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FiiO X1-II High Resolution Lossless Music Player (2nd Generation) (Silver)

FiiO X1-II High Resolution Lossless Music Player (2nd Generation) (Silver)

TheoS53
Pros: cheap and decent sound quality
Cons: buggy firmware
I owned X3II. It is premium quality but sold at cheap price.

I want a portable DAP with bluetooth to off load music from my iPhone. I bought X1II without reading any reviews. Because I put a blind trust in Fiio brand.

It turned out I was wrong and dead wrong this time.

The firmware is buggy. I have upgraded to the recent one 1.5. It was still unacceptable.

UI response is slow. It feel like controlling Mars Rover from earth that kind of slow. What make things worst is that the touch wheel is extremely sensitive. I hate control this dam thing. So I only push the start button. I gave it up trying to control it.

To use bluetooth, you have to turn on your headphone first before turn on X1II. Otherwise, you have to reboot X1II. It is slow to reboot. TBH, I forgot how many times I forgot this sequence and cursed Fiio out loud. Really? Are you brain dead to get the bluetooth connection right?

If possible, I will rate it 0 star. My advice is Don't buy it.
noxville
noxville
Copying to the device is also really really slow - copying 100 gigs took several hours.
 
After copying to the card, it has to build a search/nav index (which takes like 30 minutes). Changing even a single file and rebuilding the index can take another 30 minutes.
 
The UI is atrociously slow. The bluetooth takes like 15 seconds to turn on, and it has to happen in the foreground. 
 
You also can't push lossless music at high sampling rates via bluetooth.
 
This device is excellent if you want to copy music (once) to it and only ever use that set of music. Otherwise it's not good.
tgx78
tgx78
i have the fiio X7 and its firmware is a quite disaster as well.
ezekiel77
ezekiel77
Duly noted. I've taken UI hits before in the name of SQ (QP1R), but this takes the cake. Buyer beware indeed.
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Bowers & Wilkins P3

Bowers & Wilkins P3

jacksonchansf
Pros: warm, comfortable and stylish looking
Cons: too warm and only good for pop
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I own Sennheiser HD600 and Fiio X3II. I love HD600 because it is comfortable and also works well for my classical music and vocal music. But it doesn't play well with any pop music on my iPhone. I got a decent portable amp. I have tried several different brand of amp. HD600 just doesn't play well with any pop music on iPhone w/wo amp. I'm always looking for a alternative headphone for pop music.
 
Review:
 
I bought B&W P3 for less than $200 from bestbuy because I have $120 rewards expires very soon. Bestbuy provides a testing setup for P3, P5 and P7. I plug in my iPhone to test all three of them. P3 has the warmest sound among all of them. But it is the only one that plays well with my pop music on my iPhone. In addition, the warm sound sometimes may have muffled feeling. But it doesn't last for long. Unlike classical music, all pop music only last for less than 5 minutes. So the muffled feeling is quite transient. 
 
It is not as comfortable as HD 600. But it is acceptable for an hour wearing. It is very convenient to carry it around compared to HD600. What's more important is that it doesn't need an ugly amp for iPhone. My setup for HD600 only suits for desktop use. 
 
The design of P3 is stylish. It comes with a sturdy case. 
 
So if you need a portable headphone on the go and love to play some pop music occasionally, I'd recommend this.
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