CROSSFIRE

Realistic Crossfeed Emulation:

With the help of the same patented digital signal processing found in Neptune, Crossfire provides all headphone users with the ability to hear the stereo field as they would on speakers.

Specific Technicalities:

Without crossfeed processing (which applies to all headphone users without a software like Neptune or Crossfire), headphone listening, and specifically the stereo field, sounds unnatural. This often leads to a hyper-localized soundstage and exaggerated stereo separation. Crossfeed distinguishes speaker from headphone listening. In headphones, each ear receives its respective stereo channel directly. With speakers, low and mid-frequency sounds from both channels leak into both ears with a slight delay, known as the Inter-Aural Time Difference (ITD). When crossfeed processing is applied, headphone listening sounds more natural and comparable to speaker listening. Specifically, low and mid-frequency sounds with stereo information will not give the impression of strict separation between the two audio channels.

Key Features:

• Realistic Crossfeed Emulation Featured in Neptune.
• Linear Phase Mode.
• Zero Latency Mode.
• Bass Response Correction.
• Optimized for Low CPU Usage.