PRO 5 In the official push Flyme 5 After the upgrade, I got a lot of favorable comments, but on December 1 Meizu What about the listening experience of its mobile phone?
The firmware of the big name tuning version is the firmware that the famous musician Liang Qiubao and the acoustic director Li Shengbo of Harman are responsible for tuning together. From their experience and attributes, we believe that their tuning styles will be more popular with ordinary users, and we are also interested in the sound performance of this version with special "tuning skills".
Meizu PRO 5 is a standard HiFi mobile phone in terms of hardware. Its independent audio hardware is composed of ES9018K2M of ESS and OPA1612 of Texas Instruments. In addition, four pairs of NXP large current transistors are added. In terms of hardware, the two mobile phones we listened to this time are completely the same. The black PRO5 has the latest Flyme 5.1.1.0A , while the white PRO5 is painted Flyme 4.5.4.2A The former has master tuning version.
In terms of function, there is no difference between the settings of the two versions of Hi Fi Sound. After entering, there will be four options: automatic, low gain, high gain and line output. When we plug the headset into the 3.5mm headphone port of PRO5, the phone will automatically detect the impedance of the headset, and then select the corresponding gain, However, we can only use the low gain mode when using earphones with impedance lower than 20 Ω. In addition, the Hi Fi mode cannot be turned off after the headset is plugged in.
The master tuning version of PRO 5 has no essential difference from previous versions in terms of sound quality. After all, the hardware platform largely determines the height of sound quality. From the overall sound performance, the PRO5 of the new firmware is more soft and smooth in the performance of medium and high frequencies, and its hearing endurance has been greatly improved. The new firmware has an audible improvement in the mid-range voice, and the mid-range voice is thicker. In contrast, the old firmware is a little unnatural in terms of the connection between the middle and high frequencies, and the connection between the middle and low frequencies is also slightly problematic. The new firmware needs to do a better job in terms of sound balance. From the perspective of high-frequency performance, the old version of the firmware gives the impression that the sound in this frequency band is deliberately raised. The sound will be obviously bright, but not natural. The new version of the firmware will be more mature in this regard.
Comparison equipment: Meizu PRO 5 (Flyme 4.5.4.2A firmware), Meizu PRO5 (Flyme 5.1.1.0A firmware)
Comparison headset: HiFiMan ES100、 Meizu EP30, Da Yinke Titan 5, Vision Ears VE6X1, etc
Song format: FLAC、320K MP3
Adele-《Hello》
The first main song of Adele's new album "25", a song at the level of "Tu Bang", fully demonstrates Adele's unique voice. The new PRO5 firmware has been strengthened in the thickness of intermediate frequency, and the overall control force has improved significantly. The high frequency does not appear to be high. In contrast, the high frequency in the old firmware is slightly uncontrollable. In terms of high-frequency extension, the new firmware did not further strengthen, but better handled the connection of medium and high frequencies. The burr of sound is also significantly reduced. Generally speaking, the new version of firmware in this song is better than the old version.
Deng Ziqi - Blind Spot
It is also a new song, and also a song of "high energy". The new version of the PRO5 firmware has a more solid sound background and better performance in the low and medium frequencies. The low frequency texture has been improved to a certain extent. The poor connection between the low and medium frequencies in the old version of the firmware is also easy to turn. Another problem with the old version of firmware is that it makes people feel that the voice will deliberately incline to the middle and high frequencies, which makes it unnatural to listen to some female voices, while the voice of the new version of firmware is much more "neutral". The new firmware provides a more balanced and extended sound while retaining the previous sound details and analysis, which is really rare.
MAN WITH A MISSION-《Raise Your Flag》
An ACG song from the iron blooded Orphans. The overall rhythm of the song is fast. In addition, the addition of various instruments can test the control and image of the sound. When listening to this song, the sound of the old firmware will be disordered, and the sound image will tend to be flat and lack of three-dimensional sense. The new version of firmware has a "suddenly enlightened" feeling, and the sound control ability has been improved audibly. In contrast to this song, the new firmware also highlights its advantages in low-frequency diving and texture.
In terms of the above three songs, the new tuning firmware of PRO5 is undoubtedly successful in adjusting the sound. To sum up, the sound is more smooth, less stimulating, and the quality has been improved to a certain extent. It gives us great surprise that such changes can be made under the condition that the hardware remains unchanged.
In addition, a new play method has also been proposed for Flyme 5.1.1.0A, that is, we can remove the big name tuners by deleting/system/lib/libaudiosingle.so and/system/priv app/MusicFX.apk from the system root directory. In this way, the deleted sound is very close to the previous version, but it will be slightly different. Players who think the intermediate frequency of the new firmware is too forward can try this method. PS： Since the root permission is required for this modification and the files in the system root directory are modified, it is recommended to make a backup.
From this audition, Meizu PRO 5's new firmware tuning tends to stretch and soft voice style, and strengthens the performance of mid-range voice. From the perspective of the listening habits of ordinary users, such adjustments can really cater to everyone's taste, which also proves that Meizu's two "big names" this time can really catch the needs of users. In terms of hardware and sound, PRO 5 is a very high standard in Hi Fi mobile phones. If you can make more efforts in functional expansion, I believe it will be more surprising. This improvement can be achieved through a firmware tuning, which also makes us look forward to further improvements in the sound of PRO5.
