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iBasso DX150 Purist ROM version 2.10.275 released!

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Fidelizer - PerfectDynamics Sound Optimizations

 

Hi. After working constantly on Fiio ROM updates, there’s also DX150 release for ROM version 2.10.275 too. Now DX150 Purist ROM update is ready to install with some new adjustments and improvements based on recent Fiio updates.

Right now I’m working on proper DX200 ROM update. They seem to make some major changes in kernel and changes I usually apply didn’t work on DX200 2.9. First release has issues with some cases in Mango but that’ll be fixed soon.

 

-Based on firmware version 2.10.275
-Play Store added
-Apollo – Fidelity Edition from https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/apollo-music-player-fidelity-edition-t3038629 included
-Revamped MangoPlayer UI with improved user experience
-build.prop tweaks for better video and storage performance and improve battery life
-Audio engine optimized for only audio playback (EQ/Gaplass features work)
-Bundled audio effects removed but keep main engine (Poweramp works now)

 

Download: iBasso DX150 Purist ROM

 

Installation Guide

1. Download Factory Tool provided by Paul http://www.ibasso.com/uploadfiles/download/FactoryTool_v1.39_DX200.zip
2. Turn off DX150
3. Connect DX150 with USB connection to computer while holding play button switch
4. Install Rockchip USB driver included in FactoryTool
5. Open FactoryTool.exe and flash ROM according to instructions provided in DX200 batch tool instruction.doc

Optional (If your DX150 still has performance issues)

1. Flash factory image version 2.9.250 with FactoryTool
2. Copy OTA ROM version 2.10.275 to DX150 storage and flash from Settings > About DX150 > System updates > Local update
3. Scan music and confirm it works fine before flashing Fidelizer Purist ROM with FactoryTool again

For Mac / Linux users, please check this guide for flashing Fidelizer Purist ROM on Mac / Linux instructions.

 

There’s a lot of improvements for Advanced ROM and I also added Enhanced ROM into collection too. Please read Portable Products for more details including Fidelizer Mod project with 3 modification levels. Happy listening. 🙂

iBasso DX200 Purist ROM version 2.9.209 released!

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DX200 - Purist ROM

 

I thought I’d release DX200 2.9 ROM together with PerfectDynamics 2.0 but sadly I haven’t finished it yet especially after listening to classical concert in Golden Hall. There’s a lot for me to do to improve Purist ROM for 2.0 release.

However, I managed to fix a few issues during development so I’ll also include those fixes into this release too. I apologize for the issues that happened with some cases in Enhanced / Advanced ROM and now they’re all resolved. 🙂

 

-Based on firmware version 2.9.209
-Play Store added
-Apollo – Fidelity Edition from https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/apollo-music-player-fidelity-edition-t3038629 included
-Revamped MangoPlayer UI with improved user experience
-build.prop tweaks for better video and storage performance and improve battery life
-Audio engine optimized for only audio playback (EQ/Gaplass features work)
-Bundled audio effects removed but keep main engine (Poweramp works now)

 

Download: iBasso DX200 Purist ROM

 

Installation Guide

1. Download Factory Tool provided by Paul http://www.ibasso.com/uploadfiles/download/FactoryTool_v1.39_DX200.zip
2. Turn off DX200
3. Connect DX200 with USB connection to computer while holding play button switch
4. Install Rockchip USB driver included in FactoryTool
5. Open FactoryTool.exe and flash ROM according to instructions provided in DX200 batch tool instruction.doc

For Mac / Linux users, please check this guide for flashing Fidelizer Purist ROM on Mac / Linux instructions.

 

There’s a lot of improvements for Advanced ROM and I also added Enhanced ROM into collection too. Please read Portable Products for more details including iBasso DX200 Fidelizer Mod project with 3 modification levels. Happy listening. 🙂

PerfectDynamics 2.0 Sound Optimizations will be introduced in Munich 2018 AV Show

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Fidelizer - PerfectDynamics Sound Optimizations

 

PerfectDynamics technology is device-specific optimizations for Enhanced / Advanced ROM introduced on 1st October 2017. In upcoming Munich 2018 AV Show, I’ll introduce PerfectDynamics 2.0 with iBasso DX200 and Fiio X5iii device.

