FiiO E5 amp (E3 upgraded) - Page 5

I see the E3 comes with a rechargeable battery. Nice! Now, does it come with the recharger also? If not, where can I get a good recharger at low cost?

Niiiiice. Which of the AAA rechargeables on dealextreme would you all recommend? Once I have this info in hand, I will order!

Just to be clear: It's the not-yet-released E5 that has a built-in rechargeable battery. The E3 does not recharge the separate AAA battery that it requires to run (and no battery is included when you buy). In fact, I've had trouble using rechargeable AAAs with my FiiO E3...The sound starts okay and then quickly drops to low volume with pops and crackles. Alkaline AAAs are fine, however. I don't know if this is typical behavior -- has anyone else found a brand of rechargeable AAAs that work well with the E3?

A Sanyo Eneloop AAA fully charged runs the E3 for 10 - 13 hours sounding beautiful. The rigs in which I've used the E3 are: The source: either a Creative MP3+ USB soundcard or an iPod. The phones: Yuin PK1.

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll check those Eneloops out. For future readers, my 800 mAh Powerex AAAs were the ones that didn't work.

None, they're all crap. Get a decent brand NiMH battery, it will give you less grief and more enjoyment: Duracell, Energizer, Varta, Rayovac, Sanyo, ...

Understood. I see the duracell rechargeables are about $10 for a four pack. What's a good quality chargeable for the nimh AAA's? I'm assuming it'll be around $10, but want a good quality one.

It looks like the fiio is not quite the mega bargain I had hoped. Perhaps a $30 investment overall. Sigh.

OK, I think I found a good quality charger and battery set. Once the fiio is available again in black, I'll be ready to order.

What is the synergy like for anyone with a sansa clip + koss ksc75 + fiio E3 setup? I am hoping to avoid the problems of hiss as some have had.

I'm told that low impedance phones are the issue, and that high impedance phones work best with the fiio. Is 60 ohms considered high, low or average impedance? This is the rating for the koss ksc75's, I believe.

60 Ohm is pretty high(ish) for portable phones, you should be fine.

Any more news on when the E5 will be available. One thing they should do is better EMC sheilding which the E3 suffers from.

I don't mind paying a few extra bucks if it means I don't get interference from mobile phones.

Steve

I sent them an email about it and this is what James Zhong replied:

About your question, most of audio device, included player, amplifier , are easy infect by the GSM mobile signal, because the GSM mobile phone send/receive the GSM signal ,and with a noise which frequency is about 340HZ, those will bring a noise throught the power supply!
So, if a audio device have a high PSRR ( which means Power Supply Rejection Ratio), it will decrease the GSM noise, and if it have a good electromagnetic shielding, it can also do that! so the next model E5 will have a very high PSRR and with a metal case to achieves a good electronmagnetic shielding!

Wicked. I was worried about the hiss with the E3, and no volume control, as 1-2 with my sensetive Livewires in bed is right, but 1 in bed with fiio e2 would be too loud.

Volume control means i can use the d2 on 34 (lineout quality) Slimmer is good too, and will be good to test against the cmoy i use for bed and with bigger headphones + dac.

After xmas i might get an iBasso D2 Boa to compare with the U control DAC i have now, and use in portable rig.

I will get one if DX have one for under 15 bucks.

Matt

If it comes in at under about $20, I want one.