Hi friends,   I'm from Kolkata. Listening to ath 50 with x3 and senn HD 650 with modi + magni. No probable upgrades now till I get a bottlehead crack.   regards

Any more suggestion for sub $500 category to drive the HD650? In India FiiO is available , any Marantz model ? Marantz is also available.Getting a Schiit may be an issue.:-(   regards   somnath

I get the Shame part. Now can anyone suggest me anything decent in around 500 USD which will drive the cans acceptably? I may reach there in a few months. Cheers Somnath

Guys I'm from India. Just bought one HD 650 as got it at around USD 350. Till now I had one Ath 50 and fiio x3. I want to know whether the fiio x3 will properly drive the new cans? Right now I cannot spend much. But will perhaps follow any guidance in the long run. Regards Somnath

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Can any kind soul give a step by step instructions to play the x3 as dac? I'm using a win 8 laptop with foober as player. Please someone.... Cheers Somnath

Trying to play x3 as dac with my Sony vaio win 8 laptop and failing. Any pointers? Thanks in advance Regards Somnath goswami

Thanks everybody for answering my question. Yes I will be following your guidelines and return to ask more if some glitch happens :) Thanks a lot Regards Somnath

I find this to be extremely useful and informative. Thanks a lot for putting my doubt to rest. I will ask one more noob question. I'm converting my cds to flac. In using exact audio copy for conversion and foober for tagging. I'm trading the artist name, album name and genre so far. Like say...

Then how to use it? Sorry for noob questions. If I attach the headphone through the x3 headphone out or attach a e11 through x3 line out and then attach the headphone to the e11 headphone out... Which will give better quality sound? V Cheers Somnath

I just got mine yesterday. Will but the memory card today. Dropped some flac files in internal memory and played Ok. But when I'm attaching my ath 50 to the line out I can't control the volume while from headphone out I can do so. Please guide regarding this.... Regards Somnath

Hi guys,   I just have the X3 in my hand. I'm not a techie ...can someone tell me the dos and don'ts in brief so that the known issues don't affect me and I can use it smoothly. I will transfer FLACs from a windows 8 laptop . I can do so from another Vista laptop too. I haven't bought any card...

Thanks for the reply.... Really useful

Thanks for the prompt reply :)

I have just ordered my x3 :D. I have a audio technica ath 50 and e11. Once the x3 does come do I need the e11 or I may still it off? Regards Somnath

I have just ordered my x3 :D. I have audio technica ath 50 and e11. Once the x3 does come do I need an e11 or may I offload it? Cheers Somnath

Purpleangel... Thanks mate. Yes i can source a SanDisk clip. Yes in India it is still an issue to be able to source... Sighhh My Noob question is... The dock to 3.5 cable is same as in ipod? Or some proprietary cable is needed for line out? Regards Somnath

Thanks mate :p

Thanks Stonejack... Im zeroing on an ipod classic 160 gb. Any specific issues I should keep in mind there? Regards Somnath

Thanks for the comment. Some more replies please. Should I go for an ipod? Then please mention model too. Regards Somnath

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Dear Friends,   My greetings from India. I am a perfect noob to headphones . Just recently I have purchased an Ath 50s and a Fiio E11 after few hours of online research and by being allured by deep discount :-).   I have the following players ...   1. Samsung Galaxy S3 phone 2. Google...