Hello everyone. Now it’s time to review Windows 10 sound quality after each update. I didn’t review previous “Fall Creators Update” v1709 before because I was too occupied with Fidelizer 8 and it somehow slipped away.
This may sound a bit late but I start to have time to write something now after updating Fidelizer Purist ROMs for iBasso and Fiio devices. There’ll be Nimitra update coming up next but before then, I’d like to express my thoughts about new Windows 10 update.
To be frank, Creators Update (v1703) has tonal balance shifted to emphasis on treble more and bass is weak. Fall Creators Update (v1709) has tonal balance shifted back to lower frequency a bit but over all performance since both builds are known with audio issues.
Now that v1803 is out, I immediate notice in improvements like this is getting better. Bass is more solid for the first time after its absent since Anniversary Update. Well, it’s still not as good as Threshold line (v1507 / v1511).
Overall this is a good update I recommend to install. It’s probably the best sounding Windows 10 since Anniversary Update. Here’s my ranking for sound quality on Windows 10 so far.
- Threshold (v1057) – By very small margin
- Threshold 2 (v1511)
- Spring Creators Update (v1803)
- Creators Update (v1703)
- Fall Creators Update (v1709)
- Anniversary Edition (v1607)
And don’t forget to re-apply Fidelizer Pro optimizations after major Windows Update to make sure Fidelizer is running with 100% optimizations. 🙂