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Apologies if this has been dealt with before, but has anyone tried Fidelizer? Good write up on this weeks Tnt-Audio website. Free download of the basic program on: www.fidelizer-Audio.com

worth a try, doesn't sound good for me.

don't like how it's not clear what's going on under the bonnet, should be totally configurable.

don't like the web page opening at start up.

Tried freebie Fidelizer on top of Server 2012 R2 OS AOed boot-loaded into RAM. Minor upgrade over AO.
Then tried Fidelizer Pro. Excellent upgrade for the money with more details and dynamics, also does not have that bloody irritating webpage.

Our system is a Sonus wireless connection to the hi-fi, digital out from the Sonus receiver into my CD player which has a digital input. The computer has the FLAC files, control is by iPad or my smartphone. Would there be any benefit from running Fidelizer on the computer? Thanks.

Rocker wrote:Our system is a Sonus wireless connection to the hi-fi, digital out from the Sonus receiver into my CD player which has a digital input. The computer has the FLAC files, control is by iPad or my smartphone. Would there be any benefit from running Fidelizer on the computer? Thanks.

in theory, yes, but whether you'll hear any difference is another thing.

sbgk wrote:

Rocker wrote:Our system is a Sonus wireless connection to the hi-fi, digital out from the Sonus receiver into my CD player which has a digital input. The computer has the FLAC files, control is by iPad or my smartphone. Would there be any benefit from running Fidelizer on the computer? Thanks.

in theory, yes, but whether you'll hear any difference is another thing.

From experience running fidelizer on a squeezebox server made a huge difference. Just try it...
In saying that I agree with Gordon, fidelizer can make things sound less musical, whilst using with Mqn, playpcmwin, Bughead etc

2channelaudio wrote:

sbgk wrote:

Rocker wrote:Our system is a Sonus wireless connection to the hi-fi, digital out from the Sonus receiver into my CD player which has a digital input. The computer has the FLAC files, control is by iPad or my smartphone. Would there be any benefit from running Fidelizer on the computer? Thanks.

in theory, yes, but whether you'll hear any difference is another thing.

From experience running fidelizer on a squeezebox server made a huge difference. Just try it...
In saying that I agree with Gordon, fidelizer can make things sound less musical, whilst using with Mqn, playpcmwin, Bughead etc

I did use it on squeezebox server machine as well and it made a difference as did tuning the ethernet settings etc. I then used process lasso to set affinities/priorities MMCSS settings etc as it's a bit more transparent about what is being changed. You can open process lasso and then start fidelizer and see what processes have been affected and then set them as you want in process lasso.

Sbgk, I will not pretend that I understand what you wrote. Is there a "beginners" guide on this. Thanks

Rocker wrote:Sbgk, I will not pretend that I understand what you wrote. Is there a "beginners" guide on this. Thanks

I wrote this a while ago http://touchsgotrythm.blogspot.co.uk/20 ... tions.html some of it might still be valid

Rocker wrote:Sbgk, I will not pretend that I understand what you wrote. Is there a "beginners" guide on this. Thanks

It's very simple. You just open Fidelizer and click on Fidelize button. Changes are non-permanent so rebooting will get everything back to normal. For further configuration, please read

http://www.fidelizer-audio.com/user-guide/

Some geeks may not like how they can't comprehend about the way Fidelizer works and how to replicate it. Same goes for audiophile companies trying to take advantage of Fidelizer.

The reason why I placed opening webpage after optimization was to prevent audiophiles companies trying to milk off Fidelizer building highend music server with Fidelizer working secretly. That'd defeat the purpose of making free software if it was used for commercial means in overpriced products. For normal usage, it shouldn't be that much disturbing. Single webpage opening isn't going to kill your mood for music unless it's not common machine used for doing other works as well.

Free version of Fidelizer is already very good. If you like it, you can consider upgrading Fidelizer for getting away from anti-theft protection and get better audio quality.