[515164]

No love for MAC? I would love to try this, but I'm nowhere near Windows!

Unfortunately I don't have a personal MAC (only work one) and I tried doing these on Windows, but they did not just work as a normal .dmg should do.

Also, it's already a bit of work making these for all regions and packing them. Plus the fact that they don't work on all latest MAC OS versions.

I would advise either Bootcamp (which works really great) or maybe a small virtual machine with Windows. It may come in handy!

 

[515164]

And here comes another tuning.

Meet...

ZTAZ1

The name was inspired by the tuning codes used for this tuning, which
include codes for WM1Z (~70%), TA-ZH1ES (~10%) and DMP-Z1 (~20%).

ZTAZ1 comes in two versions, ZTAZ1 and ZTAZ1x2, and it's not meant
to be better than other existing tunings. You can look at it as a different
experience which you may like or not, as "perfect" or "good" can mean
something different for each one of us.

ZTAZ1 has nice detail retrieval together with involving soundstage and
deep bass, while ZTAZ1x2 is more or less the same, but can be louder
at the same volume than ZTAZ1. While it's louder, the sound does not
seem forced.

Feel free to give them a try, here (click).

As always, feedback would be appreciated, especially because it can
help others decide if they would like to give it a try or not (though your
opinion can be different than someone else's, so it's just better if you
try it yourself - your choice though, of course).

Also, the tunings are achieved using the J region on the 3.02 firmware,
and while they could be flashed on all WM1Z variants, they are intended
for the WM1A.

If you used other tunings before, it's recommended that you first flash
back to stock, and then apply any other tunings. Stock 3.02 is available
here (click).

Thanks @aceedburn for giving it a listen and providing feedback!

Hope you'll enjoy it!

 

[Hinomotocho]

Just remember, there is long burn in period, the changes are extreme especially for 1Z. It says at least 200 hr for each side, but for me it’s more like 400-500 hours before you can really judge them. You’ll go through the 5 stages of denial/ grief for a while at least

I'm coming from a ZX300 so I'm prepared for some burn-in time and I never bothered with the 3.5mm - it'll take a week to get to me, maybe I'll ask them to start it playing when they send it
The real grief for me is album art - I had heard the ZX300 could only display up to 600x600 so now with a bigger screen I will have to redo it all.

 

[515164]

I'm coming from a ZX300 so I'm prepared for some burn-in time and I never bothered with the 3.5mm - it'll take a week to get to me, maybe I'll ask them to start it playing when they send it
The real grief for me is album art - I had heard the ZX300 could only display up to 600x600 so now with a bigger screen I will have to redo it all.

600x600 album art, which is already not full screen, on a 854 × 480 resolution display at 4 inch shouldn't be bad

But I guess you will see when you'll see.

 

[nc8000]

I'm coming from a ZX300 so I'm prepared for some burn-in time and I never bothered with the 3.5mm - it'll take a week to get to me, maybe I'll ask them to start it playing when they send it
The real grief for me is album art - I had heard the ZX300 could only display up to 600x600 so now with a bigger screen I will have to redo it all.

The resolution on the screen is 854×480 so if your art is 600x600 it is already more than big enough. All my art is 300x300 which to me is plenty fine

 

[Lookout57]

I resize all my artwork to 600x600.

 

[515164]

And feel free to also give a try to...

WM1Aᶻ revision B

To keep it short, this is WM1Aᶻ, but with improved resolution.

As I really like how it sounds, I'm also sharing it here.

Depending on each person's preferences, it may not sound
better than the original WM1Aᶻ. As with the ZTAZ1, see this
as a different experience, having WM1Aᶻ as the base. Some
people may like this one more, some may not.

You can find it here (click).

Same story goes here too: based on J region, and on the 3.02
firmware. If you decide to give it a try, feedback would be appreciated.

Also, if you used other tunings before, it's recommended that you
first flash back to stock, and then apply any other tunings. Stock
3.02 is available here (click).

While this can also be applied to all WM1Z variants, it was originally
intended for the WM1A.

Thanks again @aceedburn for giving it a listen!