During development of PerfectDynamics’ initial version, iBasso DX200 and Fiio X5iii didn’t get the better sounding version of firmware and they later improved in over time. After I tried DX150 2.9 firmware port on DX200, I feel it’s ready to take this to the next level.

Having good sounding firmware to optimize is very important because sometimes you can’t be sure whether this optimization will really improve over all performance or just compesate the flaw with firmware itself. Even now I’m still not sure that I can finish it before the show lol.

 

PerfectDynamics 2.0 Goals:

-Fix random crash and reboot in some scenarios (90% – Fixed stability issues with boot image optimizations)
-Decay, depth and imaging will be important than clarity and separation (60% – Tuning I/O optimizations)
-Transient dynamics will have improved linearity which will also reduce digital glare effect (40% – Tuning PerfectDynamics specific optimizations)
-Full sound reproduction will take higher priority than making audio sounding pure (40% – Tuning audio optimizations)

 

If I can archive all that, PerfectDynamics 2.0 will make Linux based audio performance becoming closer to Fidelizer’s optimizations in Windows. I’ll start working today on iBasso DX200 first and I hope to master PerfectDynamics 2.0 before the show. 🙂

iBasso DX150 is now added into Fidelizer Purist ROM repository with PerfectDynamics optimizations!

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Fidelizer - PerfectDynamics Sound Optimizations

 

I heard the first DX150 ROM was released when I was coming back from visiting my parents during Songkran new year in Thailand. I was little worried about working on OTA ROM without factory image but I managed to make it work in the end. This won’t wipe your data too so enjoy. 🙂

-Based on firmware version 2.9.250
-Play Store added
-Apollo – Fidelity Edition from https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/apollo-music-player-fidelity-edition-t3038629 included
-Revamped MangoPlayer UI with improved user experience
-build.prop tweaks for better video and storage performance and improve battery life
-Audio engine optimized for only audio playback (EQ/Gaplass features work)
-Bundled audio effects removed but keep main engine (Poweramp works now)

Download: iBasso DX150 Purist ROM

 

Installation Guide

1. Download Factory Tool provided by Paul http://www.ibasso.com/uploadfiles/download/FactoryTool_v1.39_DX200.zip
2. Turn off DX150
3. Connect DX150 with USB connection to computer while holding play button switch
4. Install Rockchip USB driver included in FactoryTool
5. Open FactoryTool.exe and flash ROM according to instructions provided in DX200 batch tool instruction.doc

For Mac / Linux users, please check this guide for flashing Fidelizer Purist ROM on Mac / Linux instructions.

 

I also tried flashing DX150 files on DX200 and it works too so you may expect unofficial port for DX200 soon. Please read Portable Products for more details about Enhanced and Advanced ROM and let me know if you’d like to apply Fidelizer Mod too. Happy listening. 🙂

iBasso DX50 / 80 / 90 Purist ROMs update with Equalizer / Gapless returning for Advanced Purist

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Last week I received bug report from iBasso DX90 user that player sometimes stop playing next song. It didn’t happen during the tests because it often happened after 10 songs played, sometimes after second loop of the album.

I spent the whole week investigating why this happened and I found that removing Equalizer and Gapless on Advanced Purist ROM will trigger this bug. To resolve the case, I brought back those features in Advanced Purist but kept audio effect engine removed.

iBasso DX50/80/90 will contain the following features as below:

-Based on most recent version from official iBasso website
-System font was replaced with lighter version of Nimbus font
-build.prop tweaks for better video and storage performance and improve battery life
-audio engine optimized for only audio playback (EQ/Gaplass features work)
-bundled audio effects removed but keep main engine

Download: iBasso DX50 – DX80 – DX90 Purist ROMs

Installation Guide

1. Extract update.img from archive and copy to internal storage (or the micro SD slot 1 for DX80)
2. Open device Settings > Advanced > System Update
3. Wait for device to finish flashing
4. After flashing is completed, I recommend choosing Slow filter

 

For Mac / Linux users, please check this guide for flashing Fidelizer Purist ROM on Mac / Linux instructions.

 

There’s a lot of improvements for Enhanced / Advanced ROM with PerfectDynamics Sound Optimizations. Please also check Portable Products for more details about ROM upgrades and hardware modification.