In the 1980s I bought too many portable players all junk. So glad that nowadays even the "junk" sounds great! I assume that since the m3 is two months away the final details are worked out? Any little tidbits left? Really surprised there's such little interest. Usually fiio product announcements...

Do you have any references or blind test results to prove this?     All outputs whether "headphone" or "line" are amplified, or else it would have the volume of a turntable connected directly to an amplifier without a phono stage in between. Funny how we lived with "double amping" for...

I've never tested the battery life using only HD radio, but I can tell you it sounds exactly as you'd expect. What first sticks out is the complete lack of static...you don't realize how much there is even on the best of tuners until it's gone. I live in Windsor so I get loads of stations from...

I despise shaving. Its such a menial chore not to mention that even at 37 I still have super sensitive skin so it's always irritated and itchy after which drives me nuts. But then the patchy (yea still can't grow a full beard) growth starts to drive me nuts so I know it's time. (about once a...

I was also referring to players like the clip using far LESS powerful components but still getting less than eight hours.

Good point. However it does seem like modern players have dismal battery life, especially compared to my six year old Zune HD which still gets 24 hours out of a charge.

Can we stop with the "double amping" fallicies? The input impedance of the E11k (and amps in general) is in the order of thousands of ohms, rendering the opamp to being a pre amp circuit. Nobody has proven that using the ho of an iPod or any other modern device induces any kind of audible change...

I never used the original e11 but I can say that the bass boost on the e11k is subtle, 4db@60 hz I believe, and doesn't bleed into mids.

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AAC is a very efficient codec; at 256 kbps it is completely transparent to 99% of individuals. Aye, even so called audiophile golden ears if they actually do a proper double blind test between original and encoded file. Foobar2000 has a plugin to allow you to test this. If you have no desire to...

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It depends more on how you listen. Contrary to belief, adding an amp won't improve sound quality; claims as such are the result of placebo. If you find that you are at or near max volume with any of those headphones, and you simply want more volume, then certainly an amp would be beneficial. I...

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