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Rockbox for iBasso DX50 dual boot with stock firmware

Mar 14, 2014 at 12:36 PM Post #65 of 2,020
I'll definitely flash rockbox after office lol
 
Mar 14, 2014 at 12:41 PM Post #66 of 2,020
How is the coax output with Rockbox? Does it work okay?
 
Great news, indeed! I never wanted to put Rockbox on my Cowon players because the builds seemed unstable.
 
Mar 14, 2014 at 12:59 PM Post #67 of 2,020
goldfishx said:
  How is the coax output with Rockbox? Does it work okay?
 
Great news, indeed! I never wanted to put Rockbox on my Cowon players because the builds seemed unstable.
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Nobody has mentioned it yet, but I can test it tonight on my desktop setup.  I suspect with it being an uncommon hardware feature for most players that use the Android base, so it may require some additional implementation?
 
Mar 14, 2014 at 1:07 PM Post #68 of 2,020
modulor said:
  Nobody has mentioned it yet, but I can test it tonight on my desktop setup.  I suspect that being an uncommon hardware feature for most players that use the Android base, so it may require some additional implementation?
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That is what I figured. I need it to go into my standalone DAC, but every firmware has its own quirks about SQ, so I'm hoping this would give me a flat response.
 
Mar 14, 2014 at 1:12 PM Post #70 of 2,020
Guys for all who tested rockbox..

Can i get your impression for the sq diff between rockbox 1.2.8 ?

I have been testing the whole day may be more than 30 songs, by switching between both players.

I listen to rockbox eq off then change to mango directly and listen to same song, i feel its better on 1.2.8, i feel it got wider sound stage and better details, problem is when i switch back to rockbox again, i feel no difference hahahaha

So it seems i went crazy or something, anyway its good to hear others impressions.

Also a tip, when a folder contains too many flacs on rockbox, the scroll isnt smooth and a bit slugish, i increased the scroll width from the theme settings, and used the fat scroll to go down and up, its much easier and faster.
 
Mar 14, 2014 at 1:23 PM Post #71 of 2,020
kingdixon said:
Guys for all who tested rockbox..

Can i get your impression for the sq diff between rockbox 1.2.8 ?

I have been testing the whole day may be more than 30 songs, by switching between both players.

I listen to rockbox eq off then change to mango directly and listen to same song, i feel its better on 1.2.8, i feel it got wider sound stage and better details, problem is when i switch back to rockbox again, i feel no difference hahahaha

So it seems i went crazy or something, anyway its good to hear others impressions.

Also a tip, when a folder contains too many flacs on rockbox, the scroll isnt smooth and a bit slugish, i increased the scroll width from the theme settings, and used the fat scroll to go down and up, its much easier and faster.
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My quick impression so far is Rockbox at default(all settings at 0dB) the response is ruler flat. It makes the orig FW a bit colored especially on the lows. If you like that you still can do so in Rockbox by tinkering on the EQ. I have not done a critical comparison yet. Just trying to listen to as much music with Rockbox first.
 
I don't know if I notice any change in soundstage, but I thought Rockbox appears to resolve more details especially the micro details, which is more obvious on a few classical songs I listened to so far.
 
EDIT: It just brings everything out from the recordings, even the minute nuisance. It's just raw. The orig FW sounds like overly smooth and trimmed.
 
Mar 14, 2014 at 1:31 PM Post #72 of 2,020
does anybody else get the following error when trying to play from database?
 
*Panic*
Stkov audio
pc:0068554 sp:01502a4
      A: 000685bc
bt end
 
I'd be grateful for any suggestions.
 
Mar 14, 2014 at 1:32 PM Post #73 of 2,020
headwhacker said:
   
My quick impression so far is Rockbox at default(all settings at 0dB) the response is ruler flat. I makes the orig FW a bit colored especially on the lows. If you like that you still can do so in Rockbox by tinkering on the EQ. I have not done a critical comparison yet. Just trying to listen to as much music with Rockbox first.
 
I don't know if I notice any change in soundstage, but I thought Rockbox appears to resolve more details especially the micro details, which is more obvious on a few classical songs I listened to so far.
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This is what I want, because I'm coaxing into a pretty good Dac and then into a Lyr with good vintage tubes. Starting with a colored source causes me all sorts of problems.
 
Mar 14, 2014 at 1:34 PM Post #74 of 2,020
gitbags said:
  does anybody else get the following error when trying to play from database?
 
*Panic*
Stkov audio
pc:0068554 sp:01502a4
      A: 000685bc
bt end
 
I'd be grateful for any suggestions.
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Do a factory reset from the settings menu of the original firmware. I had that error initially.
 
Mar 14, 2014 at 1:55 PM Post #75 of 2,020
goldfishx said:
   
This is what I want, because I'm coaxing into a pretty good Dac and then into a Lyr with good vintage tubes. Starting with a colored source causes me all sorts of problems.
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Digital out should be a raw digital signal from the DAP to the external DAC for processing, so technically speaking any firmware or settings shouldn't have an effect?  That was my understanding anyway, but I could very well be wrong 
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