I feel that the major increase in the presence of sub-bass on this new firmware really helps to elevate the tempo and rhythm of the music. Even on the BA driver based IER-M9, there is a significantly strong rumble feel to the sub-bass. I would think that Bass lovers will be very happy with this new firmware, that's for sure.
Would suggest to try out. Personally for myself, I find FLAC to sound just a bit more congested, with higher compression settings sounding much worse. I would use the AIFF format as container for the PCM, as it allows for album art and metadata. To me the sound quality gain is worth the extra space required for uncompressed music.
Set the date and time. Change it to another date/time, and change it back to toggle it. Restart, try the update again.
There is a warning about this on the Firmware page, so it may be able to affect the update. What is described does not match your situation, but still worth trying, I guess.
You will need to update both the Music Center for PC software and the Walkman firmware to the latest versions to improve connection stability. If either is not updated to the latest version, there is a possibility that the Music Center for PC software and Walkman device will not connect properly.
The date and time must be set correctly on the Walkman or the update notification may not appear. If they are not correct, set the date and time manually.
Sorry I don't use streaming services, I am an offline audiophile. All my music is stored on my Swissbit S55U Industrial card. I don't like the idea of corporations dictating what I can listen(Licensing can change at any time and you can lose access to the streaming music). Also there seem to be hidden undefeatable replaygain/dynamics compression in the Streaming music apps or hidden replaygain contained within the streaming music data files, which is a no no for sound quality in my books.
I would disable: chrome, google play services and google play store
Only enable them occasionally when I need to update apps or login into Sony account for the headphone app using chrome.
Sorry I don't use streaming services, I am an offline audiophile. All my music is stored on my Swissbit S55U Industrial card. I don't like the idea of corporations dictating what I can listen(Licensing can change at any time and you can lose access to the streaming music). Also there seem to be hidden undefeatable replygain/dynamics compression in the Streaming music apps or hidden replygain contained within the streaming music data files, which is a no no for sound quality in my books.
I am sorry that you would not try it , it has a 30days free trial .
Besides that , Qobuz has been immensely helpful in
-making me discover new music
-recovering old music in their highest res and format possible
-leaving me free roaming through any genres , and the new hires format productions are quite a show for audiophile ears
and convenient
Ps i own a Swissbit s55u , I compare from there too.
I am sorry that you would not try it , it has a 30days free trial .
Besides that , Qobuz has been immensely helpful in
-making me discover new music
-recovering old music in their highest res and format possible
-leaving me free roaming through any genres , and the new hires format productions are quite a show for audiophile ears
and convenient
Ps i own a Swissbit s55u , I compare from there too.
chrome already disabled on my 1am2..the other 2 indid i am disabling them as I won't need the playstore for a long time too
Sadly Qobuz is not available for Singapore. Not going to subscribe to VPN just to get it running.
I think I have gotten almost all of my old music in the red book format. Quite satisfied with collection.
I just use youtube for discovering new music, it's free and it works good enough.
Also I think I have grown extremely cynical with the music industry, especially with western music, I really don't find any of the modern music to be attractive. I tend to go for very niche music nowadays, maybe j-anime or some youtuber singing covers of older songs.
Happy to report that my Swissbit S55U has been problem free so far. Zero issues encountered.
I consider Swissbit the most important part of my chain. It even affects Bluetooth and I benefit from one in my phone.
Performance/ price ratio is so good that price shouldn't be an issue. What can be a deal breaker is max 256G. If there's a remote possibility that 256G can be enough for you, then I highly, highly recommend a Swissbit.
No one who's tried it has knocked it. 100% customer satisfaction
Hola amigo ¿y yo también? jeje, me perdí en el hilo de comentarios, tengo mucha música física, puro metal y rock, también consumo streaming, tengo servicios contratados, Tidal, Qobuz y Spotify, pero estoy más en el dap en formato local, y cuando viajo en el coche uso de transmisión.
I feel that the major increase in the presence of sub-bass on this new firmware really helps to elevate the tempo and rhythm of the music. Even on the BA driver based IER-M9, there is a significantly strong rumble feel to the sub-bass. I would think that Bass lovers will be very happy with this new firmware, that's for sure.
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