Just one last comment before I delete this thread from my bookmarks:   The comments I've read as replies to my last post regarding my pending RMA have suggested that user error was a potential factor.  I can say that it was not.  There are no drivers required for the OS X platform, so there is...

I've just had my RMA accepted, so my X5 is going back too.  I was willing to wait for firmware updates, and then I started to experience pops and clicks during USB DAC usage, and when playing certain tracks from µSD in DAP mode.  I decided enough was enough.   It's actually a massive relief...

Not once so far, and that accounts for several hours worth of playback.  OS X 10.8, USB2.0, VLC, DVD Player.app, Blu-Rays, DVDs and MP4s.  Using the micro-USB cable that came with my Nokia N8.

It helps that someone on this thread agrees with me, I was feeling a little alone on this.  Thank you for sharing your point of view.   I've decided to give the Fiio X5 the benefit of the doubt, and will not return it (though I can see myself swithering on this point daily until the firmware...

I didn't pay $350 for a product with a crowd-sourced, democratically-decided GUI.  I don't want some unqualified random on the street deciding how I get to use my device.  I paid $350 for what I thought was a mid-range DAP made by a company with trained software engineers that know what they're...

Done.   I accept I may not have looked too closely at the Bugzilla list before describing my issue here.  For that I apologise.  However, I think having Playlist creation above this issue in the User Interface bug list is still an odd and unwelcome state of affairs.  There are far, far more...

Hm, that's not in the PDF manual I downloaded from their site, though it may be in the paper guide they provided in the box.   Either way, that needs to be fixed, and fast.  What a strange design choice - why would you need two buttons providing the same function?  It's not as though I'm going...

I don't believe iTunes embeds art within files.  It adds them to an image folder on your computer, and just pulls them up as necessary.  I imagine album art shows up on iPods and iPhones because iTunes copies the appropriate files across during the sync.   I recommend XLD for adding art during...

Anyone found that the X5 wakes from sleep when it's in your pocket while listening to music?  I was listening to Johnny Cash and suddenly "25 minutes to go" went from "10 minutes to go" back to "19 minutes to go".  I pulled the X5 from my pocket and the screen was on, so obviously it'd been...

X5, FW 2.0.   Before I post this as a bug, can someone confirm the following is correct:   1) Play a song, any song, by navigating to it through Category mode.   2) Navigate back to the Main Menu by pressing the Back key repeatedly.   3) Navigate to and choose Now Playing.   You should...

Emphasis mine. It's definitely the preferred method, for one simple reason: filenames are limited to certain characters, and exclude many.  Tags, on the other hand, do not have this limitation.  I've already come across several of my tracks with underscores or strange "x in a box" symbols where...

From Fiio's FAQ (for the E17, but applies to all their products):   As for all the responses concerned with tagging:  I'll probably collect my X5 today from the delivery centre (couldn't stay in to receive the Signed For parcel, darn it), but if it's just a track name <> filename error, I...

We've got a thread 584 pages long and we're only now finding out that the X5 doesn't implement tags properly?  To heck with EQ and the colours of the GUI, why on earth doesn't a $350 audiophile DAP with no in-built storage properly implement this most integral, vital and commonly-supported...

Can someone confirm that the X5 can't read the Track No. tag?  This apparently in addition to the fact it can't read the Disc No. (Part Of A Set) tag.

Wait wait wait.  The X5 doesn't read tag info?  So whether you browse by folder or category, you still just use filename info to choose songs?