Last year I posted about Fidelizer being mentioned in HIEND NEWS’s review for improvements with MusiCHI software and I’m glad to see more Greece people enjoying music better with Fidelizer.
Now the review of Fidelizer Pro 8 is finally done by Mr. Thanassis Moraitis. He asked me whether I want to have Greece or English review and I chose Greece review so to help Greece people understanding about Fidelizer better.
The Fidelizer Pro – Software for PC sourced sound quality improvement
Here’s important parts translated into English and suggested by reviewer himself.
Fidelizer Pro, in its own right, is a top-notch effective tool for delivering great-quality audio. It is also a complement to achieving a common goal with Audiophile Optimizer or if you want the Audiophile Optimizer to be a complement to Fidelizer. No matter where you catch it, the level is even higher when both work at the same time on your computer. Without Fidelizer Pro, your computer performs well below what it can achieve when properly optimized, with a sound that instead of being smooth, detailed, focused, three-dimensional, plausible, digestible, entertaining, dynamic, musically enjoyable, even understandable, looks much more “artificial,” with a metallic texture (some call it digital) in texture, “compressed ton “, clearly more” tiny “in volume, and the main one with a much worse” timing “!
Using Fidelizer Pro, the sound quality of the source goes so far that it makes our choices easier for further upgrades. With the more “natural” sound effect, our next choices end up being clearly more correct (they are not based on the logic “to correct the misspellings created by the wrong source”) and so what we choose is much more likely to last longer and withstand other possible future additions or other upgrades that will arise (always arise!) in the future. The cost of Fidelizer Pro is such a tiny cost compared to what we have done, do or will do in the future My choice is simply a matter of time mainly. If we think of its upgrading policy (cost-free for small ones) and the even lower cost (compared to their original cost) for larger, combined with the increase in sound quality that they achieve with them, I think there is choice, all those who use Windows computer out there have to install it.
As a result…
…I can not imagine myself listening to music without Fidelizer Pro! More in detail: The improvements it brings to the end result are essential, since it helps make it much more natural, easier to digest, more fun, plus a foundation for more successful future upgrades. Fortunately, there are “friends” of high fidelity as the creator of Fidelizer out there and we are benefiting, that design, I repeat, such high-quality sound performance at such a low cost. Keep up the good work, Keetakawee!
There’s also Q&A related to Fidelizer in both English and Greece so I recommend to check out for more insights about Fidelizer. I hope this review will help audiophiles in Greece opening possibilities to improve sound quality with Fidelizer and happy listening. 🙂
Here’s a new feedback today. It’s been a while since last time I see Fidelizer feedback with motherboard’s sound card on serious system.
Hi Keetakawee,
Thank you for the Christmas present. This critique is my Christmas present to you. 🙂
My system is as close to audiophile as I can get on a budget. I built the computer using a motherboard which has a Realtek chip on it which can capably do 24 bit, 192,000 Hz. Having the DAC on the motherboard eliminates USB latency because the info is travelling at motherboard bus speed. Motherboard manufacturers have started using onboard chips with sound card performance due to the demands of average gamers these days and it’s a bonus for music lovers. JRiver ais my player app. I used foobar for a long time and one day decided to try JRiver on a whim. JRiver was able to bypass the Windows sound settings completely (which foobar was supposed to do and did not) and sounded better to me, so I thought it was worth the reasonable investment. I think when foobar was new it was comparable to JRiver in sound, but foobar does not get updated much, and I think JRiver has done a better job of keeping up with the times. With the free version of Fidelizer I didn’t hear any improvement with up-sampling in JRiver, but after upgrading to pro the up-sampling seems to do a little ‘smoothing’ of some of the harsher sounding mid frequencies at volume. Or maybe I’m just imagining it. 🙂
The signal is going by cable to my vintage Luxman LV 105u hybrid integrated tube amplifier with MOSFET output stage. This little darlin’ of mine is rated at 70 watts per channel, but has very high current capability, and can get much cleaner and lounder than other high end consumer amps which I have owned with much higher watts per channel ratings. I love reggae music amongst other genres, and just love the sound of the bass from this amp. More note than boom. The biggest investment was my large Mirage speakers, and not only are they very accurate and musical, but they do disappear at higher volume levels as the name implies. Other than the source, the whole system is vintage because I’m vintage too, and I keep us both well maintained.
