[MrWalkman]

The Sony Audio driver should have a setting in Control Panel to adjust latency or buffer?

There is something like that, but it has no effect.

 

[audionewbi]

I just plugged in my old mate, EX-1000 into the DMP-W1A, I can't explain the joy with the word, so here is some happy crying.

 

[MrWalkman]

Sorry for all the little updates to the WM1 installation - while doing the ZX300 mod, I did a little change to the installation process, and I also applied it to the WM1 installation, in the hope that nobody will have any issue again.

I still don't get why exactly someone can have those issues, but well.

So you can delete previous downloads, and get the latest one for future use (link).


A50 will receive the change as well.

 

[Star Mastering]

Long live the EX Monitors! I've kept all of mine despite cracked housing and damaged wires.

 

[MrWalkman]

Sorry for all the little updates to the WM1 installation - while doing the ZX300 mod, I did a little change to the installation process, and I also applied it to the WM1 installation, in the hope that nobody will have any issue again.

I still don't get why exactly someone can have those issues, but well.

So you can delete previous downloads, and get the latest one for future use (link).

If you managed to download the updated WM1 installer shortly after I posted the quoted message, just delete it and download it again from the website.

Something was not done correctly regarding the StockRevert tool, and you should not use that version, but all is good now with the latest version.

I guess it's a little bit late and I should rest

 

[MrWalkman]

Try out DMP-A50R FE: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sony-walkman-os-fw-mods-non-android.943661/post-15981918

 

[Hinomotocho]

@MrWalkman I am very much enjoying your DMP-WM1 firmware on my WM1A, thank you very much.
I was really happy with the Chameleon 2.0 >1Z but this has even gone beyond the impressive achievements of that one.
My Oriolus iems are of decent quality but since getting the MDR-Z1R they are ones I reach for only out of convenience, but these recent firmwares have given them a boost with soundstaging and a sense of 3D I didn't experience before.

At the rate you're cranking out these firmwares I hope you are getting some rest - you maniac

 

[unifutomaki]

DMP-A50R

Restored my A55 to stock to try this out. The main A50R package installs fine but the Ext Tuning package fails to install. Any ideas?

 

[MrWalkman]

Restored my A55 to stock to try this out. The main A50R package installs fine but the Ext Tuning package fails to install. Any ideas?

Yeah... Give me some minutes, I just figured out something while checking something else

 

[MrWalkman]

Yeah... Give me some minutes, I just figured out something while checking something else

Ok, it's all good.

I also updated the installation for A50 again, so please use the new one if you're thinking of returning to stock and so on.

Thank you, and sorry for these many little updates.


Edit: By the way, it seems that NFC is also not working on the A50R. Probably not a big deal anyway.

 

[Redcarmoose]

We have to wonder if our certificates will ever have tiny Sony products looking back............again?

That funny little Sony 1Z picture (above) is the last remnant of 1A/1Z+ of my Walkman 1A switched over to 1Z, while using “J” region.

The certificate creates a bittersweet memory. A memory of MrWalkmans firmware I swore I’d never change in the 1A. Something preferred, something precious and something never guessed possible until it was a sonic reality. At that point I really thought about selling the 1Z, I mean the 1Z was overshadowed, the 1Z was had an ineptitude even sporting 1A/1Z+ or 1A/1Z++ or Chameleon?

Hence history can be emotional but it’s not the firmware; it’s of course the memories of listening to the firmware and the interactions and discoveries. This business is about contrast, it IS about exciting new sounds, new sound personalities and now new actual tone textures with DMP-WM1 (the new DMP-Z1 emulator for the 1Z/1A).

To cut to the chase 1A/1Z+ was special on the 1A and I was never going to change it. We get paranoid like losing something that we value that seems precious and rare. Such sound character can be the perfect example of this type of belonging.

But after hearing how the 1Z with DMP-WM1 brought in new improvements......it created a curiosity...............and we all know about curiosity!

Now was the 1Z with the exact character of the new (1A/1Z+)1A firmware yet it was NOW fortified with what was missing with the 1A. Needless to say all of us 1Z owners are profoundly aware of this “completeness”!

So curiosity got the best of me and the 1A has DMP-WM1 in it now. I have to say it’s different than the 1Z yet also much the same. There are new stratifications of bass imaging and a luxurious smooth gentle sway of the music.......like wind in the trees. Way more clear and complete that’s for sure.

Cheers!

 

[unifutomaki]

Now that's a Walkman

 

[MrWalkman]

Now that's a Walkman

Nice!

I noticed that with Direct Source on, it sounds louder.

On not-the-best-side, even if I reset the settings, I sometimes still get the "An error has occurred" thing. It's not that much of a big deal, but I'll see if a full factory reset gets rid of it - but later.

 

[complete]

I installed a50 mod. Do I need to install a50r? what has changed

 

[MrWalkman]

I installed a50 mod. Do I need to install a50r? what has changed

Only:

- 10 band equalizer
- DC Phase Linearizer with 6 selectable modes (Type A and B, each one with a LOW, STANDARD and HIGH variation)
- Vinyl Processor with 4 selectable modes (Standard, Arm Resonance, Turntable Resonance, Surface Noise)
- Visualizers: Spectrum Analyzer/Analog VU Meter/Digital Peak Meter

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sony-walkman-fw-mods.943661/post-15900068