Does the X-FI "cryslizer" make your sound really bad?

crystalizer thingy can make a particularly poor set of speakers sound better, but it isnt much cop on a decent set. the better your audio components are, the less you need things like crystalizer.


//there are exceptions, and it can make certain poor recordings sound a bit better too. despite what some 'audiophiles' would tell you.
 
I love its effect on my Z-5500... have it on all the time in fact for pretty much everything. Different people different tastes; if it sounds better to you turn it on and obviously the other way round if you don't like it
 
Xon said:
I love its effect on my Z-5500...
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I quote" crystalizer thingy can make a particularly poor set of speakers sound better, but it isnt much cop on a decent set"

On a good system it'll sound worse, ergo if you find it sounds better with it on, your system isn't very good. Most likely because sat system, and cryslizer was probably designed for that.
 
not always though. like i said, it doesnt just make a poor system sound better, i can make some poor recordings sound better too (which is actually what its meant for). on a crap system or a decent one. its nothing you cant do with a bit of editing yourself, but for an on-the fly feature you can turn on or off, it has a few uses:)
 
badbob said:
I quote" crystalizer thingy can make a particularly poor set of speakers sound better, but it isnt much cop on a decent set"

On a good system it'll sound worse, ergo if you find it sounds better with it on, your system isn't very good. Most likely because sat system, and cryslizer was probably designed for that.
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Actually when I connected it to the hi fi I still prefered it with crystalizer; like I said, we like differnet things it isn't as simple as if it sounds better with it on then its a crap system :confused:
 
Its also worth remembering that the majority of people dont tend to have music on their PC in non lossy formats or at very high bitrates.

i still have some MP3's that I ripped YEEEARS ago back when CD ROM drives still had "DAE" ratings! I did those at 128kbit and havent bothered re-ripping since.

The crystalizer at around 30% does make them sound better on my Z-5400's. For decent lossless stuff though it sounds better off.

Whatever works I guess :)
 
I have it on for most stuff, I just like the extra punch it gets from it, on some stuff I can't even tell a difference, but some of the poorer MP3s I have its a very nice boost.
 
I have mine set to 100% and the x-fi volume set to 79% to reduce distortion. I'm using the Logitech Z5550 speakers.

When I use my Shure e4c and E500 earphones I turn off the crystalliser, it's not needed.
 
As stated above for a poor audio source such as low quality MP3s Crystalizer does seem to make it sound better, deeper basses, more range.

However, if your music is ripped at a very high quality you're better off leaving it off as it only serves to distort the music. Definitely for classical music on a high bit-rate it destroys the music.
 
Out of interest, what is the definition of high end high quality speakers? I personally would consider the Z5500 high end, unless you are referring to proper hi-fi speakers?
 
I'd class Logitech as high end "PC 5.1" speakers. In the area of what I'm used to, I'd call them low end 5.1 HTIB.

High is depending on your budget and what you're used to. I'l call high end with products that are just shy of 5 figures per component.
 
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