikovsky Concerto for Violin and Orchestra D major Op. 35; Altana)
5. HF up to the limit, calling for HF-CRAP
(example from: Dunford; Dowland Lachrimae; Alpha)
Also for 44.1-material at least two filters would be good
6. Content up to the Limit, calling for CRAP
(example from: PHILIPPE JORDAN; Verdi Requiem; Erato)
7. Content staying clean away from the frequency limit.
(example from: Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Bach The Art of Fuge; Deutsche Grammophon)
To conclude, I admit 1.) on the HD recordings are not always the interpretations you want to listen to, and I will (also) continue to listen CDs/LPs.
2.) I not always hear what I see on the spectrograms.
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Not to clutter up this knowledgeable thread with beginners question I’ve started Beginners Filter brewing thread for the Soekris R2R
Hope some of you have the patience to visit?
Hope some of you have the patience to visit?
First thanks for all the work and graphs...
"short" or "long" is related to the number of coefficients?
Its this recoding, 24/88.2, from the second trac:
John Dowland : Lachrimæ (Pièces pour luth & airs) | John Dowland par Thomas Dunford
I bought it at the time from Linnrecords, but they do not list it anymore. I assume the HD track you get from the above link is the same.
P.S. if you are intrested in such things, here something with even higher "content" up to 70 kHz
http://www.linnrecords.com/recording-ludwig-van-beethoven--piano-concertos-3-4-5.aspx
Spectrogram in the next post
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Thank you zfe!
Hope it’s not gut strings or woman voice we see vibrating at 40kHz peaks? If so it explains a lot when my woman tell me “I asked you to do it last week!”
Last one you posted give a lot of noise for your money I would say. Is it noise shaped dither we see?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRlohQw-1DY#t=405
Hope it’s not gut strings or woman voice we see vibrating at 40kHz peaks? If so it explains a lot when my woman tell me “I asked you to do it last week!”
Last one you posted give a lot of noise for your money I would say. Is it noise shaped dither we see?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRlohQw-1DY#t=405
Not to clutter up this knowledgeable thread with beginners question I’ve started Beginners Filter brewing thread for the Soekris R2R
Hope some of you have the patience to visit?
Not sure why? I was a beginner when I started this thread. The content of this thread documents a learning curve as members try to nut out what works and what doesn't. You would have been better off asking questions here.
Maybe this chapter could be useful Chapter 2: FIR filters - Digital Filter Design - mikroElektronika
Additionally I guess all the information that hifiduino has gathered in his blog regarding the filters, could also be useful for this thread. Maybe you could ask permission from him to also use it here, in the first page of this thread. https://hifiduino.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/building-soekris-r-2r-dac/
Finally, does anybody know if a firmware upgrade could increase the precision of the coefficients? Right now dam uses 32 bit coefficients, with up to 67 bit MAC accumulator. MSB tech uses 36bit coefficients and 80bit computation 16 x Digital Filter
Additionally I guess all the information that hifiduino has gathered in his blog regarding the filters, could also be useful for this thread. Maybe you could ask permission from him to also use it here, in the first page of this thread. https://hifiduino.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/building-soekris-r-2r-dac/
Finally, does anybody know if a firmware upgrade could increase the precision of the coefficients? Right now dam uses 32 bit coefficients, with up to 67 bit MAC accumulator. MSB tech uses 36bit coefficients and 80bit computation 16 x Digital Filter
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