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Thanks for the tip.

 

I downloaded and installed it with no hassle. It was very easy and quick to set up. I didnt look for any instructions so its fairly intuitive.  After I got it going I looked for the manual - there is a pdf but its in Japanese only. Doesnt matter.

 

If you using digital volume be careful. Bug takes over my audiophilleo volume and always sets it at 100%. The volume is set in the player from "min 1 2 ..29 max".

 

Bug plays most files including my cue files for my FLAC rips :)

 

Sounds very nice.  Smoother and fuller tone then Foobar and JPlaymini. Much better timbre on voices and acoustic strings. Im not even missing an equaliser in Foobar at this stage.  Whats it doing? I dont know but it sure uses heaps of RAM and seems to decodes files into WAV in RAM before staring play, so it might not be gap-less

 

I couldnt get JIE to work so cant compare  JIE at this stage :{

 

This is just an initially impression and maybe after a couple of days I will hate it. Its going to be love or hate i reckon as its such a big difference to the other players in terms of an apparently natural presentation.

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Trying it now, had to use a Sabre dac as it only likes ASIO on the laptop I'm using . Interesting. About a zillion combinations of settings. Would take weeks to try everything. Will be interesting to see how it compares to dual pc server 2012 , at the moment I think server2012/AO is superior, but haven't given bughead a fair trial yet. Crap GUI . So much digital goodies around now, the guys who doubted it will never catch up now.

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Thanks for the tip.

 

I downloaded and installed it with no hassle. It was very easy and quick to set up. I didnt look for any instructions so its fairly intuitive.  After I got it going I looked for the manual - there is a pdf but its in Japanese only. Doesnt matter.

 

If you using digital volume be careful. Bug takes over my audiophilleo volume and always sets it at 100%. The volume is set in the player from "min 1 2 ..29 max".

 

Bug plays most files including my cue files for my FLAC rips :)

 

Sounds very nice.  Smoother and fuller tone then Foobar and JPlaymini. Much better timbre on voices and acoustic strings. Im not even missing an equaliser in Foobar at this stage.  Whats it doing? I dont know but it sure uses heaps of RAM and seems to decodes files into WAV in RAM before staring play, so it might not be gap-less

 

I couldnt get JIE to work so cant compare  JIE at this stage :

 

This is just an initially impression and maybe after a couple of days I will hate it. Its going to be love or hate i reckon as its such a big difference to the other players in terms of an apparently natural presentation.

Nada if you find an English version of the manual, or someone who has figured out all the settings, please post. Overwhelming options.

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 A Russian thread has about 74 pages on this player. On this page http://forum.doctorhead.ru/index.php?showtopic=24713&st=1650 someone is trying to explain this player with pictures. Run it through translator, see if it makes sense.

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It is not simple to understand . The main difference is that the author, Hiroyuki , considering the source format 441000/16 not as a model , but as a lossy format . Accordingly, all these Black, Emerald , armor and other - these are very sophisticated algorithms restore lost when digitizing information. It uses spline interpolation , and as a model of multiple - model schemes recording and CD production . Accordingly, a huge load on the processor.
On a button - start when the first dialog box buttons and hold Shift + Z mode is activated Z-tune ( only on 64 bit systems and 8 gigs of memory ) , which optimizes the algorithm of memory , then the choice of ASIO or WASAPI output. First preferred.
After self window. Starting with version 2.92 of the dialogue removed buttons that are not harnessing the specific modes. Normal - mode output similar to Foobar and differs mainly in algorithms only work with memory. Modes with sound BufHead - a bit about them .
top row - selection X1 X2 X4 X8 - degree sampling transition , Basik, Emerald, ... Brownie- level and signal processing . LPF-free and under it - filtering the output signal different algorithms Free- unfiltered - important - if filtering is enabled it is necessary to ensure that the level would not exceed the maximum allowable .
 
Self sound optimaiser- create their own algorithms
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1 - mode volume control output -AUTO player will reduce the volume if it is outside the permitted , pressing aotklyuchaet automatic control , then a box under a continuation of the arrow indicates the maximum output level for a particular algorithm - for example Browine 5x2 it will be 13 , he should be put on the volume
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Next 2 - allows you to select the size of the cluster and the precision of the calculation for the spline interpolation , the higher accuracy and the more stages , the more accurate the result and the more demand resources. ( Workstation 6 on two nuclear Cheon loaded at 100% and believes the sound is 180-300 seconds at the maximum values ​​of the image )
3 - selection phase of the output signal
4 - Select the algorithm clear memory 9 different types of memory are different algorithms provide the highest quality sound , empirically )
5 - choice player in the harnessing of cores and threads
6 - Select the processed sound Bagh- HS - output sound from Bug LV5- maximum BUG LV1- minimal -
mode Self sound optimizer has the ability to export the processed stream player in crude RAW file for export WAV data from it and the possibility to listen to any player . There is no support CUE!!!
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The author of this player appears to be a lateral thinker. His player sounds very different to any other. From what I can glean his approach started trying to make mp3 sound like wav. Then he wanted lossless 44.1 to sound like high definition.

