New firmware 8.1.3

[MusicFirst]

Gave 8.1.3 another shot today (well, I'd tried 8.1.3beta previously), and to my surprise I quite like it.

Perhaps I had an off day before, or am having a good day today - whatever factors are involved there - but it seems somehow more 'relaxed' to listen to (via Roon USB), and the treble seems less 'thin'.  of course this could all be human fdacotrs, or maybe I changed a config differently before - this time I only have a single input active, DPM disabled (as before) and the rest pretty much defaults except the power saving durations made a bit longer.

I do sense there's a lack of thump to the bass still, but I'm finding I prefer to dial in more bass (maybe +4 +6) and keep the treble at zero, whereas for the moths I've had the D200 and primarily on a 7.1.x, I was adding only a slight bass (maybe +2 max), and dialling the treble down a fair bit (-2 to -6).

Are people generally finding a slightly lowered bass with the 8.1.X series?  Is it SAM v2 or just a general thing, or just me perhaps?

Will keep listening for a few days then go back, hopefully that will clear up whether its mainly been human factors or not the last time round.  

I'm still very unsure of what's going on 'Le Configurator' wise when making profiles for 7.1.1 - it might have to be a support email.

I have very similar observations.  A very slight reduction in the bass "thump" as you describe it.  (but nothing major)  However, this goes hand in had with a greater bass extension, and what appears to be a more natural run through down into the lowest bass.  The SAM % now appears to be more of a control on the extent of the lowest bass extension rather than acting a bit like a tone control in SAM V1.  Overall, I find all of this to be an improvement, it sounds good.  To be clear, I think these are observations of whatever SAM 2 is doing, rather than firmware changes.  (Although SAM was pretty much unusable for me with 8.1.2, now splendid with 8.1.3)

So guys. does this mean both of you prefer 8.1.3 to 8.1.3 beta?

Kerry