Patrik T wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 02:40 |
Simple question: Have you found the processing options so valuable for your work, that you know your "grand total" outcome would be "less stellar" if you hadn't the HEDD available? Best Regards Patrik |
jdg wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 14:39 |
i am the only person i know that dislikes the HEDD. the version i had, the AD started distorting about -3dBFS. below that, it did sound pretty good. |
jdg wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 15:39 |
i am the only person i know that dislikes the HEDD. the version i had, the AD started distorting about -3dBFS. below that, it did sound pretty good. i also did not like the DAC. i had the DAC in the avocet as my DAC for a while, and was happy to see it go. why am i so weird (please dont answer that) but i did like the processing on the HEDD |
bblackwood wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 21:11 |
the HEDD's ADC can get level like few other boxes (if you're so inclined)... |
jdg wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 15:39 |
i am the only person i know that dislikes the HEDD. why am i so weird (please dont answer that) |
Ed Littman wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 16:45 |
hummm....I should also rephrase my claim. ...not say hit hard but pushed cause on certain material like sustained distorted guitars would create artifacts before the adc was clipped. Ed |
dietrich wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 17:24 | ||
So maybe I would think the g14 sounds good too? and that the 5500 is good with the op amps and the 550m's are overated? |
lowland wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 15:38 |
my particular unit is sort of 'intermediate' in the development path, a few years old but with upgraded converters, and it's interesting that a couple of people seem to be saying that newer units didn't work for them - certainly I've had no sense of the ADC distorting at -3dBFS or otherwise folding. |
Greg Reierson wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 16:55 |
There are so many versions and revisions. Maybe I have the lucky combination. |
Ed Littman wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 13:25 |
John...you never sent me those cookies you kooky. Ed |
bigaudioblowhard wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 17:08 |
I will never get over the Nazi Submarine look of the SHMC, and its a dream to operate. I don't even look at it. I keep my head up in the soundfield. Its laid out perfectly and I always know which ones my hands are on. Those big knobs and switches just feel so good and solid as I smoothly click...click...click 'em. "Herr Capitain, fir limitschwein zulage!" bab |
bigaudioblowhard wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 17:10 |
I was trying to defend the SHMC against Steve's blood libel. (am I going too far? please delete my OT remarks) bab |
jdg wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 14:39 |
the version i had, the AD started distorting about -3dBFS. below that, it did sound pretty good. |
bigaudioblowhard wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 18:08 |
I will never get over the Nazi Submarine look of the SHMC, and its a dream to operate. I don't even look at it. I keep my head up in the soundfield. Its laid out perfectly and I always know which controls I'm holding onto. Those big knobs and switches just feel so good and solid as I smoothly click...click...click 'em. "Herr Capitain, fir limitschwein zulage!" bab |
bblackwood wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 22:59 |
I'm fairly certain the latest-greatest is v6, which is what I have here. Very, very good. |
lowland wrote on Sun, 16 January 2011 02:35 | ||
So have you had more than one unit over time, Brad? |
jdg wrote on Sat, 15 January 2011 14:39 |
i also did not like the DAC. i had the DAC in the avocet as my DAC for a while, and was happy to see it go. why am i so weird (please dont answer that) |
bigaudioblowhard wrote on Sun, 16 January 2011 00:08 |
"Herr Capitain, fir limitschwein zulage!" |
Viitalahde wrote on Sun, 16 January 2011 12:23 |
I love my HEDD. Great set of converters - and I liked the HEDD converters the least in the GS converter tests. Somehow I still manage to cope with them.. |
24-96 Mastering wrote on Mon, 17 January 2011 01:23 |
On the HEDD: I'm with jdg on the converters. When I compared, I thought them to be not handling transient peaks close at high levels in a way i cared for; I found it softens them a bit when approaching full scale. Maybe that's what people mean when they say the HEDD handles overs graciously? The processing options I use a bit, maybe on 5% of projects; though very subtly (usually no higher than 1). |
Matt_G wrote on Sat, 22 January 2011 06:37 |
I'm a drummer |
jdg wrote on Sun, 23 January 2011 04:09 | ||
its ok, nobody is perfect |
Matt_G wrote on Sun, 23 January 2011 14:00 | ||||
Of course not, but pretty damn close is good enough for me I was waiting for all the drummer jokes... |
Viitalahde wrote on Tue, 08 February 2011 21:10 |
The speaker upgrad and the room change made me use less HEDD processing, as well as driving my Knif compressor less. |
Bonati wrote on Fri, 18 February 2011 15:02 |
For those using the Hedd as their primary A/D/A, have you clocked the A/D path differently than the D/A path? I've heard this is possible but haven't experimented yet on my own. |
Greg Reierson wrote on Fri, 18 February 2011 21:27 | ||
Don't! I found a serious internal clock crosstalk while testing a freshly upgraded unit and then had the same result with a new unit supplied by Crane Song. There's a thread either here or on GS about it. The short story is that the clocks interfere with each other and introduce some nasty artifacts into the signal. It was significantly worst at higher rates (176/192) and much less noticeable at lower rates. Do some careful listening first if you attempt it. GR |
SafeandSound wrote on Sat, 19 February 2011 11:34 |
I have never heard the HEDD but I am put off by the digital harmonic generation. |
lowland wrote on Sat, 19 February 2011 06:30 | ||
Don't be - there's always the in/out switch, you know! Even if you never used the processing the HEDD would still be good value, though like many before you you'd likely find moderate processing a useful mastering tool, even if only once in a blue moon. |
SafeandSound wrote on Sat, 19 February 2011 11:34 |
I have never heard the HEDD but I am put off by the digital harmonic generation. Reminds of the digital radiance generator on a TC Finalizer. |
Ruairi O'Flaherty wrote on Sun, 20 February 2011 11:11 |
[ For me the HEDD justifies it's price purely as an AD/DA with some processing thrown in as a bonus. |