hema
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may be he expected flat sound signature which x3 doesn't provide
Does anyone suggest using this as a stand alone dac? With HD 700's or would I be better off with a desktop dac in the $50-$150. I'm going to compare it tomorrow with my hifimediy connected to a modi. I would like to utilize it as a second dac since I'm not using it often but not at the expense of sq for my speakers or headphones.
Been using this player for about 3 weeks now and still hoping for a miracle that the so-called burn-in process can fix its so unusual sound signature. But it gives me nothing but fatigue and head aches. Anyone can explain why it sounds sooooo different than any DAP's in the market?
Using Sony MDR EX510 (neutral sounding)
FW 2.1, 2.14B, 3.22B, and 3.24B.
2.1 sounds powerful than the rest, offers better volume with slight hiss and noise here and there but its what I use. Because other FW sounded small. Knowing how capable the hardware of the player is compared to a phone or iPod. Or I am just expecting more out of it. Come on! It was built and engineered to play music. For the asking price it should kick every music player out built on a phone or tablet! Or even players from Cowon, Apple or Sony with less capable hardware.
The USB DAC functionality can be used on a sony walkman A17? f.e connect the digital line out of the walkman and plug an usb adaptor to the fiio to use it as an amp/DAC?
Tried it with several IEMs. Sony MDR-EX310 and 510. MDR-XB30EX and 90EX. and then the Sennheiser CX870. All saying the same thing, "FiiO X3 doesn't deliver". A good sounding player doesn't have the right to pick an ear or headphone just to sound good.
It should be possible to use usb out of the sony a17 and feed it to the x3, but why? The dac chip of the Sony appears to be quite good. The only advantage I could see to this if either you have some very sensitive in-ears (Sony A17 seems to create some hiss with some low impedance in-ears) or if you need the bigger amp of the X3 for some high impedance headphones. There's a problem though: currently there's no setting for the X3 to turn off charging from usb while in dac mode. So there'd be some drain on the Sony's battery.
I use my ipad 3 with the fiiio as usbdac sometimes with a chinese camera connection kit in between that misreports power consumptionto the ipad3 so that the ipad3 accepts the fiio even though it consumes too much usb power. Would be great if some future firmware could contain a setting to turn usb recharge off while in usb dac mode.
It should be possible to use usb out of the sony a17 and feed it to the x3, but why? The dac chip of the Sony appears to be quite good. The only advantage I could see to this if either you have some very sensitive in-ears (Sony A17 seems to create some hiss with some low impedance in-ears) or if you need the bigger amp of the X3 for some high impedance headphones. There's a problem though: currently there's no setting for the X3 to turn off charging from usb while in dac mode. So there'd be some drain on the Sony's battery.
I use my ipad 3 with the fiiio as usbdac sometimes with a chinese camera connection kit in between that misreports power consumptionto the ipad3 so that the ipad3 accepts the fiio even though it consumes too much usb power. Would be great if some future firmware could contain a setting to turn usb recharge off while in usb dac mode.
Always wondered if it would be possible to cobble together a usb cable minus the power pins. I'm not exactly sure how usb does the handshaking and stuff, but I would think if the usb only had the data connection then wouldn't power consumption be a non issue. Again I admit I know virtually nothing about how usb works.
It should be possible to use usb out of the sony a17 and feed it to the x3, but why? The dac chip of the Sony appears to be quite good. The only advantage I could see to this if either you have some very sensitive in-ears (Sony A17 seems to create some hiss with some low impedance in-ears) or if you need the bigger amp of the X3 for some high impedance headphones. There's a problem though: currently there's no setting for the X3 to turn off charging from usb while in dac mode. So there'd be some drain on the Sony's battery.
I use my ipad 3 with the fiiio as usbdac sometimes with a chinese camera connection kit in between that misreports power consumptionto the ipad3 so that the ipad3 accepts the fiio even though it consumes too much usb power. Would be great if some future firmware could contain a setting to turn usb recharge off while in usb dac mode.
The audio coming on both earphones is compressed, combining (though perceived separated) all the details then injected in your ears with one shot resulting into a bad sound-stage and presentation. After a few songs, it gives me head and ear ache.