FiiO E6 - story of the tiny amp continues... (w/ review on 1st page) - Page 12

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Originally Posted by ClieOS 

I have mentioned it in the review - but yes, you are right. E6's output impedance is less than 1 ohm

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Originally Posted by ClieOS 

I believe E11 output impedance is under 1 ohm as well, so are all FiiO portable amp. The only FiiO amp with > 1 ohm output impedance is the E9, but there is because the opamp it used required a specific output impedance to be stable. I don't know the exact output impedance of T3, but as far as iBasso goes, they generally have a 10ohm output impedance. It might seem a lot, but the true is, a lot of older gears have much higher impedance (120ohm at times) yet people are totally fine with them. People these days are getting much pickier about output impedance than ever. Personally, I kind of see it as part of the synergy issue.

 

Just what I was looking for . Did you measure both the E6 and E11 for output impedence? If not, where did you find the output impedences?

Thank You,

Daniel

Got mine today, I am loving it, great value.  However I did like the way the E5 clipped to the silicone case of my Fuze, I don't usually amp my Clip+ but it would be nice to figure out how to attach the two without using a rubber band. 

Anyone have any idea's, or would like to share how they have the two connected?

So between the Fiio E6, Fiio E11, and JDS Labs CMoyBB, the CMoy would still be the one to choose for let's say DT 770 Pro 80s? 

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Originally Posted by dziendobry 

Got mine today, I am loving it, great value.  However I did like the way the E5 clipped to the silicone case of my Fuze, I don't usually amp my Clip+ but it would be nice to figure out how to attach the two without using a rubber band. 

 

Anyone have any idea's, or would like to share how they have the two connected?

Try some double sided tape.

Mine clip perfectly together, everything is accessible and they don't move

I just got mine today. It came as an extra with my Westone 2's. IMO, with 320 bitrate mp3's and an iphone 4 i think it sounds better without the amp. Even the flat EQ makes the SQ drop immensely. 

I totally agree with this, and since this is my only portable amp I'm not 100% that any amp can be used with a phone because I get a lot of interference from it.
 

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Originally Posted by cmzwirner 

I just got mine today. It came as an extra with my Westone 2's. IMO, with 320 bitrate mp3's and an iphone 4 i think it sounds better without the amp. Even the flat EQ makes the SQ drop immensely. 

First Impression: wow that's small. As for the sound, its not bad. But I'm coming from an iPhone 4 that already has a pretty good amp section. The improvement is prob only 1-3% and it wasn't in the areas I wanted.

With that said, if anyone wants to take it off my hands for the price I bought it (it's 2 hours old), send me a PM

Those using the E6 with the iPhone4. Are you using a LOD cable to the E6 or are you amping the Headphone Out?

Was considering the E6 for an iPhone4 and ATH-M50, but I think I am going to stick with my current setup.

Daniel

I used the LOD cable. I'd recommend at least trying out the E6 for your M50 since it's a headphone and might benefit from some added power. 

I dont have an LOD yet so straight out the headphone jack. But the E6 sounds great with my sony mp3 and TF10. As for use with the M50 I didnt hear much of a difference

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Originally Posted by alv4426 

I dont have an LOD yet so straight out the headphone jack. But the E6 sounds great with my sony mp3 and TF10. As for use with the M50 I didnt hear much of a difference

Using the headphone jack into the E6 is double-amplifying the signal and therefore degrading the sound quality. Also, the interference you're getting is most likely because the headphone jack is also the wired headset/microphone jack. A line out should bypass all this and provide much better signal and sound quality, especially on a phone.

Unless you intend to get a LOD, you probably are better just leaving the amp out of the equation; considering how easy it is to drive IEMs, and as powerful as the E6 is for its price and size, doesn't even come close to say, the E11.

I was planning on getting an LOD but honestly I think the iphone 4 is good enough for my purposes since I dont use it as my DAP and even the E6 is too annoying to carry around for me.

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Originally Posted by Riku540 

 

Unless you intend to get a LOD, you probably are better just leaving the amp out of the equation; considering how easy it is to drive IEMs, and as powerful as the E6 is for its price and size, doesn't even come close to say, the E11.