Just to confirm: my unit behaves like that too. When I use the line out on my car's stereo, I need to set the volume knob to max.

If you remove the drivers, Windows can still use it, but as a basic sound device, so you can't use WASAPI and can't use it to its fullest capabilities (i.e. I think you can't use it with a sample rate higher than 48kHz).

Which version of Windows is it? I suppose you have already been in the 'Playback devices' menu (right click on the speaker by the clock) after turning it on and made it the default playback device? As for the Fiio Control Panel, I wouldn't worry too much about it, as it seems to me that it only...

My unit starts giving me some sound from the moment it 'clicks' on. I imagine you've tried both SE and balanced? Anyway, that doesn't sound right to me.

Hi everyone, This is my first post, and I wanted to thank everyone here since the discussion helped me settle on the Q1ii for my first ever portable DAC. I received it yesterday and so far I'm loving it (haven't had much time to play with it on my iPhone 6S yet, but I have a working week coming...