Anyone using Himedia HD600F? seems not much comment on this model..

I wanted to ask again about people's experiences with sound between Realtek and Sigma Chip

I just got the iconBit player with Realtek 1186 chip and it plays everything and it is quick and can read and play files from 3TB and 4TB drive so I give it strong grades for that

BUT the sound quality is not as good as my Sigma 8642 chip in my HDX; there is a clear difference; the sound on Realtek is thinner; Bass not as strong
I noticed on 5.1 playback as well as 96/24 audio files

this is the exact same thing I noticed on Egreat R300 with Realtek 1186 chip when I compared that to my HDX

so the realtek chip is great when it comes to features and playing all files but there is no way it sounds as good. I am sure of what I heard; I compared a few times

Did you test it with passthrough bitstream too? Does the Sigma sound better in passthrough too? If yes, I think I wanna jump from Realtek to Sigma too.

Yup

I wonder if it's bitstream, the player supposedly to pass the unmolested signal from movie and let the AVR process it. If it's unmolested signal, how can the sigma chipset give a better sound since some sifus here do argue it's either 1 or 0 signal received and processed by the AVR..

+1 . I have try in my friend place . Bitstream sound same in Dune and Himedia . LPCM Dune sound louder.

play a real 3D movie, must have below device: a 3D TV (with 1.4v hdmi port), a 3d blu-ray player or 3d media player (with 1.4v hdmi port), a amplifier which support 3d n a ori 3d disk or ori 3d iso (bdmv) file...less one is not possible to play real 3d movie de...

those left-right, up-down or red n blue file just is simulation of 3D, not real 3d file, output quality is different de..(currently media player only got realtek 1186 chipset can play real 3d file de, sigma chipset still can not de)

the latest himedia hd900 firmware (2013.01.06) can download here: http://v.himedia-tech.cn/himedia/hd900/201..._1.0.5.7.tar.gz
hd600 lastest firmware: http://v.himedia-tech.cn/himedia/hd600/201...1.0.8.14.tar.gz
hd900 in market more than 18 month ady (hd600 more than 2 years), u cant expect a player over a year still every month can get new firmware de (most brand after half year ady stop provide the firmware support), pls do sum research before do complain lack of support from Himedia..

about the audio drop out so far i test my 6tb 3d database is ok de (3d Titanic i also have iso, mkv version, 3diso with DTS HDMA audio output dnt have any problem), but cant guarantee maybe got few source will happen de..(cant just say coz u have 1 or 2 source audio drop out then hd900 play movie will audio drop out de, better test another 1186 chipset player try the same movie file then see wut happen 1st)

how to connect Q5 to network storage?

I'm also having problem connecting my Q5 to my Synology NAS.
Can anyone help, please?

Although I'm still using 600A, it should be quite straighforward if both Q5 and Synology is under the same network workgroup... Is your laptop/desktop at home able to find the NAS?  If yes, then try to find out what differences are between your laptop/desktop and Q5.

Basically can find the NAS but cannot mount.

Both my Q5 and Synology are under the same network. I went to the File Manager --> NFS, then input my IP address and server folder, and click mount but failed. Perhaps I incorrectly input the server folder. Any suggestions?

1.
Go to control panel->shared folder->nfs in syno web interface,set up ip access for nfs (ip of mini2)
Do this for all folders you need to access . (ex. video, music, etc)

joechong>> This is done within the Synology Diskstation web console. The attached image is where you should be setting up all the steps above on enabling NFS. Take note of the mount path of each of the folder that you enabled NDS on. The image shows for /volume1/video

Try this site : http://www.acryan.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=172&t=12321

they suggest to put the ip access for nfs within synology console...

Thank you very much, number two!  
I will try this at home tonight, should work (keeping my fingers crossed)!