FiiO E5 amp (E3 upgraded) - Page 27

Well though I may be "new" to head-fi, I'm not new to forums and this inevitably always happens with new products. I've just learned to stay the course and wait patiently for reviews and product revisions. That's why you don't see me creaming myself over the RE0s impending release date quite yet...

Well, since the E3 was so popular, and the E5 is supposed to be almost the exact same thing, just improved a fair bit..there's good reason for the hype

Just received my red E5 today!

First impressions: Better treble than the E3, less but still noticeable hiss with IEMs (SF5pro). Its bigger than I expected (Larger than an ipod shuffle), switchgear feels cheap but the casing itself has a nice metallic feel.

Listening with SF5pro and Sansa clip at the moment, will post more impressions later once I've had a chance to listen to test it with all my gear.

Pics please. We all want to actually see the FiiO E5 now that you have one, so we can get a good idea of both what it looks like and also its size.

This will go perfect with my 40-ohm MDR-NC60 Noise Canceling phones (they lack powerful sound and bass even wth my 5 mW NW-HD5 even with the bass EQ set at +12.) The E5 should solve all that.

Currently the only phones I could use with my HD5 to really drown out outside noise are actually either buds or IEM's such as my 16-ohm cling wrap-modded MDR-EX90SL with double-flange tips. Hopefully the E5 will allow me to use a good pair of cans and give then the power and loudness boosts they have lacked even with the E3 in place.

This is your brain unamped:



...and this is your brain with just the right settings and amp on your favorite DAP:



any questions?

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pics: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f15/pi...ml#post5002411

I've listened to it some more now with my D2, iRiver and Clip. Also, switched out the SF5pros now to SR60, and will test it with K601 just to see how it copes with something difficult to drive.

The E5 is a big improvement over the E3 IMHO. The hiss problem that really bugged the E3 is now more or less solved. There is still some hiss, but its nowhere near as bad as the E3 was with my SF5pros and is quiet tolerable.

Included goodies are a long mini cable, 1 short mini cable and a USB Charging cable. I'll post a more comprehensive review after more listening.

I'm currently leaving the EQ in the "flat" setting, though I have tried it briefly with the Bass boost mode and the effect is more subtle than I thought it'd be. Its a much more neutral amp than the E3, less bassy and more rounded. Sort of reminds me of my XXS in fact.
The highs still lack some "sparkle", but this is more an issue with Jazz and Classical type music rather than rock and hip-hop, which I think the engineers had in mind when tweaking the E5.

Currently charging it via USB, and hope to do more listening in the next week or so. Will continue to post impressions.

P.S. Whats a good website for hosting pictures? I don't like using imageshack much.

I use Photobucket myself, thanks for the mini-review!

No worries. I'll do a better review in a week or so after extensive listening.

@ nsx_23: Shup.

Best file/photo hosting website ever, in combination with the program you download. You can just right click files and upload them right from Windows Explorer (assuming you use Windows of course), or still use the website just like any other. I use the program all the time myself, even has an inbuilt screen capture/image editor function, SO handy

I actually found out about it on the Winamp forums, a user there made it.

EDIT: The file hosting website is actually called Stashbox, the program is called Shup, just for clarification

umm, add me for a black one for group buy

If there is a group buy, I'm in.

If there really is going to be a group buy for the E5, count me in too, please.

I don't think there is a group buy anymore.

Q: Is there hiss with E3 + ER4S?

Definitely not, anything above ~40 Ohm is usually well behaved. ER-6 don't hiss either.

Yes that looks awesome!

By the way have you guys have seen this?


And this
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