Sony Music/Media Format Player Model: NW-A55
Headphone Model: JLAB Audio Neon 40mm Over Ear Headphones
Album List:
Tool - Lateralus: FLAC cd rip Windows Media Player (Highest "Quality" Setting)
Tool - Fear Inoculum: FLAC internet download cd rip

--> utilizing: freac audio encoder utility for linux (latest Alpha release) for reencoding over original rip encoding

Albums: Tool - Lateralus, Tool - Fear Inoculum,

FLAC Mode Options: Custom settings - Joint Stereo <-- (not enabled) , Adaptive Joint Stereo <-- (not enabled)
                                                                 32768 bytes blocksize
                                                                 Window functions(s):

tukey(0.5);nuttall;blackman;triangle;nuttall;tukey(0.1);flattop;rectangle;triangle;
gauss(0.1);welch;bartlett;nuttall;gauss(0.1);connes;tukey(0.1);nuttall;bartlett_hann;
gauss(0.1)

^-- there are line breaks in here so paste each line separately into editor field when in freac application

                                                                 Maximum LPC Order: 32
                                                                 Quantized LPC precision: 15
                                                                 Exaustive Model Search: (unchecked)
                                                                 Optimize LPC quantization: (unchecked)
                                                                 Minimum partition order: 16
                                                                 Maximum partition order: 16

All Albums Signal Processing:
Signal Processing: 'Best SINC Interpolator' 192KHz Samplerate
(Integer Sample width not specified for this encoding (automatically set for 24 bit) (dont set for integer sample width unless you want integer, i think its auto set for unsigned 24 bit))

Post Processing:
 None

Player Settings:
 DSEE HX: Off (experimental)
 DC Phase Linearizer: Off (experimental)

Player Output Settings:
 -3 Decibal Gain set to: On or Off <--The gauss and the flattop functions are really nice functions and this setting can be messed with but the below function allows the functions to work better
 Same as PCM Gain setting: On (...in my case so far ... so good)

Equilizer Settings on Equilizer Settings on Model Player:
 None

Note:
 None