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E11, a new start of FiiO's portable amp ( added some real photo )
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Will it improve the sound on my xb-500's?
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When do you think Amazon will start selling the E11? I have $30ish in promotional credit there and I've been looking for a portable amp.
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I got the Fiio E11 Long back from Lynx. Its my first amp and so I have nothing to compare with.
To be honest this is what I felt.
1)It makes a difference listening to my HD595 with sansa clip+. Its adds lots of power to drive that headphone.
2)It did not modify the frequency response.
3)But in the High gain, I felt that the audio slightly was warmed and lost details on the highs kinda effect. And I still prefer the low gain.
4) The bass boost was a nice feature. I always keep it at 2.
Overall Iam very satisfied with the purchase. Great Product for the price. Exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks ClieOS for the suggestion.
To be honest this is what I felt.
1)It makes a difference listening to my HD595 with sansa clip+. Its adds lots of power to drive that headphone.
2)It did not modify the frequency response.
3)But in the High gain, I felt that the audio slightly was warmed and lost details on the highs kinda effect. And I still prefer the low gain.
4) The bass boost was a nice feature. I always keep it at 2.
Overall Iam very satisfied with the purchase. Great Product for the price. Exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks ClieOS for the suggestion.
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Would anyone care to explain what the difference between low- and high gain is?
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Search is your friend - 3 links which give an insight .....
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/543242/q-high-gain-low-gain-quality-difference
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/367367/low-gain-high-gain
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/277525/gain-setting-high-or-low
Hope this helps
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No probs - I learnt a bit more reading them too
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No probs - I learnt a bit more reading them too
Haha! I just thought of how stupid I was not to think of the search bar
Anyways, seems the difference between high and low gain is the same as lowering and increasing the volume in general. Pretty odd since adjusting the volume does the exact same thing? Or did I miss something?
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Haha! I just thought of how stupid I was not to think of the search bar
Anyways, seems the difference between high and low gain is the same as lowering and increasing the volume in general. Pretty odd since adjusting the volume does the exact same thing? Or did I miss something?
Yeah - pretty much how I read it as well. Just means for low impedance cans/iems, you can increase volume on the potentiometer of an amp and avoid channel imbalance (at really low levels). Makes adjustments easier as well. The high gain gives you a boost for higher impedance cans. That's why the E11 looked attractive to me - especially eventually when I go to something a little higher up the chain (HD600 or maybe a Beyer). Switch the gain, hopefully have no issues driving them.
The plan is to get the better headphones next - then better amp/dac again sometime in the future.
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Can anybody suggest how E11 compares to Minibox-E+? The latter is a more expensive amp, but putting price aside, can E11 be a worthy competitor?
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Does anyone know if they will be selling this on Amazon anytime soon?
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I got my e11 today and I'm loving it!
Brief thoughts:
This thing is POWERFUL. Even on low gain I can't use more than 6 - 7 (max is 8 ) on my DT770 pro 80 ohm, before it goes TOO loud. Bass boost is amazing, the difference is so clear even my dog could feel it
Love the look, it's sexy and smaller than i originally thought.
I'm very glad they made the battery exchangable, means endless batteries. Also some member in the e11 topic said that there's battery's with almost double the power!
The only thing I'm not liking so much is how you turn it on. I like to have my volume at the same level at all times. But since you have to turn the potentiometer all the way down to turn it off and turn it back up to turn it on, that's not an option.
I'd just like to thank Alex again for the awesome help!
Cheers.
Brief thoughts:
This thing is POWERFUL. Even on low gain I can't use more than 6 - 7 (max is 8 ) on my DT770 pro 80 ohm, before it goes TOO loud. Bass boost is amazing, the difference is so clear even my dog could feel it
Love the look, it's sexy and smaller than i originally thought.
I'm very glad they made the battery exchangable, means endless batteries. Also some member in the e11 topic said that there's battery's with almost double the power!
The only thing I'm not liking so much is how you turn it on. I like to have my volume at the same level at all times. But since you have to turn the potentiometer all the way down to turn it off and turn it back up to turn it on, that's not an option.
I'd just like to thank Alex again for the awesome help!
Cheers.
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