Great Review! You (and many others) are helping me realize the X5 may be the way to go as I move, SQ-wise, away/up from my iPhone 5s and iPod Classic. I like your assertion that this may be all the money you need to spend for better SQ, not the $999 and up we are starting to see! If I could ask a question: what is your existing music library encoded in? My entire library is CD's encoded into Apple Lossless through iTunes, hoping that I can easily transfer and use all those tunes on an X5...thanks for any info.

I listen primarily to FLAC (16/44.1). It looks like ALAC is a supported format for the X5...
 
I love your avatar by the way....

Thanks for the info! Much Miles, too!

A very nice, informative review!
Thanks!

P.S. sory I don't have a Miler Davis related avatar!

A very nice, informative review!
Thanks!

P.S. sory I don't have a Miler Davis related avatar!

A very nice, informative review!
Thanks!

P.S. sory I don't have a Miler Davis related avatar!

A very nice, informative review!
Thanks!

P.S. sory I don't have a Miler Davis related avatar!