The bug fix was to make the pre-amp slider represent the selected forced reduction. I must still continue to compensate for this pointless forced reduction in pre-amp functionality. This is a great product, but the cross feed implementation should have been the wake-up call, it doesn't work...

Yeah sorry, I came across as little arrogant there, I just really love this device and I'm a bit frustrated that I have been listening to it, posting about it and surprised now to find my EQ settings were out the whole time. At the very start of this whole thread, @wslee talked about the need...

Direct Memory Access - yeah I remember that. For this device, I always open Powershell inside the windows folder and run the fw batch file, just intuitive for me being a Linux geek.

I was unable to get the app to recognise my fw 1.41 revision device just then, the device turned on and worked, but no app control. I tried removing the device from the app list, but it would not connect to the mac address of this device. I was forced to revert to 1.32 to get it working again...

Yes, that will help you, but be careful of the EQ pre-sets and volume until the bug is fixed.

There is a major bug in the pre-amp section of EQ in this firmware. I'm sure they are working on a fix... is the EQ on when you experience the drop in volume?

The pre-amp settings Is really buggy, I can't even describe accurately what's going wrong. Please fix, or hire me and I'll come to South Korea or wherever you are and fix - I just want this thing to stay awesome.

I suggest if a real Auto Gain Protector can't be programmed, simply use the inverse of the highest value in the EQ bands as the pre-amp protector and show it changing the pre-amp value so the user is not confused - a switch that when on, automatically changes the pre-amp slider as you change the...

There does seem to be something odd with the EQ pre-amp setting, there is a bug that when you apply a pre-set, it recorded the pre-amp setting in the pre-set, but doesn't apply it properly. If I have a pre-amp boost of 1.9 set for a particular EQ pre-set, then it looks like it applies, but...

Well, it's just that there are 2 stages, let's say stage 1 is where there is the signal coming from your phone to the Bluetooth output and stage 2 is where the signal is inside the ES100 just prior to the EQ before the final result is sent to the DAC/AMP combo. Essentially, for best results...

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I've been under the assumption that the EQ section had no hidden pre-amp, now since the new firmware, I know there is -6dB pre-pre-amp applied as well as your own EQ pre-amp, I have adjusted accordingly, you simply need to make sure any given EQ frequency band plus the current EQ pre-amp value...

I agree with much of this, especially point 7 - this is what I was expecting from an automatic gain limiter, needs to analyse the source signal in real-time comparing to the output from the preamp and eq and reduce the volume instantly to prevent clipping, restoring the requested set volume upon...

OK, so after my rather assertive post about AptX HD and the new 1.40 firmware experiencing dropouts, @wslee actually let me try a version 1.41 bugfix for this straight away... Yep, you did it Radsone, it's been playing for a solid 10 minutes now with AptX HD without any skipping. I realise...

First, when we get LDAC, we get a rather BS diagram that's supposed to demonstrate just how much more brilliant it is than the other codecs, despite using a single sine wave - standard practice for a DSP application, but completely useless for information compression and reveals only how the...

The preamp control is very basic, offering : 1: -6 dB digital with + 6dB analog 2: -6 dB digital 3. -12 dB digital with +12 dB analog 4. -12 dB digital I don't need this - nothing automatic about it. I tried adjusting buffer length (between 7 and 10), oversampling and EQ) all of them have a...

New firmware 1.40, I'm getting a dropout (interruption with a silent gap, then continues where it left off) in sound every 30 seconds to a couple of minutes or so using AptX HD... HD jitter on/off still the same gap I might have to revert back to 1.32

I still prefer the ESS Sabre to any other DAC, no amount of great service from Radsone, small and light, surprisingly powerful, delicate and functionally superior adaptor can change this for me. One thing I've learned from this entire ES100 thread is that compatibility of components is the...

Ages ago a number of people suggested finding a way to activate the phone's voice assistance through this device, it was dismissed I think because this device's purpose was audiophile and this maybe cheapened it's purpose, however I see others are entering the market now with this ability - lots...

Be aware that these batteries are in a bag for a reason, they may need to expand and if they can't, they can catch fire.

Well kind of, if it's Android and it's using Android's default output, then a signal coming from a music app may need to be re-sampled before being mixed to 48KHz 24 bit unless the app first reads and possibly adjusts the output format and possibly isolating it from being mixed too. There are a...

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I'm not certain, but I imagine the extra processing is due to software implementation of LDAC rather than hardware, I think the Snapdragon 835 in your Pixel 2 does AptX HD in hardware. I don't think Sony would have done any DSP within LDAC at the receiver, DSEE HX is only for Sony source...

Doing things... like keyboard taps maybe? silence all actions on your work phone, or just try outright do not disturb.

What kind of sound do you like? What headphones do you have or plan to use? If you like articulate, analytical, precise sound, get some expensive open back headphones and get a V30 If you like warm bass, velvet smooth treble, musicality and ease of use, get some quality IEMs or portable...