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iBasso DX200 Purist ROM version 2.9.209 released!

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DX200 - Purist ROM

 

I thought I’d release DX200 2.9 ROM together with PerfectDynamics 2.0 but sadly I haven’t finished it yet especially after listening to classical concert in Golden Hall. There’s a lot for me to do to improve Purist ROM for 2.0 release.

However, I managed to fix a few issues during development so I’ll also include those fixes into this release too. I apologize for the issues that happened with some cases in Enhanced / Advanced ROM and now they’re all resolved. 🙂

 

-Based on firmware version 2.9.209
-Play Store added
-Apollo – Fidelity Edition from https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/apollo-music-player-fidelity-edition-t3038629 included
-Revamped MangoPlayer UI with improved user experience
-build.prop tweaks for better video and storage performance and improve battery life
-Audio engine optimized for only audio playback (EQ/Gaplass features work)
-Bundled audio effects removed but keep main engine (Poweramp works now)

 

Download: iBasso DX200 Purist ROM

 

Installation Guide

1. Download Factory Tool provided by Paul http://www.ibasso.com/uploadfiles/download/FactoryTool_v1.39_DX200.zip
2. Turn off DX200
3. Connect DX200 with USB connection to computer while holding play button switch
4. Install Rockchip USB driver included in FactoryTool
5. Open FactoryTool.exe and flash ROM according to instructions provided in DX200 batch tool instruction.doc

For Mac / Linux users, please check this guide for flashing Fidelizer Purist ROM on Mac / Linux instructions.

 

There’s a lot of improvements for Advanced ROM and I also added Enhanced ROM into collection too. Please read Portable Products for more details including iBasso DX200 Fidelizer Mod project with 3 modification levels. Happy listening. 🙂

Listening to classical music in Golden Hall, Vienna

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Golden Hall

 

Hello everyone. I’m back from overseas trip now so I’m resuming my work during overseas. Before I continue, I’d like to share my experience from attending classical concert in Golden Hall, Vienna.

Last year I also attended classical concert in Munich and it was a good performance. But in this year, I visited Austria to attend classical concert in Golden Hall which is one of the best hall for classical performance.

Before the concert started, I can hear background noise from people’s conversation sounding more relaxed showing good room acoustics. They started the performance with Beethoven pieces and it gave me chills.

I didn’t know classical music could be this powerful. It was completely different from any classical concert I’ve attended before. Sound is full, vivid and alive. Every movement has deeper layers and I need to close my eyes to focus on music with full attention.

After having my eyes closed, music became much more alive. I can feel the river flow, the gushing wind of change, I can see soldiers marching to war, hearing cannon firing in battlefield. Complexed movements were far more intense like a whirlwind blowing my mind.

I believe this experience I received from attending classical concert in Golden Hall will be a good reference for future Fidelizer updates. It’s the most valuable 2 hours I have for music in my entire life.

Fidelizer Enhanced / Advanced ROM updates for DX150 / DX200 / X5iii / X7 / X7ii

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Portable Products

 

I posted about finishing PerfectDynamics 2.0 before attending Munich Show before. There were some progress but it’s still not considered as ready for PerfectDynamics 2.0. So I’ll release bugs fixing version instead.

As some people reported about random stability issues, I later find out that some native apps are relying on debugger and log services for I/O exception handling. Removing those services will result error beyond handling and cause system reboot.

These symptoms doesn’t happen with everyone so if you’re using Enhanced / Advanced ROM without any issue, you won’t need this update. If you have some issues that doesn’t happen with free Purist ROM, you can ask me for sending new ROM update.

Fidelizer Upgrade Program – 3,000th purchase offer including Purist ROMs

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Fidelizer Pro

 

We did it! We finally reached 3,000th milestone. Thank you everyone for your continuous support. I promise I’ll keep improving affordable products for every audiophile to enjoy without spending fortune for better sound quality.

As a reminder to inform customers that they receive refund for returning customer purchase, I’m running purchase offer again in this week.  I also sent partial refund back for customer who placed an order on 7th May 2018.

 

Fidelizer Plus: US $39.95 —> $34.95 (Expired)
Fidelizer Pro: US $69.95 —> $59.95 (Expired)
Fidelizer Enhanced ROM: US $49.95 —> $44.95 (Expired)
Fidelizer Advanced ROM: US $99.95 —> $89.95 (Expired)
All other upgrade options: $5 discount (Expired)

 

This offer will last until 13th May 2018. Discount rate is the same as purchasing Fidelizer software again so new customer and returning customer will get the same price. You may order again anytime and receive partial-refund as discount later after this campaign is over.

I’ll take a flight to Germany tomorrow to attend Munich AV Show event as an exhibitor. It’s my first time being an exhibitor and I’m very excited to meet my fellow audiophile friends in person there. I also added map in Munich AV Show. Come visit us.

 

Fidelizer Munich AV Show 2018 Map

 

I hope this will be good chance for you to consider upgrading Fidelizer software. I also made adjustments to have fidelizer.key filled automatically when you use “Order Fidelizer” button in Fidelizer software. I hope this will make order process easier. 🙂

Keetakawee Punpeng

Roon 1.5 test results with NimitraS featuring DSD and MQA with DSP

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Roon 1.5

 

Few days ago Roon released version 1.5 which is a major upgrade improving Linn, Tidal, and MQA support. There were sound signature changes in 1.4 making the sound too bright so I immediately checked on version 1.5 and here’s my findings.

I tested Roon 1.5 with NimitraS I’m going to bring to Munich show and use eXD audio interface for native DSD playback and converting MQA tracks to DSD format. It looks like they resolved brightness issue and Roon sounds musical again with improved transparency.

I checked audio output options and found new MQA options which freely allow user to use software (Decoder) and hardware (Renderer) to decode MQA files. Using Decoder will work with any output and Renderer will only work with MQA-capable device.

I also tested MQA with DSP such as Crossfeed to for my Rudistor RP030 + Beyerdynamic T1 and DSD upsampling for eXD interface with Emm Labs DSD playback. It worked fine and sounds very good.

So far I’m very happy with Roon 1.5 upgrade. It didn’t cause a huge mess with database like 1.3 upgrade and sounds better to my liking. I can search through Tidal better with official MQA support.

 

Fidelizer Munich AV Show 2018 Map

 

Oh, I will also bring NimitraS with Roon 1.5 and other goodies in Munich AV Show tomorrow so feel free to check our booth in Hall 3 J15. There’s also 3,000th license purchase offer for Fidelizer Upgrade Program including Fidelizer Purist ROMs so feel free to check out and take up offers. 🙂