[Queen6]

nope , i am a poor portable guy myself , this doc is all about people with full blown systems

Absolutely not, you have the joy of appreciating music for what it is that some will never attain, being far too focused chasing the hardware. Recently got out for a drink and live band. Never sounded sweeter, nor will any hardware ever replicate that feeling or emotion, what a boost...

Music is highly subjective and emotive, no device compares irrespective of price be it to a local indie group, rock concert of world class orchestra, an approximation at best. Music is the source, it can and does move you. I learned a long time back there are no absolutes...

Q-6

 

[Queen6]

One I cant easily get again (disk lost, thx to yet another international move )

Dust Junkies Done...and Dusted

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[Mindstorms]

I noticed that DS

Both the skin and the case in his picture are Fat Bear.

I have been using the Benks gel skin plus this case from Amazon

Indeed a very nice box! looks waterproof! someone posted about the sisters of mercy the other day Thanks for that I ended loving this band if more music recomendations are maded i will follow them!

 

[Queen6]

I noticed that DS

Indeed a very nice box! looks waterproof! someone posted about the sisters of mercy the other day Thanks for that I ended loving this band if more music recomendations are maded i will follow them!

Happy you like Sisters of Mercy, try Portishead - Dummy

Epic Trip-Hop, nothing comes close

Or the Cranberries

Such a beautiful voice, sends you to a better place.

Or Ghost

Meliora - He is can literally take your breath away...

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[Mindstorms]

Happy you like Sisters of Mercy, try Portishead - Dummy

Epic Trip-Hop, nothing comes close

Or the Cranberries

Such a beautiful voice, sends you to a better place.

Or Ghost

Meliora - He is can literally take your breath away...

Q-6

Will try them all thanks i can share you some names in private i love music a lot

 

[Queen6]

If not listened, you owe it to yourself - Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love

Be rude not too...

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[Queen6]

Old School - Supertramp - Crime of the Century

First listened as a youngster, far more impactful today. The album simply flows beautifully, some epic tracks...

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[Hellraiser86]

Let the games begin

 

[Layman1]

Let the games begin

Is that a modded version or the original?
Congratulations either way!

You'll need to update the Source list in your signature now, but that's a good 'problem' to have

 

[slumberman]

Let the games begin

I have the same setup! Delicious! And outstanding version of that record.
Enjoy!

 

[Hellraiser86]

Is that a modded version or the original?
Congratulations either way!

You'll need to update the Source list in your signature now, but that's a good 'problem' to have

It is still the original with 3.02 fw. Barely 50h of playback now.
I do not know if I am going to mod it.This decision will come later, I guess
And I am going to try all the fw when the device reached above 200h.

Because you mentioned it: I have updated my signature (it was a pleasure)

And dare I say it ? I got it for 2.2k€ new in Germany

 

[proedros]

Let the games begin

here , try this 24/96 Vinyl Rip version of Abbey Road (Original UK Pressing) , let me know how it sounds , guy who ripped this is considered the best ripper on the planet

@Morbideath is also a huge fan of this vinyl ripper wizard.....

http://www.filefactory.com/file/41zfseo5xt1h/

pw (to unzip the file) : b0nn13mCmurr@y

 

[gerelmx1986]

Before these walkman and before I discovered head-fi. I was a member in the now defunct Anything but iPod forum. People swore by APE (Monkey's Audio) and flac.

Seems like APE went dead or is no longer popular (if I remember its license was not fully open like flac). I tried it for a while (compressed even more than flac) it was very CPU intensive in bot encode and decode. Resulting in VLC freezing and so on, I ditched for flac.

So I remember a few lossless codecs

* APE - resource hog but saves more space than flac
* WavPack got a few albums in this format. Immediately made the files to wav and then flac
* FLAC - probably the most popular and widely used
^ ALAC - Apple's lossless cousin of flac, doesn't compress as space saving a flac, also saved in same mp3 container as AAC
^ WMA-Lossless - never tried it but reportedly only capable to 24/96, no longer given support by MS.

The only I have tried (left least space saving and right most most space saving)

WAV > ALAC > FLAC > APE

 

[Amber Rain]

The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

96/24 Well recommended, still to this day a standout album if it's your thing

Q-6

Is this a vinyl rip? Or is it available to purchase as a download somewhere?

It really is a good album.

TIA

 

[Layman1]

UPDATE:

Link to where to download macOS DMG files: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sony-nw-wm1z-wm1a.815841/page-2152#post-15484593.

Also update instructions:


The process was simple. Here is what I did for "Ultimate 1.02":

1. I used "The Unarchiver" to extract the contents of "! DMP-Z1 1.02.exe" which extracts everything to "Ultimate 1.02" folder
2. Mount official Sony NW-WM1_V3_02.dmg
3. Make a read/write disk image copy of NW-WM1_V3_02.dmg in "Disk Utility". I called it the name of the mod, so mine was "Ultimate 1.02.dmg"
4. Unmount NW-WM1_V3_02.dmg
5. Mount the new DMG "Ultimate 1.02.dmg"
6. Rename the volume from "NW-WM1_V3_02" to "Ultimate 1.02"
7. Copy SWUpdate.xml from "Ultimate 1.02/Package/Data/Device/" folder to "/Volumes/Ultimate 1.02/.Data/Device/".
8. Copy NW_WM_FW.UPG from "Ultimate 1.02/Package/Data/Device/" folder to "/Volumes/Ultimate 1.02/.Data/Device/".
9. Now you can run SoftwareUpdateTool from that new volume.
10. You can also add any other files to that disk image if you want before ejecting the volume and it will stay there on next mount.

NOTE: I did the copies using cp in Terminal as that was much quicker for me than using the Finder. You can directly access the hidden directory in the Finder by using Shift-Command-G and enter "/Volumes/Ultimate 1.02/.Data/".

It took me longer to write this up than what it took to do it.

to whoever can help..

I am not a tech kind of person at all (at least not in the area of computers).

I have Mac only. I am trying to follow these instructions but somehow it's just not working and I have no idea why..
I desperately want to have .dmg versions of Solis 3.01 and Jupiter 3.01 for Mac (the firmwares that don't require any pre-requisite FW to be installed).

Is there anyone out there who finds this kind of stuff easy who could create .dmg versions of those two FW's and provide a link for me? I can provide original .exe files if required.
I always try to help out others on other threads where I'm more knowledgeable, and really hoping someone can help me out here