Upon inital installation I chose Purist and Audio Player from the wizard, then looked at advanced settings to see your defaults for this setting. For daily PC use I will use less extreme settings but for serious listening I reboot with serious settings. I left networking on for serious listening breaks. I still have to do a test with that one final ‘no networking’ tweak. Do you think I’ll hear anything? After trying all the various combinations in the processor priority setting I find I agree with your preference for Long/Fixed as the processor priority setting. It was interesting though, that my self powered Polk Hampden ‘computer speakers’ seemed to benefit from the Long/Variable setting. They are however obviously not as accurate or muscular as the Mirages with the tube amp.
With the Mirages and the new version 8.0 I noticed even more clarity over the full frequency range. I heard even more distinct vocals, backup vocals, guitars, keyboards and horns, even when when things get musically busy and all were competing for midrange space. The bass was perhaps even a bit more well behaved than the previous version. The kick drum and bass guitar could each be heard even more distinctly while competing with each other for the woofers. At the high end cymbals, like everything else, sound like they’re in the room. The improved imaging from the pro versionis new improved, and is another reason I think your creation is well worth the money for anyone who imagines they have a fine ear for sound and music and a music system which can make good or better use of a cleaner source. Now I have to re-listen to my entire music collection.
Merry Christmas to you too.
Today’s Realtek audio chip is performing hires audio much better than before especially when some motherboards use good quality capacitors. Happy listening. 🙂
Hello everyone. Today is the first day that Fidelizer Ad should start showing up on Stereophile and AudioStream website. I also have another big announcement today about Nimitra updates after launched for about 2 years now. It’s called NimitraS for Signature upgrade.
I’ve been building a few custom Nimitra servers for a long while and right now I have some custom servers in production too. Every customer who compared it with standard Nimitra saying it sounds so much better and it want me to upgrade Nimitra so much.
Don’t get me wrong. Nimitra is performing exceptionally good for its price as you can see in reviews with unique optimizations I put on. However, it’s the most affordable product I can build which mean I can build much better ones as well.
After 2 years building custom version of Nimitra, I can see the price / performance for various parts for my clients and making product with such quality won’t be affordable anymore. However, it’s possible to improve Nimitra to perform better while still being affordable enough.
After research and development for price / performance ratio, the final price for upgrade to NimitraS is $1,895 USD with the following features.
NimitraS (Signature Upgrade) Features:
-SSD Storage is upgraded with SLC grade as the highest quality of SSD design
-RAM is upgraded with premium grade for better audio performance and reliability
-Capacitors in motherboard upgraded with ESR lower than 10mOhm and have 5000hrs lifespan
-Blue USB ports has clock upgraded with 1.3ps phase jitter with shock / vibration resistance
Nimitra customers can send unit back to apply NimitraS upgrade at $500 more meaning there’s no upgrade fee to upgrade from Nimitra to NimitraS. Fidelizer will provide free shipping during introductory period for all Nimitra purchases in April 2018.
NimitraS will also come with next generation of Fidelizer Nimitra optimizations. I’ll release firmware update for standard Nimitra soon too so stay tuned and happy listening. 🙂
Here’s another feedback today. This is the first DX200 AMP1 with Fidelizer Ultimate Mod after over 10 of DX200 with Fidelizer Ultimate Mod as whole unit.
Hi. Got the amp. Good job, perfect match with kse1500
Thanks
I’m glad to hear My DX200 with Fidelizer Ultimate AMP1 Mod works great with KSE1500. Happy listening. 🙂