I just order the 2000mAh batteries direct from super-ipod.com, no problem. Shipping to UK is $10

check battery ribbon cable is inserted correct, easiest is to remove and replace making sure its seated in logic board connector as it should be.  As far as the msata problems you are having, i realise you have spent out but sometimes its best to take a hit admit defeat and move on. Get...

Hopefully now you have un subbed the quality of posts in this thread will improve.  Bye bye

Ive got two Linum Bax cables, one Bax T2 that doesn't tangle and recoils itself beautifully, and the other is a 2 pin cable and i may as well tie a thousand knots in it, tangles like thats its sole purpose in life, and doesn't recoil itself at all. Both are new.

"Oh my god... looks like the big players are coming in..."   All the big players have seen how much people will pay for a DAP,  thanks to A&K,  and want a piece of the pie. Gold rush time!

"Don't get hung up on formats" "I think there's too much ripping off going on in the hi res world"   I agree

5, Hardware buttons:            power, play/pause, previous/next, volume+/- and one secret bottom.   I like the sound of 'one secret bottom'   Are they interchangeable like the amps. If so id like a peachy 18 year old female bottom. If only all DAP makers thought of satisfying extras like that.

Either way it probably won't be cheap

Get a thick back and 2000mAh battery = more good

^ owner of custom k10s who is still searching for satisfaction

I don't think the X5 and the new Sony will be in the same price bracket, surely if you are willing to spend big money you wouldn't have gone with Fiio in the first place. Then again if moneys no problem buy both, then do a comparison review for us all

Ask her how may pairs of shoes she has

What would be "something worse" ?

I hadn't realised you could mod other iPods, just assumed it was only classics due to size of case needed to accommodate adaptors.

^ Oppo HA2

I think both are from Tarkan, but one seller is putting their bit on top $ Buy direct from Tarkans website/store

Anyone suggest quality brand/online dealer for replacement batteries, want a good battery that will last

^  Nice collection, The only thing you need now is therapy 

Oppo HA2 might be a solution.    http://www.head-fi.org/products/oppo-ha-2/reviews   http://www.headfonia.com/oppo-ha-2-2007-all-over-again/2/

So what you meant was that  it needs a DAC in the cable connector to convert an incoming digital signal to analogue so the 30 pin idevice can receive the signal (analogue)

^ "Correct, the 30pin is an analog output and therefor needs the DAC to convert digital to analog"   If the 30 pin out is analog therefor why would it need a DAC to convert digital to analog ?

Jeez how many of them are there 

Looks nice in blue but whats all the graffiti on the back panel ?

128GB = $59.99 200GB = $219.99   I would wait

If i remember rightly Cirrus Logic bought Wolfson in 2014