FiiO E7: Unboxed Production, "OH SO SHINY" (56k warning!) - Page 9

Hey Eric do you have any other amps to compare with? I have since given up on waiting for the E7 from dealextreme, and gotten some other amp instead. Some people mentioned that E7 is slightly warm/dark sounding, and I'd certainly not want to pair that with the Sm3.

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Originally Posted by koonhua90 

Hey Eric do you have any other amps to compare with? I have since given up on waiting for the E7 from dealextreme, and gotten some other amp instead. Some people mentioned that E7 is slightly warm/dark sounding, and I'd certainly not want to pair that with the Sm3.

I only have the E7 and uDAC @ koonhua90. Oh, and of course the E5 and E1. So I don't think I've heard SM3 with the E7. I did like the SM3 with the E5 from what I remember. I can't remember the SM3 sound with the uDAC, but I should have my SM3 back late next week. Now, I can say that I don't hear a lot of change with the E7 as just an amp with the FX700, but when I listened to the FX700 as a DAC and amp connected to my Mac, I was blown away. Beautiful sound and added natural clarity. Sorry buddy, but I can't remember the the SM3 with any other amps, but I'll let you know in a week or so. About to try the FX700 again as amped from E7 to the Sony s545...

^ Thanks for replying. Meanwhile, I should be getting the Ibasso T3D amp either tomorrow or Friday. Due to its higher price, I'd expect it to be at least decent. The E7 was just taking too much time, and dealextreme also told me that they are not sure when it will go back in stock.

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Originally Posted by koonhua90 

^ Thanks for replying. Meanwhile, I should be getting the Ibasso T3D amp either tomorrow or Friday. Due to its higher price, I'd expect it to be at least decent. The E7 was just taking too much time, and dealextreme also told me that they are not sure when it will go back in stock.

I feel you koonhua. That happens at dealextreme sometimes, especially at that price. They were selling it cheaper than any other place I know of. And it also seems like Fiio has been limited in the amount of E7s produced, but I could be wrong on that. Let me know how that T3D works out. Last night I busted out the DDM with just the amp of the E7. Nice! I'm about to try it now with the amp and DAC.

Something that I've been curious about, does two of those ferrite beads actually make a difference? I'd like to just keep the USB cord that came with my E7 at work instead of taking it back and forth(lol), but if it actually makes a difference I'll try and find one with two beads online instead of just using one of the several single-beaded ones I have at home.
 

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Originally Posted by Hung0702 

Yup. The miniUSB cable isn't half bad either. Has ferrite beads at both ends, however unnecessary they may be. I'm using a 1920 px wide display, so if anyone thinks the pictures should be arranged in 1 column, let me know!