[Gayron]

 

[Whitigir]

@Whitigir, how much do you gain from going line out of amp8 into your desktop amp? I’ve compared DX208 to my full desktop rig and I’ve gone digital out to my desktop DAC to desktop amp. However, I’ve never tried DX208 straight into my Moon 430. Is it worth the trouble of making the cable and extra setup over straight out of amp8?

Depends on how your system is. I used 208ti into my Stax and Dynalo for Hd800s and SR1. I would always connect DX208Ti 4.4mm out into an amp whenever I have the chance, unless portability is desired. But that is because I use headphones

The SR-1 headphones also has a much better scalability when connected to a desktop amp too, so I always use it this way when I want the best performances possible

 

[W4lt]

Guys, i write this post to remind you: take care when updating firmwares. I did a lot of firmware updates (custom or official) in the past... on different android phones and on the dx200. In the beginning i was nervous and i double checked everything. Today i am tired and i wanted to go back on oreo beta v1 with the lurker addon... i don't know what went wrong, but the sd card did not boot, and when i ejected the card and started the dx200 again, V2 came but the screen control was not working! then i switcht off the device and made a factory/data reset. Turned on again, the screen control still was not working.... so i flashed the newest version again with the official flash tool et voila, everythings works fine now... what a relieve!

 

[397324]

Hi.

I've got a DX200/AM1 and am using FiiO FH5 IEM's. What advantage would there be moving to the IT04?

Darren

 

[Whitigir]

Wow, even Colon Plenue L newest Flagship still can’t play DSD512 ! And Ibasso dx200 has been doing it for 2 years ?

Kakaka, dual ES9028Pro and DSD512 on Dx208Ti is a blessing.

Let alone a DX208Ti-EX !! Wooottt

 

[Dobrescu George]

Hi.

I've got a DX200/AM1 and am using FiiO FH5 IEM's. What advantage would there be moving to the IT04?

Darren

They have totally different sounds, FH5 is kina midrange and bass forward, with a smoother treble, though it has some peak in the upper midrange, while IT-04 is a really neutral bass, treble-happy IEM, and while FH5 is pretty intimate, IT04 is quite huge in its sound

 

[Zodler]

Today I got my DX200. Wow, I'm very impressed. I can finally say that I am 100% satisfied with the audio quality. Don't need anything better. I listened to it using Sennheiser HD800s with balanced cables using the default amp. I don't need to change the amp. The balanced 2.5 output is plenty enough. It already feels max power, I don't know how much better amp modules like amp8 can do.

Mind you I had this HD800s for at least a year and I never thought I explored its full potential, even with Chord Mojo and PC.

Anyway, how much battery is this supposed to consume? I started at around 82%, listened to 4-5 tracks and the battery was at 77%. Felt a little too fast.

 

[Lurker0]

i don't know what went wrong, but the sd card did not boot

Most probably, you have removed SD card too soon after writing firmware image into it. Then it booted, but with damaged file. It is always good to use safe remove/unmount/eject OS function after writing to SD card.

 

[Whitigir]

Today I got my DX200. Wow, I'm very impressed. I can finally say that I am 100% satisfied with the audio quality. Don't need anything better. I listened to it using Sennheiser HD800s with balanced cables using the default amp. I don't need to change the amp. The balanced 2.5 output is plenty enough. It already feels max power, I don't know how much better amp modules like amp8 can do.

Mind you I had this HD800s for at least a year and I never thought I explored its full potential, even with Chord Mojo and PC.

Anyway, how much battery is this supposed to consume? I started at around 82%, listened to 4-5 tracks and the battery was at 77%. Felt a little too fast.

Should last about 7 hours or so. Amp8 will be much better, and I use Hd800S too! I love it so very much

 

[Zodler]

Amp8 will be much better, and I use Hd800S too! I love it so very much

You use it with no extra amp, you connect it directly, right?

Please describe what is the difference you hear when using Amp8. Because as I said the power feels already at max. I might not be able to tell the difference between the default amp and amp8. It might be overkill for me.

