[mw7485]

Decided to find an MQA album to try. I didn't want a duplicate album, so I have no basis for comparison. I chose the soundtrack to the new Bladerunner film - Zimmer's often worth a punt. However, stumbled arcoss this whilst looking into MQAPerhaps MQA is not the silver bullet after all!

 

[Whitigir]

Was it gold instead

 

[mw7485]

One thing I have noticed about the 2.0 firmware release, I am getting far fewer "gaps" in album art when I scroll through albums. On 1.2, I would often have the album art loading symbol come up. This hardly ever happens now .

 

[mw7485]

Was it gold instead

I see what you did there.....!!

 

[gerelmx1986]

So some one has an answer what is the purpose of the disc tag?

 

[mw7485]

Just updated to V2.0 and listening to familiar songs through Utopia from 4.4 out. Initial impressions seem to be slightly more air which may translate to a slightly bigger sound stage. SQ seems to be tighter across the frequency range and not just in the low frequency range. Comparing to previous version it seems to be slightly brighter and as a result seems to be slightly less warm from previous version. I agree with previous observation that volume seems to be 3-5 steps stronger.

Interesting, and I concur. I'm listening to the 1Z with Z5, and it does indeed appear slightly brighter - and not in a nasty way. I don't remember the sound I am hearing right now from the Z5s. Perhaps it is confirmation bias, I don't know - Its really annoying that Sony don't come clean on exactly what the update contains.

 

[Kira69]

So some one has an answer what is the purpose of the disc tag?

To tag and organize multidisc releases.

And regarding your question about how to show the total tracks number, you need to add this tag on the file. Is one of the default tags shown in foobar2000 tag editor, but you can use something like mp3tag too.

 

[proedros]

any more wm1a users here who think the new FW improves the sound of the dap ?

share your thoughts please

 

[all999]

any more wm1a users here who think the new FW improves the sound of the dap ?

share your thoughts please

Tried to actually read a thread?

 

[gerelmx1986]

To tag and organize multidisc releases.

And regarding your question about how to show the total tracks number, you need to add this tag on the file. Is one of the default tags shown in foobar2000 tag editor, but you can use something like mp3tag too.

Thanks for the quick answer

 

[gerelmx1986]

any more wm1a users here who think the new FW improves the sound of the dap ?

share your thoughts please

Listening to xba-z5, they sound more lean, more Soundstage like cavernous but yes I also note on the xba-z5 to be a lesser quantity of bass with this firmware release

 

[JayF]

I may have to hold off on the FW upgrade. I love my 1z + z1r combo now so if the upgrade truly impacts quantity of bass then it's not worth it to me.

 

[Whitigir]

I may have to hold off on the FW upgrade. I love my 1z + z1r combo now so if the upgrade truly impacts quantity of bass then it's not worth it to me.

It does, the mid bass is tighter

 

[Matrix Petka]

any more wm1a users here who think the new FW improves the sound of the dap ?

share your thoughts please

Already did.
And have one suspicion - Sony made mistake and the same sound tuning went to WM1A and WM1Z wit FM update.

 

[mw7485]

I may have to hold off on the FW upgrade. I love my 1z + z1r combo now so if the upgrade truly impacts quantity of bass then it's not worth it to me.

For me, it appears to be a positive change. Before, my Z5s were my "dirty little secret" - now, well, they're becoming the iem's I reach for more often than not (as long as I don't want total isolation). I'm impressed with the Z5 synergy.