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iBasso DX150 is now added into Fidelizer Purist ROM repository with PerfectDynamics optimizations!

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Fidelizer - PerfectDynamics Sound Optimizations

 

I heard the first DX150 ROM was released when I was coming back from visiting my parents during Songkran new year in Thailand. I was little worried about working on OTA ROM without factory image but I managed to make it work in the end. This won’t wipe your data too so enjoy. 🙂

-Based on firmware version 2.9.250
-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 DX150 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 DX150
3. Connect DX150 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.

 

I also tried flashing DX150 files on DX200 and it works too so you may expect unofficial port for DX200 soon. Please read Portable Products for more details about Enhanced and Advanced ROM and let me know if you’d like to apply Fidelizer Mod too. Happy listening. 🙂

Flashing Fidelizer Purist ROM firmware on Mac / Linux guide

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I’ve received a few requests about flashing Fidelizer Purist ROM on Mac so here’s detailed instructions to flash Fidelizer Purist ROM on Mac and Linux too.

 

We’ll use rkflashtool which is available on Windows/Mac/Linux. Windows users can also use this method to flash Fidelizer Purist ROM too though original Windows method should be easier with graphical user interface. For Mac/Linux, we’ll use Homebrew to install rkflashtool.

 

To install Homebrew and rkflashtool, open Terminal utility and type this command line below.

bash -c “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)”
brew install rkflashtool android-platform-tools

 

Now that rkflashtool is installed, you can flash Fidelizer Purist ROM by following the instructions below:

 

For iBasso DX150/160/200/220, you need to disable verity feature because Oreo ROM needs verity disabled before flashing Purist ROM so you won’t get bootloop.

 

1. You need to enable USB debugging and authorize USB debugging on Mac machine. You can read instructions in official ROM release post.

2. Run the follow commands below to disable verity. You should see notification about verity being disabled on system and vendor partition after running

adb root
adb disable-verity
adb reboot

 

Now that you finish disabling verity on device with Oreo ROM if required, you may process with ROM flashing part by following the instructions below.

 

1. Run the following commands to setup device running with loader mode.

adb reboot bootloader
fastboot reboot bootloader

2. Then enter these commands to make sure device is recognized.

rkflashtool v
rkflashtool n

3. Extract update.img file and run the following command to extract partition image files.

cd “/Users/username/Downloads” <— replace “username” with your user account name
rkunpack update.img

4. If you may see Boot folder and embbeded-update.img being extracted, please also run

rkunpack embedded-update.img

5. You should see some new image files inside Image folder. We’ll flash boot.img and system.img to for Fidelizer Purist ROM with these commands below.

cd Image
rkflashtool w boot < boot.img
rkflashtool w system < system.img

6. “premature end-of-file reached” message may appear when new image is smaller. You can reboot with Fidelizer Purist ROM using this command.

rkflashtool b

 

If you find flashing Fidelizer Purist ROM in Mac/Linux being tricky, you may use SD card firmware installation method with GUI tool. If you have any question about firmware flashing, please contact me and happy listening. 🙂

Fidelizer 8 Pro review in HIEND NEWS

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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.

 

Fidelizer mentioned in MusiCHI’s review in HIEND NEWS

 

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. 🙂

Fidelizer 8.1 released – First update with many fixes and improvements together with 2,900th license purchase offer

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Fidelizer Pro

 

I hoped to release version 8.1 before Valentine’s day but there were more cases to be resolved related to security having a few internal changes until it’s more stable enough.

While fixing reported issues one by one, I also was flooded with over 100 mails per day in during the first week of Fidelizer 8 release so fixing every reported issues took me longer than expected but it’s finally done now.

New features such as Core Isolation policy and execution with music player application are working properly now. I also found core affinity optimization didn’t work properly with new algorithm so I fixed that too.

I also improved permanent optimizations in Fidelizer Pro with rounding technique. Fidelizer Pro analyzes RAM calibration with 250MB block. If system detects 3.93GB with 64MB for VGA, RAM calibration will apply optimizations as 3.75GB.

With nearly 200MB miscalculated, audio tasks won’t perform according to ideal optimizations with tonal shift. By adding rounding technique with 125MB threshold, 3.93GB RAM will be treated as 4.0GB which is closer to ideal case.

Changelog for version 8.1

Free
-Fixed key generation mechanism to provide more reliable results with other cases
-Fixed music player application launching bug with invalid core affinity assignment
-Fixed multi-core affinity optimization that fail to apply with shorten optimization process

Plus
-Fixed bugs with launching application with core isolation in some cases
-Fixed bugs with Core Isolation Policy that doesn’t work properly with some processor models
-Fixed key generation mechanism to provide more reliable results with other cases
-Fixed multi-core affinity optimization that fail to apply with shorten optimization process
-Fixed performance issues after stop/disable some new Windows 10 services

Pro
-Fixed bugs with launching application with core isolation in some cases
-Fixed bugs with Core Isolation Policy that doesn’t work properly with some processor models
-Fixed key generation mechanism to provide more reliable results with other cases
-Fixed multi-core affinity optimization that fail to apply with shorten optimization process
-Fixed performance issues after stop/disable some new Windows 10 services
-Improved optimizing system configuration mechanism with rounding technique for more accurate optimizations

Download: Fidelizer 8.1
Upgrade: Fidelizer Upgrade Program

 

And we’ve reached 2,900th milestone now in this month, the that’s almost 3,000th license. 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 today.

 

Fidelizer Plus: US $39.95 —> $34.95 (Expired)
Fidelizer Pro: US $69.95 —> $59.95 (Expired)

 

This offer will last until 25st March 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 apologize for deliverying this update so late due to many tasks I’ve been occupied with. I promise to provide more prompt services from now on, hopefully. There’s also Fiio ROMs to be rebuilt without deodexing next too.

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

Calyx M is finally added into Fidelizer Purist ROM repository with PerfectDynamics optimizations!

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CalyxM

 

Yesterday I received PM about Calyx M and I happened to retrieve Calyx M for modification so I decided to put other projects on hold and focus on Calyx M today to make sure it’ll be out for long awaited fans. Sorry to keep you guys waiting for so long. It’s finally here.

-Based on official Calyx M firmware 1.01_r13_20141121
-build.prop tweaks for better video and storage performance and improve battery life
-bundled audio effects removed but keep main engine

Download: Calyx M Purist ROM

 

Installation Guide

1. Copy Purist ROM file into SD Card (large ones)
2. Turn off Calyx M and make sure battery is over 30%
3. Press and hold power and previous button
4. After white Calyx M logo flashing out, release buttons
5. After white Calyx M logo flashing in again, press and hold power and previous button then and release previous button after 1 second
6. After recovery menu boots up, release power button
7. Select “apply update from SD card” option
8. Select Calyx M Purist ROM file and let system finish flashing

 

Now Calyx M Purist ROM also come with Enhanced and Advanced version with PerfectDynamics Sound Optimizations. If you’re using my Advanced ROM or sent Calyx M for modding before, you can ask for ROM update. Please also check Portable Products for more details about ROM upgrades and hardware modification.