I use a Moto G4+ and iPhone, and also have a collection of iPods (2 7th gen classics, 2 6th, 2 5.5th and some nanos and shuffles), in general this is what I found (with EQ flat): iPod classic vs iPhone - iPhone wins, with the native music app and even better with apps like BBE sonic maximizer...

I have both and I actually like better the original X1, the "wheel" on the X1II is a pain to use, UI it's so slow, and about the bluetooth, what's the point of getting a dedicated dap with a nice amp and dac if you are not going to use them when you send the music over bluetooth.

11 years from an ipod photo plus many more years to come doesn't sound like throwaway to me...   but yeah, that X1II really sucks, right? (getting back to topic)

Isn't that like saying that levis has a scam on us because after some years of abuse their jeans just break? but I get your point, it also depends of how we treat our devices right? It says more about the user when the same thing happened to 2 different ipod models... but actually, one of my...

I think JK1 might have mentioned batteries once... maybe twice... but not sure...

Oh, I see, we are ignoring JK1 and his weird battery fetish...

JK1, what's your thing with batteries, I remember how you use to post over and over about how you wanted removables super long lasting batteries that were cheap for the m3,you even wanted AA batteries for it, and now your back with more battery comments, really dude, seems like every single one...

Dude, you shouldn't ask here or anywhere how to steal music.

Same thing would happen if you compare your phone to any dedicated dac like the X1 or X3, they do sound "flat", but that's really the point, smartphones add to the sound to make it more pleasant for most people using the free earphones they throw with them, they add extra bass, more treble...

Don't know dude, check on that day for a deal on b&h, or maybe in the fiio site, and we should go back to topic (bashing the FiiO X1 II (2nd Gen) w/ Bluetooth!)

Go with the Fiio EX1 earphones dude, those iems are amazing, probably the best Fiio has done (and it's more of a rebranding really, but it still says fiio on the box).

If you are in a noisy environment and just want to have some music as background while waiting to go back to your classes, you can just go with a sansa clip, it plays mp3, flac, audiobooks, has fm radio and is not plagued with bugs like the fiios, plus is small, very durable and like half the...

If I was to use it in a noisy environmet like a school where you cannot fully appreciate the hi-res details of your music, I'd just use my phone whith some nice headphones, or a sansa clip that will also play flacs if you are not planning on using bluetooth and you want to save your phone's...

Also, isn't the X1II strong selling points the click wheel, the bluetooth and the new design? the design looks like an ipod mini from like10 years ago, round and fat, just with a shiny black front and with a click wheel that doesn't work as good as in the old ipods, the bluetooth does not work...

It's also very different reading a review from someone who went and bought the product than from someone who gets it for free to write a review, if you pay for it you will be more critic about every aspect of it, if you get it for free for a review, you can just rave about how amazing it is the...