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Fidelizer 7.1 released – Proper updates with fixes and improvements

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After releasing version 7.0 for a while, I received a few of reports about usability problems since we have major UI changes. I didn’t expect the case of 800×600 resolution and high DPI scaling screen problems before releasing. I spent most of the time refining UX experience so it should work fine for all cases now.

I also fixed launching media player application bugs related to core affinity by enforcing execution to run with all cores. It should resolve reported performance issues now. After fixing all important bugs, I hope to improve audio optimizations better in future releases.

Changelog for version 7.1

Free
-Fixed Fidelizer may launch media player application on cores shared with non-audio processes on higher optimization levels
-Fixed some library server applications like Asset uPNP/J River Media Center that maybe treated as non-audio processes during optimizations
-Revised user interface to be compatible with low resolution and high DPI scaling screen

Plus
-Added change media player application option in running media player application dialog
-Fixed Fidelizer may launch media player application on cores shared with non-audio processes on higher optimization levels
-Fixed some library server applications like Asset uPNP/J River Media Center that maybe treated as non-audio processes during optimizations
-Revised user interface to be compatible with low resolution and high DPI scaling screen

Pro
-Added change media player application option in running media player application dialog
-Fixed Fidelizer may launch media player application on cores shared with non-audio processes on higher optimization levels
-Fixed some library server applications like Asset uPNP/J River Media Center that maybe treated as non-audio processes during optimizations
-Fixed startup optimizations terminating itself after 3 days
-Fixed Uninstall button working without installing before in Optimization Wizard
-Revised user interface to be compatible with low resolution and high DPI scaling screen

Download: Fidelizer 7.1
Upgrade: Fidelizer Upgrade Program

Fidelizer Plus/Pro users should be received a mail about update and download link by now. If you somehow didn’t receive an update notification as I received some delivery failure message too, please contact me for an update with your customer data to verify.

Fidelizer Music Server Project Announcement

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After successful update of Fidelizer 7 software transition with a lot of good feedback, we would to inform you our dear users that we’re building an affordable music server platform based on customized Windows 10/JPLAY/Fidelizer platform. It’s going to be the best streaming experience with plug and play support under three-digit budget price. Expect more updates soon.

Oh…..I didn’t meant to choose this day as an April Fools’ joke. It’s just a pure coincidence, really. 🙂

Fidelizer review on Enjoy the Music

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Enjoy the music is one of the longest audiophile media with over 20 years of experience in sharing audiophile experience. Last year I received a kind offer from Greg Weaver about reviewing Fidelizer software but there was a lot going on on his side since last year so the review was delayed until recently that he finally had time to finish reviewing Fidelizer Pro.

First, spatial attributes are elevated to near analog quality. The more compressed, flattened, cardboard cut-out, two-dimensionality that I find to be one of the biggest detriments to most computer based music playback systems is elevated to dramatically new levels, bordering, as I have mentioned, on what one is treated to from good LP playback. Stage width, height, and particularly depth, are increased dramatically, in realistic, not cartoonish, manner.

Resolution, transparency, and fine detail, including microdynamic shadings, are similarly heightened, to a degree greater than I’ve seen by the implementation of good after-market power cords and the best USB cables (both of which, you should be using, by the way). Hearing into and through full scale orchestral works is near revelatory using Fidelizer Pro. I believe that much of this is accomplished by its ability to significantly reduce electronic noise, a “glare” and “grunge,” that is also common with many computer playback systems.

Something that came as an unexpected and extremely welcomed improvement, were attributes often characterized by the acronym, PRaT (Pace, Rhythm, and Timing). Driving bass lines or propulsive drum work is conveyed with more urgency and authority, demanding your attention and propelling the composition more forcefully and convincingly.

Finally, and as welcomed to this listener as the spatial improvements, come pronounced enhancements in tone color, texture, and timbre. Fundamental pitch and tonal color are more faithful, imbued with wholesale clarification and refinement, both sounding more vibrant and reconstructed with richer, fuller tone. Texture is more clearly rendered, as is instrumental bloom, which is more apparent and believable. Instrumental voices are presented in more authentic size, texture, and especially pitch. Musical tapestries seemed to be not only more natural and convincing sounding, but pitch was also noticeably more stable.

This is the first Fidelizer 7 review since published. To be more precise, this is a review with both Fidelizer 6 and Fidelizer 7 impressions combined so I’m interested to hear his impressions on this side too.

