Also when you bypass output tantalum caps, you have to remove 2 small ceramic caps above and below it.

Hi moped2000, Yes that is partialy correct.At DAC all caps for supply where changed with ceramic(bigger capacity- better ripple suppression then tantal - measured with scope ) On your photo ( empty spot ) that is digital supply. The goal here is to put 0.1uF cap near DAC in front of the bigger...

Sry guys for late reply. Here are the few pictures. On 1st picture or where you see hearamp opamp and buffer opamp you can see there is one cap added ( because there was none...) at supply leg ( 0.1uF ) On the opamp on the right same story... There is a massive gain by doing this only. On 2nd...

Same as stock.

Tnx, I'm using smd soldering tweezers, so it's not a problem. I guess you can use hot air too, or whatever you are comfortable soldering smd stuff.

Since I didn't find anything about moding 2nd version of Fiio X3 I started I new thread so I can share my findings and mod tips.   As I wasn't satisfied with sound quality on stock player I modified it to some extent.   The stock Chinese tantalum caps are "very very" bad quality. Just...

They were on auction, which ended around 150e.   Sound quality is suspicious.After around 20h of playing, bass is good, goes low down and have good definition.Bass knob works. But they lacks middle and high clarity compared to my UE 5 Pro. Also on UE I can immediatelly hear hiss from my...

Hi guys,   What do you think from my pictures, are these real or fake ? They are from German Ebay.