Detailed comparison of the 8580 SID chip with the ARMSID 

Great video, thanks! I'd like to see the same detailed comparison between 6581/8580 and FPGASID.

Fantastic detailed comparison. I'm even more tempted by the ARMSID as a replacement. Thanks for this.

For the C64 6581, put flter strengh to galway, four point down than the middle and don't touch central filter. I think it s the best setting for 6581 :)

Very good comparison. I was especially stunned how different the white noise generators sounded, even more so than the other mixed-waveform patterns. The ArmSID sounds more clear, less noisy than it's 8580 counterpart. Still, quite an achievement for such a comparatively low-cost alternative. It reminds me of the comparison between the Roland MT-32 early model and later models (and of course the great software emulation, MUNT)

The armsid is really impressive. It's true that I have a preference for the armsid over the original. The bass .... whaaaouu ... I use it on my C64C which has a digifix, the problem is that with the digifix and the 8580, I have sound distortions on certain samples ... with you can control the armsid in software or hardware... You can even force the armsid to 6581 and listen to demos that require it, which you can't do with the original. The firmware is in 2.14, there will still be updates and yet... the current result is great. I recommend this module which is really the ultimate mono replacement. I have a sid FPGA too, which is excellent but I managed to find more bugs with this one... like some music I love from dane... morphing... glitches are appearing on the FPGA than I don't have with the armsid. The problem also with the fpga must be configured in double mono otherwise the sound is too low. Long live the armsid, I love it :)

This is very interesting, thank you for making all the good details 💜

The ARM SID is really good for it's price, only the FPGA SID still is closer to the original. The waveform mixing seem to be the biggest difference to the 8580. I'd like to the same comparison betwwen the ARM-SID and the 6581 (as IMHO most of the important classic games where made fpr the 6581).

Oh wow! This is what Im looking for, Currently our SID-Chips are dead. Would you recommend the Armsid? I don't like the Sid-emulation in Ultimate 64 Elite. 😐

I was looking for a good price for ARMSID. Any suggestions? (Canada/US preferred)