The FiiO X3 Thread UPDATE: Project Back On! Read the First Post for Information. - Page 214  

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Originally Posted by feiao 

 

Yes, couple head-fi'er tried it at our booth.

Oh Nice!Hopefully they post their impressions soon.

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Originally Posted by doublea71 

oh Rockbox would be most welcome to ANY player if it were up to me...and I'm waiting for impressions from CES, too. I'm absolutely jonesing to hear about it in action...hook a brother up!
 

The X3 which shown in CES is just a working sample not a beta version. I am waiting for the feedback of the head-fi'er who used a $1300 IEM test our X3.

AW: The FiiO X3 Thread UPDATE: Project Back On! Read the First Post for Information.

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Originally Posted by cholero 


Sounds difficult to hack but the goal of rockbox is anyway to replace the official firmware. We'll know more when the player is out and the first pcb scans are available. We will know then what processor is used. I'd love to have rockbox on X3 but at the moment I'm not very positive that it will ever happen :-(

 Don't be so sure. The Rockbox devs are pretty clever people.

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Originally Posted by HolyCheese 

I would probably get one either way. That is if the sq is on par or better than the j3

i think sq will be better, just my / our (headfi'er) expectation

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Originally Posted by jacknight 

 

i think sq will be better, just my / our (headfi'er) expectation

It better be better sounding than the J3 lol, it was my most regretted audio purchase, its sound is truly disappointing. 

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Originally Posted by zachchen1996 

It better be better sounding than the J3 lol, it was my most regretted audio purchase, its sound is truly disappointing. 

There are a lot of Cowon lovers that would disagree with you. As a former owner of a couple of Cowons, I have mixed feelings about them....but I expect that the X3 will be better.

I've had a few Cowon's over the years and I also have mixed feelings about the product. Sometime's it's a home run...other times...when it's "supposed" to be a home run...the unit outright sucked...like the Z2. I owned it for 72 hours before saying...screw it...this thing blows.

Half a year ago I was totally new to head-fi and audio and general so when I first went on headfi I thought the ranking system on the equipment lists were based on sound quality and I never bothered to go into the forums and saw that the j3 was ranked number one and blindly bought it...I know better now. I still have no idea what those rank numbers mean.

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Originally Posted by tds101 

And I DESPISE BBE!!!
 

couldn't have said it any better.

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Originally Posted by zachchen1996 

couldn't have said it any better.

same here.

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Originally Posted by H20Fidelity 

This player has some pretty high expectations to meet from what I see around, many people are counting on this, to be "the final DAP" then it better measure flat or it will be subjected to endless debates. I like FiiO's work, I think they're great and mean no harm or offence but their products are usually focused at entry to low mid tier level , I know the E11 is a decent sounding amp, but I know an amp for just $30 more than leaves it behind, I have the E10 and know a DAC/amp that leaves it behind for a little more.

It's very hard to word this without looking I'm trying to cause a stir, which I am not, I just need to hear this player before I can make further judgement. I have no doubt it's going to have every feature we want which is so awesome of FiiO for contributing with us to, but if it's just the sound of an E17 that plays music it won't be enough for me personally.

Please don't quote this post if you want to play "tit for tat" because I won't respond.

Did you sell your CK4 and bought the HM601 instead? (so you could not live with bass-roll of?)