[kubig123]

I also found 3.0 to maybe be a slight slower on creating database? Though for sound quality us audiophiles will put up with a lot. Lol.

Did it stop at about the 88% mark? Mine stops there now. But I have around 10K files so it’s not too slow.

By the way 30,000 files on the player is smaller than mp3 songs?.......no?

Same here,
it looks like it takes more time to rebuilt the database and when it's around 80% it doesn't progress for few minutes.

My unit crashed twice since i installed the new FW, always on the same song.

 

[nc8000]

Oh, your grand total is 30,000 with internal memory and card.

Yep. The total content of the player

 

[Redcarmoose]

No crashes at all. Not yet?

@https://www.head-fi.org/members/kubig123.450042/

 

[siruspan]

So its not only me with the restarts after all. I've had two within 24 hours after installing 3.0 and also rebuilding database is slower than before. I'm using 200gb card.

 

[NaiveSound]

Could we all send Sony an email about crashes and how the sound has changed? If enough people do it...it might make Sony have a response?

 

[Lookout57]

Is it always crashing on the same song(s)?

Can you reproduce it constantly?

If it's always the same song(s) look at the ID3 tags and analyze the song to see if there are any encoding errors in it.

 

[siruspan]

It crashed on me on two different songs and i didnt have any problems with playing them after restart so its hard to reproduce.

 

[buzzlulu]

Ok - so what am I doing wrong?
Firmware updated (yes database rebuild is slow) and I am able to stream Tidal via Bluetooth from a iPhone XS Max.

Now - if I connect Apple CCK cable to the iPhone and then use the included USB cable with the 1Z I get no music coming out of the phone into the 1Z.

What am I doing wrong? I assume the included USB cable which came with the 1Z is what needs to plug into the Apple CCK cable??

 

[purk]

Love the Bluetooh DAC function. Such a great update. A+
I have 512GB microSD on mine.

 

[Piotr Michalak]

What you are doing is a ton of work! But you may find some options on the player are beyond the ability of your testing methodology to determine. IMO
Just like some of us can hear settings and some can’t. What would really be a gift is if you could measure the distinct frequency differences between 2.0 and FW 3.0.
As some already hear no differences from 2.0 to 3.0. And...... some hear 3.0 warm and others think 3.0 is less bass heavy. Lol

It'd be great to measure different firmwares... I'm afraid I have no patience for that, though

From what I currently hear, I like 3.0 very much. I remember my colleague recommending 1.02 as the darkest and most euphonic. I tried downgrading from 2.0 to two different firmwares you guys post here and - surprise! - I loved the darkish tone.

Albeit after a few hours I could listen no more. It was just less coherent and made my ears were bleeding during longer sessions.

I see that Sony is trying to go more neutral and natural with these upgrades each time since 1.02.

Thus they compete with Ultima and Hugo2, while at the same time providing us with cool "vinyl" features if anybody likes to force some colour and euphony into this neutrality.

I like that.

 

[NaiveSound]

Is there any way to keep the bt receiver/usb dac yet still rollback to 2.0? Lol? Lol..... Nooooooo

Why have you forsaken me?

 

[MyAstroBOY]

The firmware update 3.0 (mac) always crashed everytime when I followed the instruction where WM1Z is connected to the Mac using USB Mass Storage mode... once it is connected, the next step of updating automatically quits...
Has anyone encountered the similar issue?

 

[AnakChan]

The firmware update 3.0 (mac) always crashed everytime when I followed the instruction where WM1Z is connected to the Mac using USB Mass Storage mode... once it is connected, the next step of updating automatically quits...
Has anyone encountered the similar issue?

Just upgraded mine this morning. No crashes at all. iMac Pro on Mojave.

 

[kubig123]

The firmware update 3.0 (mac) always crashed everytime when I followed the instruction where WM1Z is connected to the Mac using USB Mass Storage mode... once it is connected, the next step of updating automatically quits...
Has anyone encountered the similar issue?

You have to unplug the player from the Mac, run the installer and only when you get the message from the installer you have to connect the player back to the Mac.

 

[MyAstroBOY]

That's exactly the procedure I followed
I didnt encounter this issue when it was upgraded to 2.0... not sure what exactly caused the crash