[samandhi]

Btw - what kind of job makes it possible to leave work after 6-8 hours listening to your 320? I envy you

LOL.. Mine does actually. I am a temperature controls tech. I program controllers to work with HVAC systems for building automation. Most times I am by myself in a mechanical room, or boiler/chiller room. I normally just slap the headphones/IEMs/earbuds on/in and get down to it.

 

[1kHz]

I have deleted every non music app besides play store and activated every known battery saver feature but still get excessive battery drain. Some behaviour adjustment is needed for living with the DX320. I have started reusing my iPhone + amp combo again to give myself a mental break from battery peeping and screen response fatigue.

Still is subjective to how you use your device and with what headphones, gain level etc. Different headphones have a difference in power draw also. If i use power hungry cans i will get less battery.

 

[justsomesonyfan]

I have deleted every non music app besides play store and activated every known battery saver feature but still get excessive battery drain. Some behaviour adjustment is needed for living with the DX320. I have started reusing my iPhone + amp combo again to give myself a mental break from battery peeping and screen response fatigue.

are you streaming? if not why not use mango OS?

 

[jamato8]

I have deleted every non music app besides play store and activated every known battery saver feature but still get excessive battery drain. Some behaviour adjustment is needed for living with the DX320. I have started reusing my iPhone + amp combo again to give myself a mental break from battery peeping and screen response fatigue.

I would have the wifi and BT off. But I get very decent play time so I wonder what other issue there might be. You are on the latest firmware and have done a factory reset?

 

[justsomesonyfan]

anyone here got noticable SQ difference between flac and wav?

 

[artpiggo]

anyone here got noticable SQ difference between flac and wav?

from what I knew, Quality of wav = flac-uncompressed and better than flac-compressed.

It depends on when you ripped CD, you chose it compressed or uncompressed.

 

[samandhi]

from what I knew, Quality of wav = flac-uncompressed and better than flac-compressed.

It depends on when you ripped CD, you chose it compressed or uncompressed.

I think you are right here. While both are lossless (meaning you will NOT lose any data, compressed or uncompressed), depending on the age of your FLAC file, the algorithms have improved over the years. We also are assuming that the FLAC and WAV files are from the same source file?!

Also, you might be hearing quantization errors, or other distortions that known be introduced any time you change formats (especially when compressing). Though quantization errors are usually only introduced when you convert down in quality (e.g. 24/128 to 16/44).

You could experiment if you are using Neutron as your player. Try turning Dither on and Noise Shaping on also, then compare again. Then try oversampling (which also has a sort of Dither algorithm attached to it), but make sure you turn off Dither before doing this. You could also try using PCM to DSD (leaving oversampling on) and see if you still hear a difference.

As for my old ears, I don't think my hearing is good enough to be able to discern between a FLAC and WAV (from the same source). I CAN hear the difference in most cases (depending on the production value of the source file) between Redbook and much higher quality though.

Just my thoughts though.

 

[Tomm11]

I cant hear a difference between a wav or flac (at any level of compression), at least when the music is ripped from one of my CD's and then converted.
My understanding is that all FLAC files are compressed. It's called lossless compression because no data is lost as the files are fully decompressed on the fly during playback. The difference in FLAC compression levels between 0 - 8 comes down to files size and storage space. 8 being the most compressed (smallest file size) and 0 being the least compressed. The difference in decompression is that it would take a little more processing power to decompress the smaller file sizes that result from higher levels of compression. I would think that if there were any audible differences, they probably would result from how the players processor handles the decompression on the fly. But again, I've never been able to hear a difference. Also, I'm very far from an expert on this stuff.

 

[RIGATIO]

I personally cant hear any difference between flac and wav but can hear a difference between the flac and dsd or flac and mp3.
For me a perfect scenario is to have everything in dsd because of the liquidity and analogue feel of the dsd files. They lack dynamics sometimes but i can swallow it in favor of a better timbre.

 

[Scuba Devils]

I've found that my very old rips from CD to FLAC don't sound as good as recent, I've been curious as to why - when I say old, these go back at least 10 years - it may well have been the software I used at the time. Also, I haven't used WAV for a long time, but I used to at least think they sounded a bit too bright or something compared to FLAC - again, this is probably 10 years ago or maybe even more. I remember my format of choice once upon a time was OGG VORBIS, that's probably nearly 20 years ago now, with the good old Rio Karma.

 

[aaf evo]

http://www.ibasso.com/.../DX320_20230110_2.05.125_128G...

Looks like FW 2.05.125 just got released

Improvements with this firmware:

1. Improved the battery saver function, now battery saver works when charging with the player powered off.
2. Rectified the bug that some APPs can't access the Micro SD card. (Android OS)

 

[Paul - iBasso]

New firmware. Change log and instruction in the download.

To be used with the 660 Tool:
http://www.ibasso.com/uploadfiles/download/DX320_20230110_2.05.125_128G_img.zip

Download, unzip for the FW and instructions.
http://www.ibasso.com/uploadfiles/download/DX320FW-ota-v2.05.zip

 

[Ichos]

Done.
Very easily, direct download and unzip into the player.
No PC needed.

 

[1kHz]

Hmm, i wonder if this fixes the random sound drop outs when listening to offline music. On 2.0.4 music sometimes blank out in the beginning sections of the music in a long listening. But if i restart the same track again it would play fine. Does not happen on dx170 or firmware 2.0.1 @Paul - iBasso

 

[tomfox]

Can't see the 2.0.5 update in updater. DX320 2.04.923 already the latest version!?