First of all, Big Thanks to
@Paul - iBasso & team dev. Ibasso for the early Christmas gift, a Fantastic Sonic Firmware & battery efficiency upgrade.
Like one of my preferred audition track's title, Ibasso's prized dx229 - is On fire, the update just added fuel in the already on fire hot device!
1. (The already Large) Sound field scaling increased, most obvious was the depth & height.
2. Effortless clarity, coherence & details more apparent, than ever
3. Albeit effortless & liquid doesn't mean speed was reduced, fantastic PRAT is always there
4. 3d effects & Holography benefited from the increased staging, now multi faceted. Stage performance coupled w/ Studio monitor mode...
Tracks & album played back to verify the .223 update improvements:
Gasoline, Shadow of the Sun - Audioslave
Disintegration - The Cure
the Killing moon, Angels & Devils [Rhino] - E. & the Bunnymen
So far away, Brothers in Arms [dsd64] - DS
Brothers in Arms [Japan issue] - DS
Can't help falling in love... [24 bit] - Beck
House of the rising sun [24 bit] - S.Cohen
Fuel to Fire, Dorian, Aventine [24 bit] - A.Obel
400 lux, Royals [24 bit] - Lorde
Achtung Baby [24 bit] - U2
Love will tear us apart [24 bit] - J.D.
Come as you are [fr.dvdPA, 24 bit] - Nirvana
Over the Hillside - The Blue Nile
Led Zeppelin [the album][J.P. remaster]
Hopes & Fears [dsd] - Keane