I might soon have to make a single post for all these, to link them all
in my signature, as you can't put more than five links in there

 

[gerelmx1986]

I resize all my artwork to 600x600.

Mine is between 600x600 and 960x960 for the newest acquisitions

 

[mwhals]

All of my album art is 800x800 and I never have problems with the small screens of my Questyle daps.

 

[proedros]

4000+ hours on my WM1A , still in love with it like it's Day 1

i may upgrade my battery sometime soon though , as it won't pass the 15 hour mark anymore

And feel free to also give a try to...

WM1Aᶻ revision B

To keep it short, this is WM1Aᶻ, but with improved resolution.

As I really like how it sounds, I'm also sharing it here.

Depending on each person's preferences, it may not sound
better than the original WM1Aᶻ. As with the ZTAZ1, see this
as a different experience, having WM1Aᶻ as the base. Some
people may like this one more, some may not.

You can find it here (click).

Same story goes here too: based on J region, and on the 3.02
firmware. If you decide to give it a try, feedback would be appreciated.

Also, if you used other tunings before, it's recommended that you
first flash back to stock, and then apply any other tunings. Stock
3.02 is available here (click).

While this can also be applied to all WM1Z variants, it was originally
intended for the WM1A.

Thanks again @aceedburn for giving it a listen!

I might soon have to make a single post for all these, to link them all
in my signature, as you can't put more than five links in there

thank you , one question - these 2 FWs in the Google Drive , what are they about ? new onew or did i miss them when released by you ?

WM1Az-TA(u) (+ VERSION B) ?

 

[515164]

4000+ hours on my WM1A , still in love with it like it's Day 1

i may upgrade my battery sometime soon though , as it won't pass the 15 hour mark anymore



thank you , one question - these 2 FWs in the Google Drive , what are they about ? new onew or did i miss them when released by you ?

WM1Az-TA(u) (+ VERSION B) ?

Ah, they are basically some leftovers from testing, they became the ZTAZ1 and ZTAZ1x2.

 

[TheBonkingFrog]

Well for those that didn't try - the WM1Z connects just fine to a Synology for the loading process, can't say it's very fast though...

And no SD card yet, so just filling up the internal memory for now with some favourites.

 

[nc8000]

4000+ hours on my WM1A , still in love with it like it's Day 1

i may upgrade my battery sometime soon though , as it won't pass the 15 hour mark anymore



thank you , one question - these 2 FWs in the Google Drive , what are they about ? new onew or did i miss them when released by you ?

WM1Az-TA(u) (+ VERSION B) ?

I’m at about 3.500 hours and 3 1/2 years and still get roughly the same play and stand by time as I got when it was brand new (20+ hours play time and a weeks stand by)

 

[frost15]

Well, it's been a while since I posted a message here, and I gotta say, I'm gladly surprised to see this thread still going so busily! Now that we are all affected by the virus situation I found time to catch up with the new firmwares and mods and I was astonished. I tried many things with my stock 3.02 1Z and I've settled with the Autumn+ (J). I was blown away by this combo... Listening to Devin Townsend's Singularity is a total revelation now. Patricia Barber's Cafe Blue always sound better with every listen but now she is there, I close my eyes and she is playing in the room... Anekdoten's Until All the Ghosts are Gone is on another level of dynamics now... Thanks to all the people involved in this, specially @morgenstern09!. Gotta love this dedicated community.

 

[515164]

Well, it's been a while since I posted a message here, and I gotta say, I'm gladly surprised to see this thread still going so busily! Now that we are all affected by the virus situation I found time to catch up with the new firmwares and mods and I was astonished. I tried many things with my stock 3.02 1Z and I've settled with the Autumn+ (J). I was blown away by this combo... Listening to Devin Townsend's Singularity is a total revelation now. Patricia Barber's Cafe Blue always sound better with every listen but now she is there, I close my eyes and she is playing in the room... Anekdoten's Until All the Ghosts are Gone is on another level of dynamics now... Thanks to all the people involved in this, specially @morgenstern09!. Gotta love this dedicated community.

Nice! I'm glad you found something that works for you!