Posts by peternguyen

Thanks for the clarification James. Could you also confirm the other question I had as well?   Quote: Originally Posted by peternguyen  ...Do you mean to say that the newer firmware prevents the gain from defaulting...

I was searching through the forums and came across the below comment from this post that James from FiiO made regarding the firmware:   Quote: Originally Posted by JamesFiiO  ...The second change is the...

I have received my Fiio E09K, and after having played around with it for a few days, I must say that I perceive little improvements from the upgrade. I'm not sure if this because of the headphones that I am using, if it's just simply...

I don't know if it's just me, but I find the sound is a bit nicer without any gain.   I would have thought that one of the benefits of having more power from the E09K is to not require any gain. Regardless, to have to change a...

Quote: Originally Posted by ClieOS  I think it is a firmware setting. 12dB gain is too high (which will clip the input of E09k) so FiiO set the firmware to automatically reset itself to 6dB gain when docked in USB...

Quote: Originally Posted by JamesFiiO  sorry not, if the gain remain 12dB, the output is too high and there may has distortion when the output set to max and the LO bypass set to off.   I'm not exactly...

Quote: Originally Posted by ClieOS  There is no distortion on the E17/E09K that I know of, so there is no need to worry about it.   Yes, set it to zero gain.   Thanks again for the advice....

Quote: Originally Posted by ClieOS  Yes, LO Bypass means you are going to double amp the signal.   In theory, double amp will degrade SQ. In real life however, double amping a very clean signal will...

I'm still a little bit confused by the LO Bypass feature. I currently own the Fiio E17 and will be soon getting the Fiio E09K, and I know that if you want to be able to use the equalizer on the E17 still, you will need to set the...

My bad, I didn't look hard enough!   I decided on ordering the Fiio E09K due to the price and being able to still take advantage of the E17 which would have otherwise been made redundant had I got another DAC/amp system. I...