Musiland Monitor 01 USD 24/192 USB to SPDIF - Page 50

I have no idea. I just checked their site and there were new drivers .

Precision mode sounds great for now. Fast mode i have just tested a little but first impression is it doesn't sound as good as precision mode for me.

Ahh didnt see that there was an own thread for this driver :
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f46/mu...ersion-468953/

Questions about modifications for enhanced audio quality

Hello,

I'm reading this thread since its birth, I have 2 01 USD and I'm very satisfied.
My musiland is connected with an ANAGRAM DAC + TimeLock and the volume control is done by a OPC271 controlled by the PC with a BusPirate V3.
I'm always looking for modifications which could improve the audio quality, and I'm reading a lot of topics in this thread about mods, but most of them let me confused.
Ok for the replacement of the caps, but for the digital spdif output, too much advices and no real approved conclusion.
I thought to use a Lundahl digital transformer like LL1572 or LL1574, what do you think about?

PS : sorry for my approximative english (I'm french)

Hello. Is this card Bit-Perfect?? Will send after SPDIS DTS.wav (DTS CD) 5.1 Pass-Trought?? Regrads Daniel

Hi guys,

I have a small idiotic question here: so are the drivers ready for install if I buy the unit from ebay, or do I have to get some special key/firmware code from china? I was told that we have to ‘activate’ emails into china, that New drivers cannot be installed until firmware is updated, and new Firmware cannot be updated until they give you a license file.

can someone give me the cliffs on this, before I get stuck for a few weeks trying to get the latest firmware/driver working when I buy this thing?

ps- running Windows7 Pro 64-bit

ssabripo,

Sadly, your concern was confirmed by my Monitor 01USD. I got it yesterday and found that I could use the 1.03 version driver but not any of the newer ones. For a newer driver, I get the "License invalid" warning in the control panel. I have sent the request for the license code but haven't received it yet.

According to the information I found on Musiland's discussion forum, the products made after Sept. of 2009 do not need activation. This seems to be confirmed by my Monitor 02US which works with all the drivers without activation at all. Hence, it might help to ask the seller to send you the product made after Sept. 2009 and I wish I have done that.

My Monitor 02US works well with Win7/64

Hello !

Prior to this release, I've installed 1.0.8.2(Beta release), not the same components levels ?
1.0.8.2______________1.0.8.0
ICU : 1.8_____________1.6
APU : 2.0____________1.14
Driver : 1.0.8.2________1.0.8.0
ASIO : 1.0.1.4________1.0.1.4
CPL : 1.0.5.0_________1.0.4.8

And no more "Precision Mode" ?
Any comment ?

R.C.

shucks! thanks for the feedback!

so where are you guys getting the newest yet best price "02" models from? all the ebay ones seem to be 01 and no real way of knowing build dates, and the 02's are double the price of the 01s.

At that price, I'm thinking the M2Tech Hiface may be a better value:
M2Tech

any info is appreciated.

The "license" is an upgrade to the firmware. It is a trivial task if you have used and installed software in a computer. You just have to follow the instructions, and those have been posted here, I think.

I have, but can't hack this one... perhaps someone can PM me the new valid key for the newest firmware, or link on how to bypass this. Much appreciated

The firmware upgrade only works on 32 bit systems. So you can take your musiland to a computer running a 32 bit OS and upgrade there.

After you upgrade the firmware, then the driver work in any OS

You cannot bypass this process
The file you got in the mail is tied to the serial number in your musiland, so no other file will work.

I copied this from the Musiland forum:
IMPORTANT:
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1, Monitor 01 MINI do NOT require the firmware update to use the new driver(and/or all future driver updates), other products might need that, pay attention to step 4.
2, protect your license and serial, since they can be used only once, if somebody used it, you will lose your privilege to use new drivers.
3, follow the step-by-step guide to avoid unnecessary problems.
4, once the firmware's been upgraded, it will suite all future driver updates, no need to upgrade the firmware again.
5, if you do not upgrade the firmware, you can't use the new driver and/or all future driver updates, including the 'digital CD' driver(a special driver optimized specifically for 16bit/44.1khz).
6, the firmware upgrade program only runs on 32 bit OS, while the driver is suitable for both 32/64 bit.