 

I think his approach is going to be a challenge to the theoreticians who might need to be able to decipher the code and run the output through a scope to begin working out how this player works.

 

For music lovers my initial impressions are very favourable. It seems to take the digital bite and glare away. Sibilance is markedly reduced. The inner natural timbre of vice and strings glows. Imaging and attack seem fine.

 

I think it might sound slow and dull to those accustomed to the usual digital glare so it might be an idea to only listen to it for a week and let the brain get re-educated.

 

The number of setting is huge but I dont think its necessary to understand them or try them all to enjoy this player.

 

The main settings Im using appear in the top row.

 

Id suggest starting with the upper left   1x   button and set it at   white x 1  before  tasting some other  colours and settings. 

 

It seems this player might be written for Win7 on a multicore SSE2  CPU processor and can benefit from 8GB ram. It might not shine on Windows Server 2012?

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Can confirm works well on server 2012 r2 too. 4gb ram. Sdd.

Agree with what you say about it Nada. I'm quite enjoying it playing my some standard 16/44 material on the '88' setting. Can't remember what color/setting though. Maybe green, brown or pyramid. Anyway, I reckon it actually does make it sound more refined and 'hi-res' to my ears. Makes the music more sweet/delicate and flow more naturally. I really like it.

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Nice to see Hiroyuki Yokota (Mr Bug Head) has a sense of humour  :D

 

 

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Nice to see Hiroyuki Yokota (Mr Bug Head) has a sense of humour  :D

 

What a guy

 

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Thanks Hiroyuki

 

 

........ I reckon it actually does make it sound more refined and 'hi-res' to my ears. Makes the music more sweet/delicate and flow more naturally. I really like it.

 

Thats good to know. I thought I might have been hypnotised.

 

Im still really enjoying this player. Ive never had a crush on a player before but have to admit as soon as I get back from work I just want to listen to her.

 

It seems so far that most of the setting have an identifiable rightness to the sound and the different options like colours, oversampling level, low pass filter taps and number of passes through the engine are variations on a core goodness.

 

I did try listening to a lossy mp3 of a great live concert I have to check out the idea it can make mp3 sound like lossless. Its an awful recording. It still sounded awful on Bug. Maybe even more awful. So its not a panacea.

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Thanks for trying Nada, that link gave me the same issues as I was having previously.

Finally found another link with the aid of Google translate that I got to work once I found which browser it liked.

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After a bit more listening, I think the dual pc 2012 is clearly superior to bughead. Bughead is good if you want a smooth, organic sound, but I'm not convinced its not harming imaging and soundstaging. But I would like to try it with 2012, same as Tuyen has.

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 I think if you want to hear what Bug does its best to use a NOS DAC and let Bug do the filtering.

 

Sabre DACs do a heap of filtering within the chip so  might obscure what Bug does

 

Im getting excellent imaging with Bug using Win7 and a NOS TDA1541 DAC

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 I think if you want to hear what Bug does its best to use a NOS DAC and let Bug do the filtering.

 

Sabre DACs do a heap of filtering within the chip so  might obscure what Bug does

 

Im getting excellent imaging with Bug using Win7 and a NOS TDA1541 DAC

 

I tried it wit NOS dac, Im not saying its no good, just that a dual pc/2012 is far superior imo . 

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The main difference is that the author, Hiroyuki , considering the source format 441000/16 not as a model , but as a lossy format . Accordingly, all these Black, Emerald , armor and other - these are very sophisticated algorithms restore lost when digitizing information. It uses spline interpolation

 

Ok thanks.   That's similar to what I expected.

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I tried it wit NOS dac, Im not saying its no good, just that a dual pc/2012 is far superior imo . 

 

Thanks for that feedback. I will have to get a listen to a dual 2012 Server set up one day.

Out of interest what PC and OS did you use for Bug?

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Thanks for that feedback. I will have to get a listen to a dual 2012 Server set up one day.

Out of interest what PC and OS did you use for Bug?

I used an mildly optimised newish laptop and Windows 7. Didnt try it on my fancy PC, I suspect its more of a tone control than a specilaised hi fi mediaplayer .Tuyen reports Bug is very good on Server2012, but all audio is good on 2012!

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I personally would stick with your dual PC jriver/jplay setup Mick.   

 

I still personally feel it is the best/optimal way of doing computer audio at this present moment.   

 

Plus how could one go 'backwards' after getting used to JRemote on the ipad  :)    I can't anyway.

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Note that I myself am not using dual PC, as I cannot afford jplay at the moment.  

 

Just using single PC (win server 2012 r2, ssd)  with jriver 19 + fidelizer 5.0 (good free stuff).

 

I am ever slightly preferring the sound of Bug Head over Jriver 19.    Probably cause I am enjoying trying hundreds of different settings  and I just like new things.    I'll eventually get annoyed of not able to easily find albums from my library and switch back to Jriver.  I just know it!  :)

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