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Jul 19, 2014 at 5:19 PM Post #1,591 of 3,155
jensenchua said:
  Tried my DX90>> Violectric V200>>HD800 sounded just incredible, the soundstage is just indescribable~~ jamato8 is time for you to get your hand on HD800!!
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Leave me alone! I am happy with what I have. . . . . "right sure you are", the audio demon on my shoulder says. 
 
Jul 20, 2014 at 12:09 AM Post #1,592 of 3,155
jamato8 said:
  Leave me alone! I am happy with what I have. . . . . "right sure you are", the audio demon on my shoulder says. 
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Well, the DX90 >> Hugo >> HD800 is also sublime... just sayin.... the musicality is just incredible~~ :wink:  
 
 
athmospheric said:
  I've just returned to 2.0 FW and the difference between 2.1 is a night and day. Now I remember why I bought DX90 over DX50 and the fact this DAP has two dac chips. Soundstage again is incredibly vast and has a depth(!). I suspect that in blind test I couldn't distinguish DX90 2.1 of the iphone 5s which despite a worse musicality sounds very simiar to the 2.1. I know how it sounds, it's however my personal opinion.
 
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I could swear I hear some micro details with 2.0 I haven't heard with 2.1, What? Maybe it's because of different scene creation. Now there is no harshness at all, better separation, better musicality, just another level. ath-a900x gains significantly. I'm just amazed.
 
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I've been staying on 2.0 all along.  Never felt any need to "upgrade" my firmware :)
 
Jul 20, 2014 at 1:50 AM Post #1,593 of 3,155
kkcc said:
   
Well, the DX90 >> Hugo >> HD800 is also sublime... just sayin.... the musicality is just incredible~~ :wink:  
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You are driving jamato8 crazy
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Jul 20, 2014 at 5:26 AM Post #1,594 of 3,155
It happens that there are two almost equivalent threads for DX90, and it also happened that I posted announce of my firmware tweaks into the other one.
 
Please note that, most probably, I will not duplicate my answers, keeping them all in one (aforementioned) thread only.
 
Jul 22, 2014 at 2:05 PM Post #1,595 of 3,155
Just to check though, when using the Hugo, the DAP is only being used as a source, right? So the DX90 isn't really the reason that it sounds good?
 
Jul 22, 2014 at 4:11 PM Post #1,596 of 3,155
lurker0 said:
It happens that there are two almost equivalent threads for DX90, and it also happened that I posted announce of my firmware tweaks into the other one.

Please note that, most probably, I will not duplicate my answers, keeping them all in one (aforementioned) thread only.
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No worries, I read both threads:D
 
Jul 22, 2014 at 6:16 PM Post #1,597 of 3,155
after using the dx90 over two months, i am rather surprised that none of the three firmware varianta can keep up with the precise and clear sound of a Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro or a Yamaha CX-1000 preamp (48/16 resultion only). For example, the piano music of Keith Jarrett´s Cologne concert in 96/24 resolution sounds more natural and authentic on both desktop equipments - high fidelty just.
 
Anyway,  i love my dx90 and it´s sound variations - performs much better than the former "more muddy" FiiO X3.
 
Jul 23, 2014 at 3:22 AM Post #1,598 of 3,155
deja-vu said:
  after using the dx90 over two months, i am rather surprised that none of the three firmware varianta can keep up with the precise and clear sound of a Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro or a Yamaha CX-1000 preamp (48/16 resultion only). For example, the piano music of Keith Jarrett´s Cologne concert in 96/24 resolution sounds more natural and authentic on both desktop equipments - high fidelty just.
 
Anyway,  i love my dx90 and it´s sound variations - performs much better than the former "more muddy" FiiO X3.
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I use to have Sound Blaster Audigy 4 and yes is sound amazing, but now I think the Creative sound card is more towards on the gaming sound no more on the Hifi or muisc. Of course the DX90 will sound superior than the X3, the price & the category are not the same.
 
Jul 23, 2014 at 10:53 AM Post #1,600 of 3,155
the hitman said:
  hi guyz, why I can not update the firmware to 2.0 from 2.1? 
from 2.1 to 2:05 it can be done and there is no problem
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There are directions on the 1st page. You need a PC and then download the SW to do it. 
 
Jul 23, 2014 at 1:32 PM Post #1,601 of 3,155
the hitman said:
  hi guyz, why I can not update the firmware to 2.0 from 2.1? 
from 2.1 to 2:05 it can be done and there is no problem
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Not sure why technically that is the case, but that's correct - you can't downgrade the firmware to the original version without using a special tool on Windows (I think it's called RKBatch or something, it's in this thread, probably on front page) and you can't do it at all on a Mac I believe..
 
Jul 24, 2014 at 2:18 PM Post #1,603 of 3,155
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