McGilli
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The ongoing joke on another site is the that the:
"Improves playback quality (HAP-S1 only)"
is because the last firmware crippled the HAP-S1's ability to play any music files on it. Period. No connections to Internet radio would even work.
So, in that sense yes, playback quality has improved
And the:
"Improves secure communication"
Well that is because the Hap-s1's were crippled in that they no longer were able to communicate with any internet radio, or wi-fi devices for control or playback or Gracenote servers.
Sony basically admitted to the bad previous firmware, without admitting anything. And anyone who was out of warranty and didn't want to wait 3-4 months for a working machine (They were 100% crippled) - had to actually pay for a Sony repair shop to install a working firmware on their machine before this was released OTA - and of course Sony never indicated to anyone if they were working on a fix at all. I had to wait almost 6 weeks for Sony to send me a brand new unit to replace my crippled one under warranty.
It was/is pretty messy.
"Improves playback quality (HAP-S1 only)"
is because the last firmware crippled the HAP-S1's ability to play any music files on it. Period. No connections to Internet radio would even work.
So, in that sense yes, playback quality has improved
And the:
"Improves secure communication"
Well that is because the Hap-s1's were crippled in that they no longer were able to communicate with any internet radio, or wi-fi devices for control or playback or Gracenote servers.
Sony basically admitted to the bad previous firmware, without admitting anything. And anyone who was out of warranty and didn't want to wait 3-4 months for a working machine (They were 100% crippled) - had to actually pay for a Sony repair shop to install a working firmware on their machine before this was released OTA - and of course Sony never indicated to anyone if they were working on a fix at all. I had to wait almost 6 weeks for Sony to send me a brand new unit to replace my crippled one under warranty.
It was/is pretty messy.