STEP-BY-STEP:
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1, unplug your Monitor 01 US/USD/02US/MINI from your computer.
2, uninstall the old driver.
3, download and install the new driver:
http://www.musiland.com.cn/downloads...on_1.0.5.0.zip
4, reboot, plug Monitor 01 US/USD/02US/MINI in, if the control panel shows 'Warning: License invalid', it needs the firmware upgrade, otherwise you can skip the following steps and enjoy it now.
5, download the Monitor 01 US/USD/02US/MINI firmware upgrade program and extract it to a folder('MlCyMonAct' from now on):
http://www.musiland.com.cn/downloads...MlCyMonAct.zip
6, run 'MlCyMonUser.exe' in 'MlCyMonAct', it will create a file named 'License.dat'.
7, send the 'License.data' to activate@musiland.com.cn as an attachment, also your product name and serial, double check your mail before sending, the three entry must present and match each other.
8, we will reply your mail in business time using activate@musiland.com.cn, it will include a 'License.key' file as an attachment, save it to the 'MlCyMonAct' folder.
9, run 'MlCyMonProg.exe' in 'MlCyMonAct', it will upgrade the firmware for you.
10, reboot and have fun

CHANGE LOG:
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1, driver kernel upgrade, sound quality improved, fixed the problem while changing sample rate in some player.
2, digital output timing improved, fixed the problem causing Dolby Digital output not correctly working in some circumstances.
3, ASIO kernel upgrade, better compatibility.
4, better Windows 7 compatibility.
5, sample rate control is completely compatible with Vista/Win7 now, fixed the problem sometimes the system sample rate is not correct in Vista/Win7.
6, the driver is 256bit RSA encrypted to prevent fake/duplicates, ensure every customer got genuine products presented by MUSILAND.


Hope this helps.

According to the instructions, the upgrading procedure itself does not seem to be complicated, but the waiting to obtain the license data really hurts my feeling about Musiland.

This is like that you have spent a lot of time to identify a big screen TV and made an effort to move it home and get it hooked up. Then turn on this nice looking TV and find the message: "License Invalid, Contact The Manufacture". By reading the fine print, you further find that it will take a few days to obtain the license. Do we want to buy this kind of TV?

The good thing is that Musiland realized this activation procedure is bad for the user of their products and has abandoned it. I just wish the sellers know the actual status of the products they are selling and pass the related information to the buyers.

glt:

Thank you very much for putting the detailed upgrading procedure here. It is useful to many people including myself.

I would like to point out that Steps 7 and 8 will probably take the longest time (days instead of minutes in other steps) to finish in the whole upgrading procedure.

glt,
thank you very much for the detailed email! that's exactly what I was looking for. So my understanding is, as per your post, that I need to first run the procedure from steps 1-9 in a 32bit System, then once the firmware upgrade is done, I can just plug it into my 64bit system and run with it?

also, is there a way to force win7 to run the install in 32bit mode for the install upgrade, and then back the 64bit operation from thereafter?

Musiland should have really thought this thru!

Not sure if you can "force" win7-64.

Regarding the need to send your serial number and wait for file, the story goes like this:


- All products work with the drivers included in the CD.
- Some products before driver 1.05 has the old firmaware
- Around that time, Musiland figured that some people were copying their s/w and using it in hardware other than Musiland
- Musiland decided to add some authentication code that will ensure musiland s/w would only work with musiland h/w
- Older products required firmware upgrade, but the firmware was specific to the serial number
- Thus the e-mail process

Sure there is a couple of days wait, some people longer, some people shorter. And sure Musiland can do this better, but after the old devices are sold, there will be no more of this. Besides, the old driver would still work while you wait for the new driver so not quite like your TV example :-). Besides where can you get USB 24/192K solution for 80 bucks?

very true, although it leaves a sour taste in the mouth that you buy a couple of months old device, and it has this "old" feel to it, when the newer ones dont have that