first off, I'd like to thank White Lotus and Sennheisser Australia for giving us the opportunity to demo these for a few weeks My appologies for the delay in the impressions - been a rought couple of weeks. Build: -solid, smooth edges - Metal (steel headband, alu cups?) +pleather headband +...

finally got my FLC8s from Shenzhen audio. Probably regret getting one in red instead of blue. Looks a bit cheap-ish. that said i still very much stand by the great value hybrid sound. Enhanced sub-bass, somewhat enhanced mids and mostly linear treble (same as balanced but enhanced mids) - Red...

well this went a bit quiet. they're still rather good if you buy a pair for about 250 if you can find one. (but it's a bit suspect after how good Altone 200 was, but you do get a removable cable and mic ). Although I don't know if I get one over FLC8s (I have to EQ both. Altone as 4.5db@50hz...

thanks H20. I'll have to pass on a review for the same reasons as well. I listen at med-high volumes (on the go) and the treble issues are severely accentuated for me as per above. Likewise, the lack of bass compared to hybrids and or at low volumes mean I have even less to like here. I know...

boot it to stock by doing power on with lock switch in the locked position. Don't need a card reader at all

can use the device instead of a card reader as well

: Well, as expected, I find these unlistenable. I still have a lot of high frequency hearing left, and the 7 to 10k Highs tuning is extremely harsh to my ear. It's not easily removable with eq unless I make the dip very wide and deep . Clip zip q=0.7 f=7700,db=-5 plus auditory fatigue reduction...

i've updated the post the wait is when you turn on played song tracking aka playback history or playback stats( separate db option , off by default. kinda nice but maybe not great if you frequently turn the player on and off)

note sure. http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html this and test/report back :)? either there's a canonical way of specifying multiple genres or not do a bit of googling please i don't use enough tags or db features to help

btw there are a few features that might not be reflected in the docs. e.g. new DSP effects http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/MajorChanges DONE 2015-01-19: New DSP effects: perceptual base enhancement, fatigue reduction and Haas effect surround sound ^ they're the new menu options under Sound...

what's the problem there? initialize the database, update it (from settings, general, database) , and then browse it (from main menu -> database (instead of files)). That supports browsing by all tag fields . at least common ones (artist, genre, album, etc) and searching those fields...

by the way, if anyone is experiencing songs skipping to the next track on rockbox, please get in touch via PM or the topic. (for x3 or clip+) (best validate they decode properly using dbpoweramp or flac https://xiph.org/flac/download.html e.g. C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\root>flac -t ".\player\01 -...

i had a quick look at the user guide for the Sansa rockbox build and it looks like there's a way to play music while charging. http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SansaFAQ seems to work for me. 'center button' is play/pause not menu for X3.

np. oh btw, for the guide, after going through it, be sure to do the update pack as well. It looks like the .rockbox folder updates are released as separate zips to the install .rockbox folder one...

you don't really need to pass through usb storage to it. copying the rockbox folder can be done under win10 booting x3 to stock firmware. you can also pass the X3 rockbox bat file and drivers via a shared folder or just downloading them from the XP machine. your choice. I just happened to pass...

=) any chance you can write up a guide with some pics so we can reuse it for other users. these are all fair questions and it looks like the manual might be missing some use cases (common task workflows if you like). If not i might start a page with some common questions linking to the posts in...

if queue as in   current playlist - hold play while on the track play screen (context menu) -> current playlist-> reshuffle. I periodically reshuffle the current playlist after it gets through a couple of hundred tracks. also, when insterting /music or /microsd1/music into the queue you can...

keep in mind there's more than one playlist. The current playlist (aka dynamic playlist) is what rockbox uses to manage the playback queue. It's what gets added to or overwritten depending on how you add files or folders to it (basically any action that references the dynamic or current...

Bob A (SD) there's kind of no playlists main menu anymore. just Playlists in context menu (hold play pause) or Playlist catalogue in the main menu. I'm confused about the manual referring to options that may have moved (I doubt it's build specific) you can still navigate to a folder e.g. above...

btw, looks like XVertex released an update for the .rockbox folder http://xvtx.ru/rockbox/download.htm System updates: rockbox-update-e2765fb-160319.zip not quite sure what the changes are (for example time + date settings seems to work fine now) but to install it (and you can dual boot it to...

np it's more than a reasonable question . happy to share . Btw - database works by processing all the tags in the files in the folders it points to (/ includes both cards but you do need to init it ) that as usual brings up - if the tags are not consistent or correct - it won't show correctly in...

I'm talking more , once you configure it . it's not like you're going to have to do it several times a day. every day...