(24-Jul-2016, 18:54)audio_engr Wrote:(24-Jul-2016, 11:01)audio_engr Wrote: Updated to FW 10.0.2 last night and my 1st impressions after a 1-hr short audition is that the LF is now much tighter & controlled with better PRAT that also addresses the entire bass & mid-bass. This allows superior start-stop-start of the music ... thus the overall clarity improves.
Similarly - the upper treble also appeared to be more extended .. that on my speakers benefited to portray better 3-dimensionality along with wider & deeper sound-staging .. scale also improves ..
Its still very new and need to listen more to fully understand its overall effect ...
All-in-all, its a likeable improvement so far ... but am having a bit of an issue with Devialet AIR 3.0 beta & Ethernet on Audirvana that was otherwise all good prior to the FW update.
The update is looking very good indeed ... sound quality has taken a big leap BUT Audirvana is skipping continuous streaming on & off ...
Now - how the hell does one resolve this ??
If AIR is using 'hog mode/exclusive mode' as suggested in Quentin Sannies's recent post then I would think you will need to change the corresponding parameters in Audirvana so they don't conflict. I don't think they can both be in 'exclusive' mode
IMac macOS 10.15.3 (no link to Devialet ) / MacBook Pro Retina OS X 10.14.4 / Linn LP12 / Devialet 200 / Wilson Benesch Discovery.
Qobuz Desktop Latest Version / Audirvana 3.2.18 / Audirvana Remote / iTunes 12.9 / AIR 3.0.4 / Wi-Fi / FW 8.1.0 / SAM 50%
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