 

[akira281]

MacOS Mojave - via Etcher
This is a little safer than using the CLI dd method as with dd, if you get the wrong device, well you could just wipeout your MacOS boot disk

Pre-requisites
a. Download & install Etcher
b. Download & unzip DX200FirmwareUpdater.zip
c. Download & unzip iBasso’s Oreo

Install Steps

1. Run the balenaEtcher app
2. Select Image DX200FirmwareUpdater.img
3. Select Drive (Pick your microSD card) & Continue
4. Select Flash!
5. Enter your MacOS privileged password
6. Exit balenaEtcher app
7. Physically eject microSD and reinsert
8. MicroSD should mount as DX200UPDATE
9. Doubleclick into DX200UPDATE
10. Open another Finder window
11. Navigate to the unzipped iBasso Oreo (c) above
12. Go to DX200-Android8.1-Beta-V2/DX200-Android8.1-Beta-V2
13. Copy update.img to the DX200UPDATE finder window
14. Right-click the sdupdate.img (Zero bytes) and Move to Bin
15. Right-click update.img and Rename to sdupdate.img
16. Eject the DX200UPDATE MicroSD from Finder
17. Switch off the DX200
18. Put the DX200UPDATE MicroSD into the DX200
19. Power on the DX200
20. The DX200 should be “Installing system update”
21. It takes just over 3 mins. The first 50% fo the bar is fast, but the remaining 50% of the bar is slower. It’s not hanging
22. When it finishes, it’ll say :-
    Supported API: 3
    Doing Actions succeeded.please remove the sdcard……
23. Remove the MicroSD and it’ll auto boot
24. You now have iBasso's Oreo

For Lurker0's USB Audio/HiByMusic Plug-in

1. Download and unzip Lurker's DX200-A8.1-L1.12-sdupdate.zip
2. Go in there and copy his sdupdate.img (140,052,952 bytes) into the DX200UPDATE
3. It's ok to overwrite the iBasso's Oreo sdupdate.img (or rename the iBasso's Oreo to whatever, up to you)
4. Eject and follow the same procedures above steps 17-20
5. This time however, the update is very quick < 1 min
6. Eject the MicroSD and let your DX200 reboot
7. Upon coming up Android would say it's updating
8. When finish you should have Lurker0's USB Audio, Magisk Manager, & HibyMusic (Lurker)

Just to clarify step 14 "Move to Bin" means move it to trash?

Also does one need to be on stock firmware (e.g. not on Lurker's 6.1) for this update to 8.1 to work?

Thanks.

 

[AnakChan]

Just to clarify step 14 "Move to Bin" means move it to trash?

Also does one need to be on stock firmware (e.g. not on Lurker's 6.1) for this update to 8.1 to work?

Thanks.

Move to Bin, yes it’s move to trash. It seems since Mojave, Apple has renamed “trash”.

As for stock firmware, I don’t believe so. I was already on Lurker’s latest and the procedure worked on it too. But Lurker to confirm.

 

[akira281]

Move to Bin, yes it’s move to trash. It seems since Mojave, Apple has renamed “trash”.

As for stock firmware, I don’t believe so. I was already on Lurker’s latest and the procedure worked on it too. But Lurker to confirm.

I took your example and upgraded just fine. Thanks very much for the step-by-step. You may want to add "Unplug the DX200" to step 17 otherwise it won't update.

The best gift to me with 8.1 is the system-wide mono option in the accessibility section. Love it.

 

[AnakChan]

I took your example and upgraded just fine. Thanks very much for the step-by-step. You may want to add "Unplug the DX200" to step 17 otherwise it won't update.

The best gift to me with 8.1 is the system-wide mono option in the accessibility section. Love it.

Sorry, not too sure what U mean by unplug the DX200. As long as U have sufficient battery charge, your DX200 doesn’t need to be plugged in at all?

Or maybe I misunderstood U by what U mean by plugged in?

 

[Lurker0]

Also does one need to be on stock firmware (e.g. not on Lurker's 6.1) for this update to 8.1 to work?

It should work even without any firmware (empty flash memory).