4.8 update and sound quality

As long as you know you are higher than firmware version 3.0, for example by looking in the app, you can press on and do the updates quite safely without the screens.

Something to know is that the update keeps going for up to a minute after the PC shows it’s done.

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Your pc will say you that the update is finished.

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Listening to some favourite tracks now. The sound is not worse, it’s sure. It was my only fear. I feel, but it’s only a feeling, that the sound is a bit better balanced, free flowing and with a bit improved clarity.
Anyway a blind test is impossible :crazy_face:

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Silly question but if I dont have lap top / Mac (only have an iPad) is there a way to update?
If not how long before tidal stops working?
Regards
Gary

No I don’t think there is a way to do it with an iPad, unless someone knows how you can run the updater inside an emulator. But that’s all out there, as it were. Maybe if it’s a recent iPad Pro….

Just an iPad, I do have a Mac but a faff moving it……and have not used it in months…

What’s the deadline?

In terms of SQ it’s better then 4.6 and 4.7 on my active system with NDS, in my opinion.
I’m on 4.4,I’ll get back on that decision…

Early December.

I preferred 4.6 vs 4.4. The sound was sharper and with better bass. Have not done the 4.7.
The 4.8 seems to be the best.

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My Snaxo 362 is in break-in period after service, but spontaneously so can 4.8 be even better then 4.4.
4.6 and 4.7 was a disappointment :pensive:

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NDX - tested v4.8 with various well known album tracks & iRadio. Yes the SQ does seem better, but as always YMMV, I sense more detail & definition, maybe better stereo sound stage.

As the instructions required the old installer to be uninstalled before installing the new one, I made the decision to also zap the old best/favourite firmware versions I’d kept from beta testing. So no going back for me, I’m happy with v4.8, end of.

Re the COM port number, I’ve no idea how you can get a choice with this, my only choice is COM3.

For COM I tried the 4 then the 5, my pc said it doesn’t work. Then choosed the 3 and it worked.
What does it mean “ the old installer to be uninstalled “ ? I didn’t do that.

Why didn’t you uninstall the old installer, the instructions are very clear.

I think you talk about different models from mine. I have an Atom. Is it possible to do with the Atom what you say? or it was my mistake to suppose we were talking about the same thing. Thanks

I think you talk about different models from mine. I have an Atom. Is it possible to do with the Atom what you say? or it was my mistake to suppose we were talking about the same thing

The Atom has nothing to do with the firmware discussed in this thread :slight_smile: This is for legacy streamers

Someone is not enough… need more friends here to verify the SQ improvement

Thanks Claire, a little time yet….

Oh no sorry. I was talking about the legacy streamers, which is what this thread is about. You can’t roll back with the new platform streamers like Atom.

I downloaded the 4.8 firmware and the pc said the 4.8 update on my Nds is finished.