My preference is ‘Presence’, which makes the sound quality very immediate and punchy. The effect is heard immediately on switching. Toned provides a choice of gentle Loudness, Stereo Wide, Mid Channel Warmth, Bright Tilt, Low Tilt, and Presence. Such freely available plug-ins improve listening experience more than upgrading to more expensive components. They are easy to download and install into Media Center.įor example, Toned is a specialized tone shaping plugin with analog modeling. Toned is a superb tone control that can correct most poor recordings with the turn of a few knobs. Many are free-of-charge, and a few are suitable for audiophile use.

There are a lot of Virtual Studio Technology (VST) audio Effect DSP plug-ins available. These are part of the onboard DSP Studio in Media Center. I’ve usually had ‘Living Room’ acoustic environment simulation and subtle surround field, as well as speaker distance / signal phasing optimisation, running. Following my brief and ultimately frustrating encounter with Roon, and subsequent return to JRiver Media Center 25, I’ve been investigating some of it’s features that Roon doesn’t have, especially DSP (digital signal processing).

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