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post #886 of 1733
12/29/08 at 11:44am
Would this be suitable to be used as a cheap computer amp for the KSC75s?
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post #887 of 1733
12/29/08 at 7:23pm
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Originally Posted by Ron Thorne View Post
Thanks to the kindness of a poster who alerted us to the fact that the tracking number from DealExtreme could also be used with USPS, I have learned that my Fiio E5 (finally) shipped from Hong Kong on 12-13, arriving in NY on 12-25, so I'll probably receive it on Tue/Wed. I can't understand why it took 12 days to get from HK to NY, but ...
2 small packages shipped to me from HK the same day. 1 took 6 days (great!), the other 17. go figure ...
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post #888 of 1733
12/30/08 at 2:06am
How does one use the line out of an iPod classic instead of the headphone out with this amp? Sorry for the newbie question.
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post #889 of 1733
12/30/08 at 3:46am
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How does one use the line out of an iPod classic instead of the headphone out with this amp? Sorry for the newbie question.
What you want is a normal Line-out-dock, or LOD in short. There are a few places that sell it and the price varies by a lot. If you just want one for E5, a cheap one is more than good enough. A few of our sponsors carry them, so just do a search on their site.
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post #890 of 1733
12/30/08 at 4:35am
Plenty of people on the forum build them as well.
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post #891 of 1733
12/30/08 at 5:33am
I'd be grateful if you could point me to a forum member who builds and sells affordable line out docks. Thanks.
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post #892 of 1733
12/30/08 at 6:01am
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I'll suggest you look around at the for sale forum but you won't be able to post because you don't have enough post count. You can always search eBay for 'iPod line out dock' the cheapest one is ~$2 and a decent one is around $50 or less.
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post #893 of 1733
12/30/08 at 9:41am
What symptoms does your E5 exhibit when the battery starts dying? Any sound drop outs, static, channel loss?

I am asking because I am trying to determine whether the sporadic drop outs I am sometimes experiencing are due to faulty cable or its just the battery dying..
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post #894 of 1733
12/30/08 at 9:44am
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What symptoms does your E5 exhibit when the battery starts dying? Any sound drop outs, static, channel loss?

I am asking because I am trying to determine whether the sporadic drop outs I am sometimes experiencing are due to faulty cable or its just the battery dying..
Battery dying. I get drop-outs too, at least that is what happened with my E3.
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post #895 of 1733
12/30/08 at 10:00am
What I get are sudden signal interruptions, usually in the right channel.
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post #896 of 1733
12/30/08 at 1:49pm
Hm, is the E5 that much of an upgrade of the E3?
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post #897 of 1733
12/30/08 at 6:05pm
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Hm, is the E5 that much of an upgrade of the E3?
It's definitely an upgrade, I have had mine for over 2 weeks now, very happy with it, it's not got as much bass as the E3, no hiss and the fact it has a built in battery, on/off switch and volume control, it gets a big thumbs up from me.
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post #898 of 1733
12/30/08 at 6:10pm
Been waiting since late November. . .

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post #899 of 1733
12/31/08 at 4:43am
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Originally Posted by jm50 View Post
It's definitely an upgrade, I have had mine for over 2 weeks now, very happy with it, it's not got as much bass as the E3, no hiss and the fact it has a built in battery, on/off switch and volume control, it gets a big thumbs up from me.
Great. No hiss is definitely welcome, as I've experienced some with the E3. I like the clip on style design of them, too. I think I might sell my E3 for the E5, but since the E3 is so cheap, I might as well just give it away...
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post #900 of 1733
12/31/08 at 11:33pm
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Great. No hiss is definitely welcome, as I've experienced some with the E3. I like the clip on style design of them, too. I think I might sell my E3 for the E5, but since the E3 is so cheap, I might as well just give it away...
I'll take it (seriously ). I just heard about these little guys from another board and my A900s have gone ampless for too long. I have a whole load of AAA batteries so I figure I'll just get the E3 anyway.
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