Fidelizer Pro v7 Windows Software Optimization for Music Playback made effective and simple. Review By Greg Weaver

Fidelizer’s false positive report case with Kaspersky

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Today I received a few emails from Fidelizer users about getting report from Kaspersky. I’d like to inform everyone that Fidelizer is safe and secured audio software. It has features to control process’ priority and affity with services management features so some antivirus may detect such behavior being unsafe. However, there’s nothing to be afraid about the procedures as you can safely reverse it and Fidelizer hasn’t harmed anyone’s PC so far in last year.

You can keep using Fidelizer with Kaspersky by adding Fidelizer applications into Kaskersky’s exclusion list. I also filed false positive report to Kaspersky’s Virusdesk and I recommend you to do the same too to avoid such issue in future.

UPDATE: Kaspersky informed me they’ll fix this false detection in next update. 🙂

Regards,
Windows X

Fidelizer 7.0 released – Brand new start for real audiophile products

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Fidelizer started as a geek software written with personal passion to improve audio performance in Windows. It was really like from geek to geek product that most people would find it hard to use. Although I tried to make it much easier to use since version 6, it still wasn’t easy to use for end user.

So, version 7 will be a brand new start to refresh the focus of Fidelizer, a product designed for audiophiles. There’s a lot of changes in user experience along with audio improvements you’ll never see before as I already promised below.

1. Better user experience – Much easier to use with Optimization Wizard that shows only main features selection with description and UX is professionally done with own materials and design.
2. Improve audio optimizations – Audio optimizations will be revised and improved to suit modern needs better with improved optimizations like Hyper-Threading support for an example.
3. Machine Configuration upgrade – Machine Configuration will be revamped again. Free will have default option, Plus will have 3 options and Pro will have 7 options.
4. Improve Windows 10 services management – Fidelizer will shutdown more Windows 10’s specific services for lower footprints.
5. User experience unified – In past, Pro version handles services in Extremist differently so it’s hard to maintain the usability. Now all 3 versions will follow the same design principles.

There’s some parts in free version I’d like to explain here. Because I received a few reports of the following cases in free version as below:

1. Degraded sound quality in YouTube, Tidal and NAS – They don’t realize that they should select Network Streaming optimization level.
2. Network connection not working after using Fidelizer – I already set keep network services selected by default but some people unchecked it not knowing they’ll lose network connection.

As a result, I decided to revise free version to have default option that works good on both local/network storage and removed stopping network services to avoid future user error cases. I hope you’ll like this major upgrade of Fidelizer.

Changelog for version 7.0

Free
-Added optimization wizard to explain main features better
-Improved core optimizations to work better intensive audio processing application such as DSD upsampling
-Launching media player application after optimizations is now optional since there’s no side effects to new process on higher levels
-Merged Network streaming optimizations into main optimizations as “General Purpose” Audio Profile
-Rebranding logo and user experience design
-Revised Fidelizer Upgrade Program instructions to perform update without using Key-Generation Utility
-Services to keep such as Network and User Experience won’t be stopped anymore in new configuration

Plus
-Added Audio Profile feature with 3 profiles
-Added optimization wizard to explain main features better
-Improved core optimizations to work better intensive audio processing application such as DSD upsampling
-Improved optimizations compatibility with Hyper-Threading technology
-Improved Windows 10/Server 2016 services management
-Launching media player application after optimizations is now optional since there’s no side effects to new process on higher levels
-Moved Network streaming from User Level to Audio Profile instead to work with stopping services better
-Rebranding logo and user experience design
-Revised Fidelizer Upgrade Program instructions to perform update without using Key-Generation Utility

Pro
-Added optimization wizard to explain main features better
-Improved core optimizations to work better intensive audio processing application such as DSD upsampling
-Improved memory optimizations in system configuration for neutral sound with better transparency
-Improved optimizations compatibility with Hyper-Threading technology
-Improved Windows 10/Server 2016 services management
-Launching media player application after optimizations is now optional since there’s no side effects to new process on higher levels
-Moved Network streaming from User Level to Audio Profile instead to work with stopping services better
-Rebranding logo and user experience design
-Revised Fidelizer Upgrade Program instructions to perform update without using Key-Generation Utility
-Reworked Machine Configuration as Audio Profile feature with 7 profiles

There’s a lot of changes in user experience and how internal optimizations work so let me know if you have any issue in version 7.0. I tested with some customers and confirmed before releasing it so I hope everything will go well for you.

Download: Fidelizer 7.0
Upgrade: Fidelizer Upgrade Program

Fidelizer Plus/Pro users who pre-order Fidelizer 7 Upgrade before should have received a mail about update and download link by now. If you somehow didn’t receive an update notification as I received some delivery failure message too, please contact me for an update with your customer data to verify.