[neog007]

Thanks, XD-05 looks cool.

The way you described the sound sig of Zhishan DAP reminds me of hisundaudio studio iii. Its also bright and very detailed. One of my favourites.

I´m quite happy with the XD-05 for the price, especially after changing his opamp for a Burson v5i.
 
Very interesting player the hisoundaudio studio iii. I think both share the same concepts: power, analytical, etc. They even look pretty similar externally.
I read from the hisoundaudio sponsor in his thread the next that can explain some of my thoughts about the sound of this player too:
 
“Studio 3rd Anv has very high sound resolution, and very good highs energy performance. the extra highs freqence is seldom with the rest DAPs, so,at the beginning, some listener will feel it is bringt, in fact it is the merit of the player.
By the way, please be aware that belive or not, our players needed to be burn. after several hundred hours burned, the bass and highs will be tamed abit.
Of course the hiss level will be further diminished after the burning.
Please observe the phenomenon. Thanks.”
 
That's exactly what I appreciate with the highs. The burning time is mandatory as @T.R.A.N.C.E said.
 
Again, mine is not a review, I just wanted to share with you guys my initial thoughts with lots of pics.

 

[neog007]

   
Thank you. The review above says, that it has no noise. ==> I believe this is really a good deal.
 
I love powerful players Sort of remind me of some old discmen

I can't even think in a discman as powerful as this thing. The Zishan mini share pretty much the same amp board, and it reaches 500 mW 32 ohm:
 
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/HIFI-fever-nondestructive-portable-music-player-DIY-FLAC-APE-MP3-WAV-192K-24B/32631884685.html?scm=1007.13338.47322.0&pvid=f4d30d6e-e197-446c-895a-a3c9fe663513&tpp=1
 
That is,to have an idea, more or less the double of a xDuoo x3,a dap not being knowing as a week-power precisely…

 

[Martin Lister]

Hi, I am thinking of buying this player. Any recommendations? Thank you
 
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/AIGO-z6-hard-dsd-player-hifi-mp3/816277_32646387208.html

 

[Astropin]

  Hi, I am thinking of buying this player. Any recommendations? Thank you
 
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/AIGO-z6-hard-dsd-player-hifi-mp3/816277_32646387208.html

 
 
I noticed that same player. Looks like a really good "bang for the buck". I don't know if anyone has reviewed it yet but it looks like a nice player for the price.....give it a shot.

 

[neog007]

Is there any information about this player?:
 
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-DIY-MP3-V2-Professional-Lossless-Music-MP3-HiFi-Music-Player-Support-32GB-TF-Card-Expansion/32727723202.html?scm=1007.13338.49930.0&pvid=d17adb43-fa4e-4a25-9e53-187d3e20b43c&tpp=1

 
 
For €24 I think it´d deliver some quite decent sound compared with others at that price range.I'm tempted to pull the trigger, I´m curious to compare it with the xDuoo x2 or even the x3

 

[farhat]

   
 
I noticed that same player. Looks like a really good "bang for the buck". I don't know if anyone has reviewed it yet but it looks like a nice player for the price.....give it a shot.

bruh, can this supercede Fiio X3 2nd gen? That's the bang for buck entry level HIFI player for me. Anyone can give recommendations? @crabdog mentioned this to me as well. 

 

[crabdog]

  Hi, I am thinking of buying this player. Any recommendations? Thank you
 
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/AIGO-z6-hard-dsd-player-hifi-mp3/816277_32646387208.html

I've had my eye on this for a while too. The only thing that concerns me is that there doesn't seem to be any Auxiliary output which is strange because all of their cheaper models have one. For that reason alone I would probably go with the EROS M5.
 
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Aigo-EROS-M5-HIFI-DSD-Audiophile-lossless-music-player/601461_32735827254.html

 

[T.R.A.N.C.E.]

