Hi everyone, It’s been actually more than a week with my new Tempotec Sonata iDSD Plus, and my experience with this new unit has been very positive. First of all, I haven’t faced the Blue LED problem again. As I wrote in my teardown article, they changed some components inside that may prevent this problem from happening again, but it also seems to have introduced a problem where the unit main LED turns orange. This happens rarely, and the unit…
Hi everyone, Yesterday night, I released rav1e GUI v1.10: This version is a bug fix release to fix a bug that happened when the 2-pass option was activated. This new version also updates rav1e to yesterday’s version. Download You can download this new version below: Enjoy! Post Views: 7
Hi everyone, Today, I decided to do a Teardown of the new Tempotec Sonata iDSD Plus unit I received to compare the internal components to my previous Tempotec/Hidizs DAC. The unit is identical from the outside, so I did the same teardown process I did before for this new unit. The best way to open it is to use a sharp object to very careful try to detach the glass. To my surprise, this new unit wasn’t glued entirely. It…
Hi everyone, In the past few days, I released Google Drive Upload Tool v1.10: This new version adds the ability to verify a file checksum without having to save the checksum file and without the need for a third party tool. You can now select a file in the file explorer, right click it, and select the new Verify Checksum option. You’ll then need to browse for the original file in your PC and the software will verify it for…
Hi everyone, Today, I’ll show you the process of shucking the WD Elements 10TB External Hard Drive that I got the last 2 weeks. We need to use a sharp object and slide it toward the edges to take off the clips from the case. Then, we’ll slide it to the right carefully: We’ll keep sliding it right until it gets out: The drive inside my WD Elements is a WD100EMAZ: Now, we need to take out the Hard Disk…
Hi everyone, I’ve been working on a brand-new software called TIFF Recompressor: This is a tool that allows you to recompress TIFF files by using different compression methods. It also allows you to store them uncompressed so that you can use another software to further compress the files. The following compression methods can be used in the software: CCITT3 CCITT4 LZW RLE Uncompressed Try it out! You can download this new tool here:https://github.com/moisesmcardona/TIFFRecompressor/releases/tag/v0.1 More information about the software can be…
Hi everyone, Yesterday night, I went to eat at Las Margaritas Restaurant, located in Ocala, Florida, where you can eat a variety of Mexican food, like burritos, fajitas, etc. It is a nice place to go and eat in family, and enjoy the food. Here, today, I’m sharing the plate I ate at this great restaurant. This is their menú: Quickly after sitting down, I ordered Sprite to drink: They gave us some chips with a sauce: And then, when…
Hi everyone, Yesterday, I received the Tempotec Sonata iDSD Plus: This is a DAC and AMP all in one device. It has Dual ES9018K2M, Dual ES9601K amplifiers, as well as a Balanced 2.5mm headphone jack as well as the regular 3.5mm jack. The device is very similar to the Hidizs DH1000. In fact, it is a rebranded Tempotec product. Today, I’ll take a look at a newer Tempotec Sonata iDSD Plus revision. The Tempotec unit I received should have some…
Hi everyone, Last week, I got a new Western Digital 10TB Essentials External Drive, which was on sale at $160 on Amazon: The reason for getting this drive is that in today’s world, digital content is growing by a lot, and files are taking more space than ever. Video resolutions are growing and so are the quality of music, which takes a lot of space. Recent development on newer audio and video codecs may keep the audio file size small,…
Hi everyone, As I promised in the original post of the UGREEN 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drive and Solid State Disk to USB-C 3.1 Enclosure post, here I share with you my unboxing and testing video. In the video, you’ll first see me as I go through the unboxing process and then I’ll be using CrystalDiskMark to test how the enclosure handles a 1TB Hard Disk Drive. Watch the video below: You can get this enclosure on Amazon at the following…