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(28-Jul-2015, 20:39)ZincAlloy Wrote: (28-Jul-2015, 13:28)JConfused Wrote: Oh well ..... After endless weeks of firmware and configuration swapping I was finally happy with 8.1.3 (non beta). But you evil lot have set me thinking that maybe I should give 8.1.3beta a go, with my current 4GB card encoded configurations. To be honest though, I really have had enough of SD card swapping and critical listening, plus all this has genuinely sent me bonkers. I will probably end up trying this, but I think I will leave to mid August at least. We'll probably have 8.1.5 or something by then anyway....... 8.1.3 is too hot, with the result that I've had to use tone controls for the first time to dial down the treble. SAM is also unusable on my Akurates - weird, very boomy, hollow sounding bass - so I've switched it off.
I could contact Devialet and ask them to investigate, but I'm with you, Confused. I couldn't be bothered getting another firmware version which will inevitably be superseded within a few weeks. Getting equally fed up with all this palaver. Rant over.
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I guess I could understand where some systems could result in the 8.1.3 beta FW (and by extension 8.1.3 official release) sounding too bright. That is definitely not where my system is/was sitting sonically.
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(29-Jul-2015, 19:40)GuillaumeB Wrote: (29-Jul-2015, 19:38)Divasson Wrote: 7.1.3 is for me the best firmware yet.
Did you try the 8.1.3 beta?
Guillaume
Guillaume, no, I didn't. i don't have it. I will PM you about it.
I found the difference between 8.1.3 (normal release) and 7.1.3 bigger than I expected in terms not so much of quality but of sound signature. And again, on dark or subdued speakers, 8.1.3 (normal) may be better for some listeners. But 7.1.3 "clicked" with my Gallos.
Someone said it better before: 8.x.x is excellent, high-end hifi. 7.1.3 sounds more like the real thing. Much less impressive, yes. But real. Were I a reviewer, I would have written a substantially different comment in both cases. (Both positive: reviewers never post a negative review!)
If the beta 8.1.3 is able to keep the naturalness of 7.1.3, then it'll be difficult to improve upon!
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(29-Jul-2015, 20:34)Confused Wrote: (29-Jul-2015, 18:51)MusicFirst Wrote: Confused
The boominess is centered around 100 hz. The response centred around 40hz is pretty flat.
Kerry
That's interesting. To be honest I'm looking for trends, however, my issues were at the very very lowest frequencies, at about 100 Hz SAM is doing next to nothing. I'm starting to think that SAM 2 issues are speaker specific, if there are trends they are quite well hidden.
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Confused
I am hearing the slight boominess in the acoustic/electric bass, so there are frequencies between 40-100 hz in this instrument. Definite SAM territory, and easy to correct with a slight dial back.
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Οbserving the files of both versions 8.1.3 beta and 8.1.3 i find that is exactly the files are the same. How can the sound quality change?Is there something that skips my attention??
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the files are not the same. The ihm_800.hex file of the beta is about 1200 bytes smaller. Only the names are the same.
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Now I see it. You have right.Thank you very much for the information!!!
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(29-Jul-2015, 22:35)Vivialet Wrote: the files are not the same. The ihm_800.hex file of the beta is about 1200 bytes smaller. Only the names are the same.
anyone know what the heck  the ihm_800.hex file does?
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I know next to nothing about this sorta thing but thought this might be worth checking out as a key to understanding the hex dilemma. If worthless please pardon the attempt.
http://download.cnet.com/HxD-Hex-Editor/...91068.html
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Thanks, Rufus, for sharing. Downloaded it and loaded onto my D200. Enjoying now.
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(30-Jul-2015, 02:45)hk6230 Wrote: Thanks, Rufus, for sharing. Downloaded it and loaded onto my D200. Enjoying now.
did you use the same configuration files as for the official 8.1.3?
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