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It has been reported to software team.gapless playback would be nice....
It will be fixed somewhere around 2026...
It has been reported to software team.gapless playback would be nice....
48k DSD
@Shanling pls fix tidal mqa playback. It’s still broken
gapless playback would be nice....
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@Shanling i don’t wanna buy a additional app/ I bought a 1800 euro dap to play tidal. Tidal app has way more functions Dan usb audio pro . I already own the app. Pls fix the dapI'm not really familiar with this, do you have any sample DSD files of this for us to test?
Software team fixed compatibility with Tidal Max with the recent firmware update, the MQA is still unfortunately messed up by the Tidal change and we have no estimation when it might be fixed.
As @BobSmith8901 mentioned, using UAPP is possible alternative for this at current time.
It definitely would be nice.
I don't. I was trying to figure out whether the DAP supported it first, then I was going to use HQPlayer to resample 48kHz PCM files to DSD.I'm not really familiar with this, do you have any sample DSD files of this for us to test?
I don't. I was trying to figure out whether the DAP supported it first, then I was going to use HQPlayer to resample 48kHz PCM files to DSD.
I know that resampling PCM files to DSD64 sounds remarkably good on the M8 due to bypassing the analog oversampling filter/replacing it with a digital filter, but DSD64 at 2.8224 MHz is optimized for files at 44.1/88.2 kHz. I have a lot of 48/96/192 kHz files that I'd bet will sound better if resampled to a DSD multiple of 48 kHz rather than a multiple of 44.1kHz.
Hi,
Woah... I must say that personally, I would probably not be able to tell those apart...
I already struggle to differentiate 24/48 from 24/96 and, even my life would depend on it, I would not be able to tell a difference between 24/96 and 24/192.
So a difference between a 24/96 resampled to DSD : should try that to try to tell them apart !
Regards.
Hi,@Shanling
I kindly ask you to implement bit-perfect playback for Shanling and Edditct player applications when playing PCM. Obviously there is an aural difference with UAPP, which uses direct access to the DAC. This difference definitely feels like more space and reverb decay when playing through UAPP. At the same time, the Shanling application has its own bold “coloring”, but there is definitely less information on high frequencies. If there are any objections, I will specifically install the 3.5 connector and compare THD and IMD via RMAA, Arta via Motu M4 Line In. It's important for me. DSD files, on the contrary, are played well by the Shanling player application, but are not supported by the UAPP application (forced plug converter to PCM), since the player developer claims that you have not provided a solution for muffling the noise when switching DSD tracks, as is implemented well in the Shanling application.
Regarding the Shanling player - special tuning, as opposed to the bit-perfect mode of UAPP, gives a feeling of deception and artificial downgrade of sound for the generation before M9 (which are quite similar in hardware). Give us bit-perfect mode!
Regarding UAPP: Please, provide the developer with the assistance necessary to implement DSD support. I, like many other buyers, still purchase similar devices as a hardware Android platform for UAPP, due to artificial tuning in the direction of deteriorating fidelity.
Separately, a bug report on DSD files in the Shanling player: sometimes after navigating through a track after unpausing, a jump occurs for a few seconds along the track after the start of playback of a new section. Firmware version: 1.75
@Shanling
I kindly ask you to implement bit-perfect playback for Shanling and Edditct player applications when playing PCM. Obviously there is an aural difference with UAPP, which uses direct access to the DAC. This difference definitely feels like more space and reverb decay when playing through UAPP. At the same time, the Shanling application has its own bold “coloring”, but there is definitely less information on high frequencies. If there are any objections, I will specifically install the 3.5 connector and compare THD and IMD via RMAA, Arta via Motu M4 Line In. It's important for me. DSD files, on the contrary, are played well by the Shanling player application, but are not supported by the UAPP application (forced plug converter to PCM), since the player developer claims that you have not provided a solution for muffling the noise when switching DSD tracks, as is implemented well in the Shanling application.
Regarding the Shanling player - special tuning, as opposed to the bit-perfect mode of UAPP, gives a feeling of deception and artificial downgrade of sound for the generation before M9 (which are quite similar in hardware). Give us bit-perfect mode!
Regarding UAPP: Please, provide the developer with the assistance necessary to implement DSD support. I, like many other buyers, still purchase similar devices as a hardware Android platform for UAPP, due to artificial tuning in the direction of deteriorating fidelity.
Separately, a bug report on DSD files in the Shanling player: sometimes after navigating through a track after unpausing, a jump occurs for a few seconds along the track after the start of playback of a new section. Firmware version: 1.75
Well, I tried, and I'm disappointed to report that the M8 does not support 48kHz DSD rates.
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@Shanling please fix the mqa tidal appAccording to info from our software team, the app works in bit-perfect mode with the built-in DAC or USB output. There is no additional processing for the "special tuning" you mention.
We were in contact with UAPP about this for the last time in November 2022, with some feedback from our software team. We never received any follow-up email from UAPP about the DSD Playback.
Can you send us one file to test?
Hi,Hell, I'd be delighted if Shanling would just figure out how to get their music app to correctly sort alphabetically! Been asking for years...
I would start a dialogue with ShanlingAfter almost 4 years of daily use, I finally dropped my M8 in a way that damaged it.
It still functions curiously, but the music quality is audibly reduced and I can hear rattling inside which I assume is either a transistor, resistor, or some other electrical component that came loose.
Since shipping back to China for repair is out of the question for me, does anybody know how to properly remove the back-plate so I can attempt to re-solder the component in its place?
If it is something more serious than that I will be sending out funeral invites.