Originally Posted by Martin Lister 
 
Hi, I am thinking of buying this player. Any recommendations? Thank you
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/AIGO-z6-hard-dsd-player-hifi-mp3/816277_32646387208.html

I noticed that same player. Looks like a really good "bang for the buck". I don't know if anyone has reviewed it yet but it looks like a nice player for the price.....give it a shot.

 
I wouldn't expect it to be better than Fiio X3ii. Both use CS4398, both do native dsd, so imo basically boils down to; Aigo Z6 uses ESS9601K with 75mW power output , Fiio X3ii uses OPA1642 + LMH6643 with 200mW power output, the Z6 may have slightly more refinement due to the sabre integrated amp, but the X3ii has more power+current, and more authority+dynamics due to OP+BUF structure. Fiio X3ii also has dual crystal clocks (better detail and transparency at various sample rates), Aigo Z6 doesn't. Fiio X3ii has Line Out and Digital Out, Aigo Z6 doesn't.  Plus Fiio regularly update firmware, I wouldn't be so confident in "Aigo" doing as good a firmware job. So overall I'd easily rather get the X3ii.
 
As for the "EROS M5" (it's an Aigo..), there is no info on what hardware is inside, I wouldn't buy blind (did that once with Alien, learnt my lesson)... Anyway how many mediocre daps does this "Aigo" outfit need to put out before people realize they just pump out ill-conceived products like no tomorrow to saturate the cheapo market.

 

[crabdog]

   
I wouldn't expect it to be better than Fiio X3ii. Both use CS4398, both do native dsd, so imo basically boils down to; Aigo Z6 uses ESS9601K with 75mW power output , Fiio X3ii uses OPA1642 + LMH6643 with 200mW power output, the Z6 may have slightly more refinement due to the sabre integrated amp, but the X3ii has more power+current, and more authority+dynamics due to OP+BUF structure. Fiio X3ii also has dual crystal clocks (better detail and transparency at various sample rates), Aigo Z6 doesn't. Fiio X3ii has Line Out and Digital Out, Aigo Z6 doesn't.  Plus Fiio regularly update firmware, I wouldn't be so confident in "Aigo" doing as good a firmware job. So overall I'd easily rather get the X3ii.
 
As for the "EROS M5" (it's an Aigo..), there is no info on what hardware is inside, I wouldn't buy blind (did that once with Alien, learnt my lesson)... Anyway how many mediocre daps does this "Aigo" outfit need to put out before people realize they just pump out ill-conceived products like no tomorrow to saturate the cheapo market.

I agree with you on many points but think you're being a bit harsh on aigo when to date there are still no "proper" reviews of any of their models.

 

[T.R.A.N.C.E.]

  I agree with you on many points but think you're being a bit harsh on aigo when to date there are still no "proper" reviews of any of their models.

 
There are proper reviews of Aigo 105, Aigo Z1, they are cheaper daps, still the consensus is that they are average, they roughly compare to some other cheapo daps in their price range, they do not punch above their price. That's what I am also guessing (based on their hardware and history) for the Aigo M5 and Z6, that they will be average/mediocre.

 

[rkt31]

any dap with optical out ?

 

[jdog]

any dap with optical out ?

The Xuelin 960 dual-core model has optical out...http://penonaudio.com/music-mp3-players/XUELIN-IHIFI960-Dual-Core-Version.  And it can be rockbox'd.

 

[T.R.A.N.C.E.]

any dap with optical out ?

 
QLS QA350 

 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/QLSHIFI-QA350-MOD-V2-SD-Card-WAV-High-Fidelity-Music-Player/32610197946.html
 
16/44 WAV only, barely any UI, block form factor, but great sound for the price, uses full size SD, has optical out, and a remote 

  Imo it's better than all these "Aigo" daps and Shozy Alien, the Zishan DSD is different though.

 

[bahamot]

any dap with optical out ?

QLS QA360 has optical out http://www.qlshifi.com/en/wzcapi/qa360.htm

 

[hqssui]

I think Shanling M3 also has optical out.