The one negative about any of the DSPs, as soon as you switch off source direct, no matter how they improve the sound, the background hiss is much easier to hear - even if all DSPs are disabled...
As good as HX AI is, on extended listening, I'd rather have inky blackness
What I discovered is I like to use dsp on wm1a cause they add some warmer and more cozy sound.
On wm1z I dont like enabling the filters and stay direct source as maximum possible. 1z is already fully optimized and warm by nature, all dsp's only ruining it.
I am those days listening in the same setting too - really nice!! This should be the sound of the stock 1Z (only
without its hardware upgrades - caps, wires, etc.)
Yes after switching models i always reinstall the firmware as it loads the specific tuning for that model and will be more accurate. Without losing it you get a different sound but some like it that way too.
The process is till the same for whichever firmware you use. Once you load the firmware it installs the tuning based on your device model. So if you’re on 1A it installs that tuning and if you’re on 1Z it install the 1Z tuning. So it’s always advisable to run the firmware again after switching models.
The process is till the same for whichever firmware you use. Once you load the firmware it installs the tuning based on your device model. So if you’re on 1A it installs that tuning and if you’re on 1Z it install the 1Z tuning. So it’s always advisable to run the firmware again after switching models.
1A - Sony Stock firmware
1AZ - 1A switched to 1Z using "WM1A to 1Z (3.02) [IntegratedSwitcher].exe"
1A+ - 1A running 1AZ+ custom firmware using "WM1AZ+ (3.02) [IntegratedSwitcher].exe"
1AZ+ - 1A switched to 1Z running 1AZ+ custom firmware using "WM1AZ+ (3.02) [IntegratedSwitcher].exe"
I am slowing comparing all of these permutations against a stock 1A and a stock 1Z using Region J and will post my findings here. So, please me patient as it is time consuming.
But it’s been said WM1AZ+ is not just a sound tune but a custom firmware so I assume the sound tuning parameters known and manipulated by some people over here when making his Fw tunings are untouched and the improvements in sound comes from changes in another area so the players sound different than with the stock fw. Am I right @MrWalkman ?
But it’s been said WM1AZ+ is not just a sound tune but a custom firmware so I assume the sound tuning parameters known and manipulated by some people over here when making his Fw tunings are untouched and the improvements in sound comes from changes in another area so the players sound different than with the stock fw. Am I right @MrWalkman ?
I have been describing my experience with DSEE HX AI for quite sometime over at the ZX500 headfi thread.
Someone over at ASR copied and pasted my opinion/post without referencing, but it doesn't matter much, I think he has done a good job to collect information on explaining:
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