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I solved the issue my way.

I decided to not support a company like FIIO who doesn't care about Linux firmware support.
I returned the Zen DAC 2.
I bought a Shanling EH1 DAC - where the company doesn't hide the full potential of a DAC behind some Windows dependent firmware support.
I connected the ...

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Hello j2mcgreg,

That is exactly what I can't say.

Since I can't figure out the firmware version of the device.

Apparently the device only performs top notch once the firmware is set to the proper new one.

It plays music, but not as good as everybody says - and I would have expected from a DAC of ...

Hello to all,

I just got an IFI ZEN V2 DAC.
I read I have to check the firmware first to achieve its musical ability and capability.

Unfortunately this seems to need a Windows environment to do so.

Is there a way to somehow achieve this firmware update under MX Linux?

Hello Duke,

I put it in my /home/public folder - since I stay away from messing around with anything else than my /home directory.




I put quite some data in the /public folder - which showed up using quite an amount on the snapshot doing the same thing as before
So, I guess the public folder ...

The largest file in my home folder is the iso snapshot I made under /Templates

I tried to put it onto an external drive but then the snapshot creation always aborted.

And I always put my /home folder on a separate partition.


OK, so 334GB in *** TEMPLATES *** and you put your iso snapshot ...

Hello to all helping me out here
I wanted to give a big thank you to everybody who was assisting me in finding my way through that jungle.

I think I understand a bit more about what to use each program for now.

I went with the strategy of making a clean install - took me more than a week to get ...

The largest file in my home folder is the iso snapshot I made under /Templates

I tried to put it onto an external drive but then the snapshot creation always aborted.

And I always put my /home folder on a separate partition.

Maybe this works .....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SX8wlb ... sp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CDDW9X ... sp=sharing

Maybe this works .....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nD6FyR ... sp=sharing