iBasso DX100:24 bit for bit, PG 1> Reviews & Impressions, Downloads, VIDEO, NEW Firmware 1.4.2. - Page 675

Great , finally some major issues found, looking forward for fixes before upgrade then

You got the magical files jamato lol ;).

Always a critic khppl lol :P.

I have been able to reproduce this problem by selecting "Albums/Play All" using the advance UI player. After a bit of time with the display off, the music stops with a click. I changed my screen time-out to "Never", but this has made no difference and the player will stop even if I turn the display off manually. Play resumes as soon as I briefly press the "On/Off/Sleep" switch.

The problem seems to be related to a "sleep" situation with the advanced UI, as the player doesn't seem to have these stops as long as the screen display is on.

I send an email to iBasso describing the issue and how to reproduce it. Hopefully, they can address this in a timely manner.
Edited by HiFlight - 1/24/13 at 6:18pm

I can't report on the new firmware, but I can share that I tried the Tralucent T-1 amp as per lee730's recommendation. And it is quite an amazing amp for the price, and a definite upgrade over the amp in the DX100. However, I also happened to be trying a used Continental V2 that I got on here for a good price. And yes the $529 amp is even better than the $229 T1. No surprise there given the much lower price of the T1, but the surprise is how close the T1 came to the ALO tube amp. Clarity and the ability to sort out complex music was the same on both amps. The Continental just has a certain fullness and body to the sound that the T1 can't quite match, although in most respects they are incredibly close, and the T1 actually has a very nice tone itself, just not as full and dense as the tube amp. If the Continental is out of your budget, then I would certainly recommened giving the T1 a try. Also I was using them both with the HD650s which probably is not an ideal match for the T1. With an easier to drive headphone, the differences might be even less than what  I heard.

Edited by Nirmalanow - 1/24/13 at 6:04pm

For the people who encountering the random music paused/stopped issue, do you tried to do factory reset? I've did mine last night and the issue don't reproduce until my battery dies off.. I found that issue but I couldn't reproduce the issue.

Yeah that could be a possible solution. Seems many have a bad habit of not doing a factory reset once they finish updating the player. If not you carry over other settings from the previous firmware and it can conflict....

  I'm one of them. The issue happens quite often.  Pissed off at last, so I give factory reset a try. Everything so far so good, I'm still listening on it now

Naughty, naughty...

I also just completed a factory reset. So far, so good! Usually I do a factory reset following a firmware update but this time I forgot. It seems that the reset resolves this issue completely.
Edited by HiFlight - 1/24/13 at 6:56pm

I have an issue sometimes, happened before the upgrade also: when I put the DX100 in my coat pocket on the go, the music sometimes skips. I have no idea why. The screen is turned off. Did it happen to any of you guys ?

 

 

I do NOT want to sort on Album Artist.  Furthermore, none of my files have this field populated.  What happens if the software tries to sort on Album Artist and all of the files have no information in this field?

 

I'm wondering how I, and others can describe the gapless issue as "not good at all" and figgie can describe it as "TRUELLY gapless!" Is the discrepancy just a matter  of terminology? Are you using the cross-fade feature that they label as "Gapless". This is a case where iBasso just used the wrong English word in the UI. What they call Gapless is really what everyone else would call cross-fade. Since cross-fade is not a feature I'm interested in with my music I leave that set to "Native play". And in that mode there is NO gapless playback. I don't want cross-fade; I want gapless.

 

And saying "the sorting is fixed" is not completely accurate, either. Tracks in playlists are now backwards and there is no ability to re-sort. And you cannot re-sort while looking at tracks in an album. For sorting to be 'fixed' I would need the ability to re-sort while viewing tracks in Directory, Playlists, Album, Artists, etc. (A-Z and Z-A). I never use the All Music list.

Factory reset fixed the freezing problem for me.  Forgot to do that this time around, thanks gents! :)

Edited by Randall DZM - 1/24/13 at 8:47pm

Is there a location on dx100 where you can find out the current firmware build? I just want to make sure I did this update right, following the steps outlined here for updating.