[H20Fidelity]

Does this player play loud? or does it need a amp?

Depends on the headphone / IEM. What headphones do you intend to use it with? C3 doesn't have the most powerful amp though can drive most low impedance IEM and headphone fairly well. Anything over 60 Ohm I think maybe pushing it, yet I have not tried. I know it runs Sony MDR V6 well enough (63 Ohm) And (50 Ohm) GR07 MK2.

 

[olddude]

Anything over 30 on the C3 volume control hurt my ears with UE Triple Fi's.  C3 will go to 40.  So, loud enough for me.  With a C&C amp, it will go really loud.  Ouch.

 

[H20Fidelity]

Anything over 30 on the C3 volume control hurt my ears with UE Triple Fi's.  C3 will go to 40.  So, loud enough for me.  With a C&C amp, it will go really loud.  Ouch.

I remember the treble with TF10 and C3 used to get a real boogie on over 30 - 35 would be good for treble heads. I have a new pair of TF10 (my second actually) arrive today. Sits very nicely with C&C BH, the LF switch makes them sing pretty well. Be upgrading the cable shortly to silver plated, milk everything I can from them

 

[Gintaras]

for what is worth i find C3 doing best with amping. C3 might sound fine on its own but amping adds not only power but some sonic improvements well worth considering.
 
i hope no one will accuse me of peddling BH here but i find this little cheapo amp to be a great partner with C3. alternatively you may opt for any decent amp which you like to use with C3.

 

[H20Fidelity]

I find C3 between using the amp you can have two different flavors. For example if I was laying down wanting an audiophile approach unmapped is fine, C3 has that essence or lacing over it's signature I find very soothing at lower volumes. Adding the amp changes from soothing into like C3 nightclub mode, time to get up and dance style. Like turning on the after burner or hitting a nitro switch

 

[olddude]

I use my C3 for walking music (exercise) and I find the amp helps drown out/cover over my footfalls as I walk.  The fuller sound is great.  I agree, sitting around I don't really need the amp, but then I don't listen to music sitting around anymore- in my car or walking is pretty much it, with a wife and kid.  
 
With my TF 10's I really like the mids and highs, and the bass un-amped is just fine.  With the amp, I have GC and SF on (not LF, a bit of overkill for me) and it sounds really full.  
 
Now, I'm old (I remember the 60's in San Francisco because I lived them fully at the time- not just observed them  ) so my ears may be a bit worn-out from long nights at The Filmore and Winterland and the Avalon Ballroom.  I can still remember seeing Cream on their first night in SF and coming out being unable to hear even my VW Bus engine starting up (no insulation, very loud engine noise).  I'm sure I paid a price for that experience.  You youngsters probably have much better hearing than I do (I still hear ok, just not like I used to).  So we may be talking apples and oranges here.   

 

[TrollDragon]

Oh noes... Look what just arrived here...
 

 
I have a few developer boards for sale to see if I can raise some funds for that damn C&C...

 

[H20Fidelity]

Oh noes... Look what just arrived here...

 

[Kamakahah]

Oh noes... Look what just arrived here...

I almost ordered that. Is it as massive as it looks?

 

[TrollDragon]

Indeed it is, the cable is very solid.

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[H20Fidelity]

Indeed it is, the cable is very solid.

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And the sound? Can you hear any difference? :regular_smile :

 

[olddude]

I have the same cable (mine, too, arrived before my C&C did).  It fits nicely, isn't all that big.  I like that it won't crimp or bend (I carry my device in my pocket or in a bag, so that's the area of weakness I worry about in cables).  I never used the stock cable, can't say if this one sound better.  It did seem to "break in," though, after a few hours of use, and any possible harshness is no longer/not present.

 

[TrollDragon]

I've yet to get time to give it a listen, it sure is one stiff heavy cable. The connector shells must be glued as I was going to remove the plastic jacket from the wires to make it more flexible. Bare wires inside the techflex would be much better. But I can see myself destroying the nice jacks trying to get them apart so I'm not going to.

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[H20Fidelity]

I've yet to get time to give it a listen, it sure is one stiff heavy cable. The connector shells must be glued as I was going to remove the plastic jacket from the wires to make it more flexible. Bare wires inside the techflex would be much better. But I can see myself destroying the nice jacks trying to get them apart so I'm not going to.

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Grab the cable bending it back and forth a little bit, it should loosen up, like it breaks in then bends easier.

It something to do with the wire, it almost feels like solid core, it's not the jacket / sheath making it stiff.

 

[jsans]

I keep getting a "Play Error!" while listening.  I think it's probably because of file formats but just seeing if anyone else has this happen